Rule 72 Appeals

If you want to appeal a decision made in a West Virginia civil case, this rule points you somewhere else for the actual instructions. It tells you that the West Virginia Rules of Appellate Procedure, not the Rules of Civil Procedure, control how appeals work.

This means you won't find the steps for filing an appeal, deadlines, or paperwork requirements in these civil procedure rules. Instead, you need to look up the Rules of Appellate Procedure to learn how to properly appeal a court's decision. If you're planning to appeal, it's a good idea to check those rules right away, since appeals often have strict time limits that start running as soon as a judgment or order is entered.