View source for Withdrawal of jurisdiction by states

== State stripping of jurisdiction ==

Examples of state stripping of jurisdiction include:

* modification of child support payments or maintenance
* changing a guilty plea after a court's term has ended
* no trial court jurisdiction during an appeal, even if filed for early (see below)

Note that state courts that are established as limited-jurisdiction courts only have authority that is specifically granted to it by statute.  No withdrawal of jurisdiction is needed.

=== No jurisdiction at trial level during appeal ===

As the [[South Dakota]] Supreme Court held:
{{cquote|An appeal from a judgment or order strips the trial court's jurisdiction over the subject matter of the judgment or order except as to certain trivial matters; the Supreme Court then has jurisdiction until determination of the appeal. Matter of D.H., 354 N.W.2d 185 (S.D. 1984). This rule applies even when an appellee files his motion prior to the filing of appellant's notice of appeal. See J.S.S. v. P.M.Z., 429 N.W.2d 425 (N.D. 1988) (The trial court lost jurisdiction to consider a motion for modification of judgment filed prior to appellant's notice of appeal.). See also State v. Dakota County, Nebraska, 250 Iowa 318, 93 N.W.2d 595 (1958); Matter of Wills of Jacobs, 91 N.C. App. 138, 370 S.E.2d 860 (1988).}}
''Ryken v. Ryken'', 440 N.W.2d 307, 308 (S.D. 1989).

The [[Wisconsin]] Supreme Court has held likewise:
{{cquote|In order to ensure the orderly administration of justice and to prevent the trial court from doing anything that might adversely affect the rights and interests of the parties to the appeal, the general rule is that an appeal from a judgment or order strips the trial court of jurisdiction with respect to the subject matter of the judgment or order, except as to certain unsubstantial and trivial matters, and the supreme court then has jurisdiction until the determination of the appeal.}}
''Hunter v. Hunter'', 44 Wis. 2d 618, 621, 172 N.W.2d 167, 169 (1969) (citing numerous precedents in a footnote).