Does a notice of appeal need to be timely filed?

Whether a notice of appeal was, in fact, timely filed is a question of fact to be determined by the trier of fact, in this case, the trial court. (Glasser v. Glasser (1998) 64 Cal.App.4th 1004, 1010-1011, 75 Cal.Rptr.2d 621.) The timeliness within which a notice of appeal from a decision of the Commissioner has been filed depends, of course, on the date upon which the Commissioner's final determination was mailed to the parties. Here,

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