XXXIV Pt. II § 2 Return date extension

The return date is the deadline set by the trial court for filing an appeal. Once that date is set, the Louisiana Supreme Court will not push it back or give more time, except in very unusual situations.

This means people planning to appeal need to treat the trial court's deadline as final. Waiting around and hoping for extra time from a higher court is not a safe plan. If someone misses the deadline, they will have a hard time getting the Supreme Court to help, unless something truly out of the ordinary happened that made it impossible to meet the deadline.

The main takeaway is that appeals need to be handled quickly and carefully. Anyone dealing with a return date should talk to a lawyer right away to make sure paperwork gets filed on time, since asking for extra time later is unlikely to work.