Terms Used In Maryland Code, FAMILY LAW 5-310

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
A party to a case under this subtitle may appeal to the Court of Special Appeals:

(1) in an interlocutory appeal, from a denial of the right to participate in a guardianship case before entry of an order for guardianship;

(2) in an interlocutory appeal, from a denial of the right to participate in an adoption case under Part III of this subtitle; or

(3) from a final order.