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Posted: June 28, 2024
CJA06-0304.Grand jury panel (AMEND). Changes all grand jury panel member terms to 5 years, with no member serving more than 2 consecutive terms. Retiring members would be allowed to finish out a term as an active senior judge.
Posted: May 31, 2024
CJA01-0305. Board of senior judges. Amend. Expands membership on the Board to include senior justice court judges and revises term lengths and the number of Board meetings.
CJA03-0104. Presiding judges. Amend. Removes the requirement to send notice of a senior judge assignment to the State Court Administrator.
CJA03-0108. Judicial assistance. Amend. Adds water law cases to the criteria for transferring or assigning senior judges, and clarifies and simplifies considerations for assigning senior judges.
CJA03-0111. Performance evaluations. Amend. Removes references to senior judges. The process for evaluating senior judge performance has been incorporated into Rule 11-201.
CJA03-0113. Senior judges. Amend. Requires the AOC to provide a new senior judge orientation and expands the responsibilities of court executives in providing support for senior judges.
CJA03-0403. Judicial branch education. Amend. Clarifies that “annually” refers to the fiscal year and revises and simplifies education requirements for active and inactive senior judges.
CJA03-0501. Insurance benefits upon retirement. Amend. Revises qualifications for incentive benefits.
CJA011-0201. Senior Judges. Amend.
CJA.011-0203. Senior Justice Court Judges. Amend.
CJA01-0305. Judicial Council Order
CJA03-0104. Judicial Council Order
CJA03-0108. Judicial Council Order
CJA03-0111. Judicial Council Order
CJA03-0113. Judicial Council Order
CJA03-0403. Judicial Council Order
Posted: May 20, 2024
CJA04-0601. Selection of indigent aggravated murder and defense fund counsel (REPEAL)
Under Senate Bill 160, effective May 1, 2024, the Office of Indigent Defense Services will be responsible for administering the Indigent Aggravated Murder Defense Fund and assigning an indigent defense service provider to represent individuals prosecuted for aggravated murder. As such, rule 4-601 has been repealed.
CJA02-0212. Communication with the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel (AMEND)
House Bill 344, effective May 1, 2024, combines the legislature’s “Judicial Rules Review Committee” and “Administrative Rules Review and General Oversight Committee” into one committee called the “Rules Review and General Oversight Committee.” The amendments bring the rule in line with new reporting requirements in the bill.
CJA04-0907. Divorce education and divorce orientation course (AMEND)
Under House Bill 337, effective May 1, 2024, the Judicial Council must provide a separate mandatory parenting course “for unmarried parties in a parentage action determining issues of child custody and parent-time.” Until the unmarried parties course is available, unmarried parties must attend the married parents course.
CJA04-0601. Judicial Council Order
Posted: May 20, 2024
CJA01-0201. Judicial Council Membership – Election (AMEND)
Adds a Business and Chancery Court judge member to the Judicial Council.
CJA03-0201. Court commissioners (AMEND)
Eliminates standing commissioner nominating committees. New nominating committees will be formed each time a vacancy occurs.
Posted: April 26, 2024
URAP010.Procedures for summary disposition or simplified appeal process. The amendments to Rule 10 include: (1) adding a provision to allow the appellate courts to dismiss an appeal for failure to prosecute if, after 150 days, the reasons the appeal was tolled under Rule 4(b) or Rule 4(c) are not resolved; and (2) to clean-up for clarity and consistency.
URAP057.Record on appeal; transmission of record; supplementation of the record. The amendment to Rule 57 modifies the definition of the record on appeal for child welfare cases, and makes the rule consistent with Rule 11.