Extraordinary appeal

The Supreme Court may reverse the final judgment of a court or grant a new deadline for an appeal according to the bases set forth in Chapter 31 of the Code of Judicial Procedure.

The deadlines for complaints and reversals of a final judgment vary according to the nature of the case.

Reversals of a final judgment and granting a new deadline are extraordinary procedures requiring that the very strict criteria set forth in law are met. It is only possible to request the reversal of a judgment (notwithstanding exceptions set forth in law) if the letter of complaint is filed by an attorney or legal counsel that fulfills the requirements established in the Code of Judicial Procedure, Chapter 15, Section 2.

The letter of complaint has to be filed in writing, and needs to indicate the grounds for the complaint as well as the evidence on which the complaint rests. The judgment against which the complaint is filed, as well as the written evidence to which reference is made, must be annexed to the letter.