The trial court clerk shall note, on each copy, the date when the notice of appeal was filed. The clerk shall note on each copy sent the date on which the notice of appeal was filed. The trial court clerk's failure to send the serve a copy of the notice of appeal does not affect the validity of the appeal. Service is sufficient notwithstanding the death of a party or the party's counsel. The trial court clerk shall note in on the docket the names of the parties to whom the clerk sends copies are sent , and the date they were sent.
Service is sufficient despite the death of a party or the party's counsel.
The title of the action is not to be changed in as a consequence of the appeal. Rule 3 is patterned after Rule 3, Fed. Nothing other than the timely filing of the notice of appeal in the trial court is required to give the Supreme Court supreme court jurisdiction over the appeal. After the a party files the a notice of appeal , the clerk of the trial court clerk sends copies to the Clerk of the Supreme Court supreme court clerk and to the opposing each of the parties. For the service of other papers, these rules place the responsibility of service on counsel rather than the Clerk trial court clerk .