1. The supreme court has appellate jurisdiction only in cases inchancery, and constitutes acourt for the correction of errors at law. The jurisdiction of the supreme court iscoextensive with the state. 2. A civilor criminal action or special proceeding filedwith the supreme court for appeal or review may be transferred by the supreme court tothe court of appeals by issuing an order of transfer. The jurisdiction of the supreme court in the matter ceases upon the filingof that order by the clerk of the supreme court. A matter which has been transferred to the court of appeals pursuant to order of the supreme court is not thereafter subject to the jurisdiction of the supreme court, except as provided in subsection 4. 3. The supreme court shall prescribe rules for the transfer of matters to the court of appeals. These rules may provide for the selective transfer of individual cases and may provide for the transfer of cases according to subject matter or other general criteria. A rule shall not provide for the transfer of a matter other than by an order of transfer under subsection 2. 4. A party to an appeal decided by the court of appeals may, as a matter of right, filean application with the supreme court for further review. a. An application for further review in an appeal from a child in need of assistance or termination of parental rights proceeding shall not be granted by the supreme court unless filedwithin ten days following the filing of the decision of the court of appeals. b. In allother cases, an application for further review shall not be granted by the supreme court unless the application was filed within twenty days following the filing of the decision of the court of appeals. 5. The court of appeals shall extend the time for filing of an application if the court of appeals determines that a failure to timely filean application was due to the failure of the clerk of the court of appeals to notify the prospective applicant of the filing of the decision. 6. The supreme court shall prescribe rules of appellate procedure which shall govern further review by the supreme court of decisions of the court of appeals. These rules shall contain, but need not be limited to,a specification of the grounds upon which further review may, in the discretion of the supreme court, be granted. 1129, §5
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