RULE 2.5                                               
      TIME ALLOWED TO INITIATE APPEAL BY FILING NOTICE                           
                                                                                 
    (a) Time Allowed To File Notice of Appeal. Except as provided in             
section (c), a notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days after the date      
of entry of the final decision which the party filing the notice seeks to        
appeal.                                                                          
    (b) Date of Entry Defined. If the final decision of the court of             
limited jurisdiction is oral and evidenced solely by a writing in the court      
record, the date of entry is the date the writing was placed in the record.      
If the final decision is by a writing signed by the court of limited             
jurisdiction, the date of entry is the date of delivery of the writing           
signed by the judge to the clerk for filing. If the decision is entered          
other than at a regularly scheduled and noticed hearing, the date of entry       
of the decision for a party is 3 days after the court of limited                 
jurisdiction mails a notice to that party advising the party of both the         
courts decision and of the date that decision was written in the court           
record or the date that decision was delivered to the clerk for filing.          
    (c) Subsequent Notice by Other Parties. If a timely notice of appeal is      
filed by a party, any other party seeking relief from the decision must          
file a notice of appeal within the later of (1) 7 days after service of the      
notice of appeal filed by the other party, or (2) the time within which a        
notice of appeal must be filed as provided in section (a).                       
    (d) Effect of Premature Notice of Appeal. A notice of appeal filed           
after the announcement of a decision but before entry of the final decision      
will be treated as filed on the day following entry of the decision.