Partition suit

I (plaintiff) was running a partition suit on my father's first wife(defendants) from 6 yrs in Mysore. It was a senior division court, we have proved lot of required evidence . , I have won in lower court, court has granted decree towards me. my query is 1: I have got a judgement copy through online, but I haven't received a decree copy in hand from court, how much time it will take to get a decree copy, its almost 12 working days after the judgement. 2: I want to know what vl be the time limit for the defendants to go for an appeal, 3: to which court they can appeal first, either district court or to Karnataka state high court, 4: People say Usually in these cases the lower courts judgement will stand in higher courts too, is that true, I hope this forum will clear my doubts, thank you ...