J. A. H. v. Heikkila

ORCP 9 B requires a party filing a notice of appeal to serve a copy of the notice on a represented party’s attorney. The question that this case presents is whether an appellant’s failure to comply with that requirement is a jurisdictional defect. The Court of Appeals held that it is and dismissed this appeal. We allowed review to consider that issue and now affirm the Court of Appeals’ order dismissing the appeal.

Before turning to the facts of this case, it is helpful to describe briefly the governing statutes. To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Appeals, an appellant must file the notice…