Rule 2.25 - CASE TITLES; CHANGES TO CASE TITLES(1) With respect to appeals from courts:(a) The case title shall include all parties or entities ever named in the case, including parties or entities dismissed from the case, notwithstanding that the title of the judgment being appealed may not refer to all parties in the case.(b) All parties should be named completely and should be identified by their designations in the trial court (e.g., plaintiff, defendant, cross-plaintiff, intervenor) and on appeal, as appropriate (e.g., appellant, respondent, cross-appellant, cross-respondent). A party to the case who is not a party on appeal should be designated only by that party's designation in the trial court.(c) Parties to a cross-claim, third-party claim or counterclaim should be set forth in a separate case title under the original case title. (d) Where the trial court has used an "In Re" or other similar case title that does not identify the adverse parties to the proceeding, such as in probate and juvenile court cases, the contesting parties should be set forth in a separate case title under the original case title.(e) The title shall include the trial court case number or numbers.(2) The Administrator may correct the title of the case on appeal or judicial review to include all persons who were parties to the proceeding below and to designate properly the parties according to their status on appeal or judicial review. If the Administrator corrects the title, the Administrator shall give notice and opportunity to respond to all parties to the appeal or judicial review.(3)(a) A person who was a party to the case in the tribunal from which the appeal was taken but who was not designated in the notice of appeal as a party to the appeal may appear as of right as a party to the appeal by filing a notice of intent to participate as a party. (b) If the notice of appeal in a juvenile court, guardianship, conservatorship or other similar proceeding does not identify the juvenile or protected person as a party to the appeal, the juvenile or protected person may appear as of right as a party to the appeal by filing a notice of intent to participate as a party.(c) A notice of intent to participate on appeal under paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection shall be filed within 21 days after the date of filing of the notice of appeal, or within such further time as may be allowed by the court, and shall be served on all other parties to the appeal and on the court reporter or transcriber, if any, preparing the transcript.(d) A party who appears on appeal under paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection may recover costs and attorney fees, if any, and is liable for costs and attorney fees, if any, the same as any party to an appeal.(4)(a) In an adoption, juvenile court, or civil commitment case, when the notice of appeal is filed, the court will modify the case title on appeal for the purpose of avoiding public disclosure of the identity of natural persons who are parties to the case.For the same purpose, in all other cases, on motion of a party or on its own motion, and for good cause shown, the court may modify the case title or the version of the court's opinion published on the Judicial Department's website.(b) In all cases, notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, the appellate judgment will contain the full case title.Amended November 15, 2018, effective 1/1/2019; amended November 13, 2020, effective 1/1/2021.