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Posted: September 25, 2026
CJA03-421. Working Interdisciplinary Network of Guardianship Stakeholders (WINGS) (Amend)
To provide greater flexibility, community stakeholder members serving on the WINGS committee may be exempt from standard term limits.
Posted: September 25, 2026
CJA03-201.01. Commissioners for divisions within the district court (NEW)
CJA03-201.02. Court Commissioner Conduct Committee (AMEND)
CJA06-701. Debt Collection and Housing Action Division (NEW)
CJA06-702. Debt Collection and Housing Action Division Commissioners (NEW)
CJA03-111. Performance evaluation of court commissioners (AMEND)
CJA03-202. Court referees prohibited (AMEND)
CJA04-403. Electronic signature and signature stamp use (AMEND)
The proposed amendments and new rules establish an administrative and operational framework for court commissioners serving the newly created Debt Collection and Housing Action Division, defining their duties, hearing authority, and supervisory structure. Further proposed amendments to Rule 3-201.02 allow the Court Commissioner Conduct Committee to issue a private warning when dismissing a complaint against a commissioner for unprofessional behavior that does not rise to the level of misconduct.
Posted: September 25, 2026
URJP016. Transfer of delinquency case and venue. Amend. The approved amendments reorganize transfer procedures by establishing the minor’s county of residence as the primary venue for preliminary inquiries, detention hearings (with two exceptions), and arraignments. If a petition is not resolved at arraignment, venue transfers to the county of occurrence for pretrial proceedings and adjudication before returning to the minor’s county of residence for disposition and further proceedings. The rule permits competency motions to be heard in either court following mutual consultation between the two courts.
Posted: September 25, 2026
URBCP Appendix A. Applicability of Utah Rules of Civil Procedure. AMEND. The amendment corrects an erroneous reference to URCP Rule 7A in the list of rules that do not apply in the Business and Chancery Court, replacing it with URCP Rule 7B, which governs domestic relations proceedings outside the subject-matter jurisdiction of the Business and Chancery Court.
Posted: August 4, 2026
RPC01.12. Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.12 Former Judge, Arbitrator, Mediator or Other Third-Party Neutral. Amend. This rule amendment restricts a former appellate judge from appearing as counsel before the court in which the judge or justice last held office.
Posted: August 4, 2026
URAP026. Filing and serving briefs. Amend. The amendment is to paragraph (b)(4) to clarify the deadline for a cross-appellant’s reply brief.
Posted: August 4, 2026
URCP086. Licensed paralegal practitioners. AMEND. The amendments to subparagraph (a) of this rule align the rule with the language found in Code of Judicial Administration Rule 14-802.
URCP103. Child protective orders. NEW. This new rule will apply when child protective order cases are transferred from the juvenile court to the district court under Utah Code section 78A-6-104(5). This rule covers procedures for live child testimony, recorded statements, and recorded testimony, and follows generally the substance of Utah Rules of Juvenile Procedure Rule 37A.
Posted: July 31, 2026
SCRP01-530. Unprofessional Conduct Complaints. AMEND. The amendments clarify the Lawyer discipline process before the Office of Professional Conduct (OPC) and the Utah Supreme Court’s Ethics and Discipline Committee (the Committee), including what relief may be sought, who may file a disciplinary Complaint, the OPC’s investigation of the allegations in a Complaint, and the circumstances when the OPC may dismiss or decline to prosecute a disciplinary Complaint. The amendments also address the manner in which a Complainant may appeal the OPC’s dismissal of or declination to prosecute a Complaint to the Committee chair, the standards applicable to such appeals, and what records the chair will review in connection with an appeal. In addition, the amendments specify what may occur when the Committee chair reverses an OPC dismissal.
Posted: July 31, 2026
CJA03-306.04.Interpreter appointment, payment, and fees (AMEND)
The amendments require that all interpreter appointments be made using an interpreter scheduling process approved by the Council.
CJA03-409. Court facilities planning (AMEND)
The amendments: (1) remove references to the now disbanded Court Facility Planning Committee; (2) update the responsibilities and reporting duties of the Court Facilities Director and court executives; and (3) make non-substantive formatting changes.
Posted: June 30, 2026
URJP018. Summons; service of process; notice. Amend. The approved amendments primarily aim to amend paragraph (d) to allow email notice of further proceedings without requiring a party’s prior consent, similar to Rule 5 of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure. Several other amendments were approved to improve clarity, including more specific cross-references to other bodies of rules. The revisions also include the merging of paragraphs (f) and (g) to clarify that papers not requiring summons must be served according to Rule 5 of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, and that eFiling through the C.A.R.E. system does not constitute service.