Practice question
One Rule42 petitioner perfects its appeal, but another party’s appeal period remains open. Counsel treats individual perfection and RTC loss of jurisdiction as necessarily simultaneous. Which is correct?
- Section8 separately considers expiration of other parties’ periods
- One filing cancels every other period
- Private notice ends another party’s time
- The clerk may erase an unexpired period
- The RTC instantly becomes the CA
Legal references
- Rules40–45 and51, continuing appellate provisions: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
- 2019 amendments, AM19-10-20-SC: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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