URCP100A – Utah Court Rules

Posted: August 23, 2023

Rules of Civil Procedure – Effective November 1, 2023

URCP004. Process. FINAL. Amendments were made to subparagraph (d)(1)(D) after the suggestion proposed by Judge Orme in Jordan Credit Union v. Sullivan, 2022 UT App 120 (Orme, J. concurring) in order to allow for personal service of process on an incarcerated person.

URCP010. Form of pleadings and other papers. FINAL. Amendments were made to subparagraph (d) to modify the top margin from 1.5 inches to 1 inch, which is similar to the right, left and bottom margins.

URCP100A. Case management of domestic relations actions. FINAL. Amendments were made to subparagraph (a) to add a provision exempting the Office of Recovery Services from the case management conference requirement.

Supreme Court Order

Posted: April 28, 2022

Rules of Civil Procedure – Effective November 1, 2022

The Utah Supreme Court voted to delay the implementation of Utah Rule of Civil Procedure 100A until November 1, 2022.

URCP100A. New. Case Management of Domestic Relations Actions.

Supreme Court Order

Posted: June 21, 2021

Rules of Civil Procedure – Effective November 1, 2021 and May 1, 2022

DISCLOSURE AND DISCOVERY AMENDMENTS

URCP026. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery. Amend. The amendments to Rule 26 extend several discovery timelines and clarify multiple provisions. The amendments also include the language that was proposed in SJR004 (2021), which addressed a party’s duty to pay an expert witness’s hourly fee for attendance at a deposition.

FAMILY LAW AMENDMENTS

As a whole, the family law amendments below are intended to

make case names more neutral and less antagonistic;
shorten the presumptive discovery period for domestic cases;
implement the case management recommendations of the “Report and Recommendations to the Standing Committee on Children and Family Law;” and
address issues raised in a recent legislative audit.

URCP010. Form of pleadings and other papers. Amend. Effective May 1, 2022.

URCP012. Defenses and objections. Amend.

URCP026. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery. Amend.

URCP026.01. Disclosure and discovery in domestic relations actions. Amend.

URCP100A. Case Management of Domestic Relations Actions. NEW.

URCP104. Divorce decree upon affidavit. Amend.

URCP106. Modification of final domestic relations order. Amend.

Supreme Court Order for rules 12, 26, 26.1, 100A, 104, and 106

Supreme Court Order for Rule 10