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Posted: March 4, 2015
URAP 009. Docketing statement. Amend. Explains the purposes of a docketing statement, the different types of docketing statements, and the information that must be included when filing a docketing statement.
Supreme Court Order.
Posted: February 24, 2015
URJP 002. Applicability of Rules of Civil Procedure and Criminal Procedure. Amend. Amends the rule to replace the term “permanent deprivation of parental rights” with “termination of parental rights.”
URJP 023. Hearing to waive jurisdiction and certify under Section 78A-6-703; bind over to district court. Amend. Amends the rule to comply with statutory changes to section 78A-6-703 enacted following the 2014 legislative general session.
URJP 023A. Hearing on conditions of Section 78A-6-702; bind over to district court. Amend. Amends the rule to comport with statutory changes to 78A-6-702 enacted following the 2014 legislative general session.
Supreme Court Order.
Posted: February 24, 2015
CJA 4-202.02. Records classification. Amend. Makes actions to remove an individual from the National Instant Background Check System private. Makes Qualified Domestic Relations Orders private.
Judicial Council Minutes.
Posted: February 24, 2015
CJA 03-0111. Performance evaluation of senior judges and court commissioners. Amend. Requires a presiding judge to evaluate a senior judge’s performance every 18 months after the first term and a commissioner’s performance annually. Changes the evaluation criteria to more closely match the JPEC criteria. Effective February 23, 2015 under Rule 2-205.
CJA 03-0201. Court commissioners. Amend. Requires a court commissioner to undergo a performance evaluation annually. Effective February 23, 2015 under Rule 2-205.
CJA 11-0201. Senior judges. Amend. Establishes a residency requirement. Requires a senior judge to undergo a performance evaluation every 18 months after a first term. Effective February 23, 2015 under Rule 2-205.
CJA 11-0203. Senior justice court judges. Amend. Establishes a residency requirement. Requires a senior justice court judge to undergo a performance evaluation every 18 months after a first term. Effective February 23, 2015 under Rule 2-205.
Judicial Council Minutes.
Supreme Court Order.
Posted: January 27, 2015
CJA 11-0101. Creation and Composition of Advisory Committees. Amend. Provides for appointment of mid-term committee vacancies in the same manner as an end-of-term vacancy. Changes the circumstances for reappointment for more than two terms.
Supreme Court Order.
Posted: January 12, 2015
URCP 026. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery. Amend. Refers the person requesting extraordinary discovery to rule 37.
URCP 030. Depositions upon oral questions. Amend. Deletes an incorrect reference to appellate transcripts of court hearings as the method for preparing a transcript of a deposition.
URCP 037. Discovery and disclosure motions; Sanctions. Amend. Replaces traditional discovery motions with the process of expedited statements of discovery issues currently found in Code of Judicial Administration Rule 4-502. If approved, the procedural provisions of Rule 4-502 will be deleted. Allows costs and attorney’s fees to be included as part of a statement of discovery issues, but requires a motion for sanctions.
URCP 045. Subpoena. Amend. Refers the person objecting to a subpoena or requesting an order to compel to rule 37. Requires that a third-party subpoena be served on the other parties.
Supreme Court Order.
Posted: January 12, 2015
URAP 001. Scope of rules. Amend. Makes technical changes and clarifies which appellate rules apply in child welfare proceedings.
URAP 004. Appeal as of right; when taken. Amend. Clarifies the process for filing a motion for extension of time to file a notice of appeal based on good cause or based on good cause or excusable neglect.
URAP 019. Extraordinary writs. Amend. Changes references to rule 8A to rule 23C in line with the renumbering of rule 8A effective November 1, 2014.
URAP 025. Brief of amicus curiae or guardian ad litem. Amend. Makes technical changes and clarifies that the deadline for filing a motion for leave to file a brief of amicus curiae or guardian ad litem does not apply when a motion for leave is filed under URAP 50(f).
URAP 047. Certification and transmission of record; joint and separate petitions; cross-petitions; parties. Rename and amend. Removes the requirement for certification of the record. Provides that the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall notify the Clerk of the Court of Appeals to transmit the record on appeal to the Supreme Court when a petition for certiorari has been granted.
URAP 048. Time for petitioning. Amend. Clarifies the process for filing a motion for extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari based on good cause or based on good cause or excusable neglect.
Supreme Court Order.
Posted: October 31, 2014
URAP 005. Discretionary appeals from interlocutory orders. Amend. Sets a page limit for a petition for permission to appeal and describes how relevant documents may be referenced; provides that a response to a petition for permission to appeal will not be received unless requested by the court; and provides that cross-petitions for permission to appeal are not permitted.
URAP 023. Motions. Amend. Provides that a reply may be filed no later than five days after service of the response, but allows the court to rule on the motion without awaiting a reply.
URAP 035. Petition for rehearing. Amend. Provides the circumstances under which a party may petition for rehearing.
URAP 037. Suggestion of mootness; voluntary dismissal. Amend. Provides that an appellant’s personal affidavit demonstrating that the decision to dismiss is voluntary need only be filed on a motion to dismiss for reasons other than mootness.
Supreme Court Order.
Posted: October 31, 2014
URCrP 40. Search warrants. Amend. Provides a process for extending the sealing of search warrant records.
Supreme Court Order.