(1)(A) Mandatory appeals.
Unless otherwise provided by law or by these rules, a mandatory appeal, other than an appeal in a parental notification case under RSA 132:34, shall be by notice of appeal in the form of notice of appeal approved by the supreme court for the filing of a mandatory appeal ("Notice of Mandatory Appeal" form). Such an appeal shall be filed by the moving party within 30 days from the date on the clerk's written notice of the decision on the merits or, in the case of a sentence imposed in a criminal or juvenile delinquency proceeding, within 30 days of the date the sentence is pronounced.
(B) Other appeals from trial court decisions on the merits.
The supreme court may, in its discretion, decline to accep