{"id":2704,"date":"2021-06-21T14:40:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T14:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2021-06-21T20:12:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T20:12:54","slug":"rules-of-civil-procedure-effective-november-1-2021-and-may-1-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/2021\/06\/21\/rules-of-civil-procedure-effective-november-1-2021-and-may-1-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules of Civil Procedure &#8211; Effective November 1, 2021 and May 1, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>DISCLOSURE AND DISCOVERY AMENDMENTS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/URCP026.Combined-Amendments.Redline.Final_.pdf\">URCP026. <\/a><\/b>\u00a0<b>General provisions governing disclosure and discovery.\u00a0<\/b>Amend. The amendments to Rule 26 extend several discovery timelines and clarify multiple provisions. The amendments also include the language that was proposed in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/le.utah.gov\/~2021\/bills\/static\/SJR004.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/le.utah.gov\/~2021\/bills\/static\/SJR004.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624367795848000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGTtZd7Skbu6bC4qODsLXe2oS1jGg\">SJR004<\/a>\u00a0(2021), which addressed a party\u2019s duty to pay\u00a0an expert witness\u2019s hourly fee for attendance at a deposition.<\/p>\n<div><b>FAMILY LAW AMENDMENTS<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As a whole, the family law amendments below are intended to<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>make case names more neutral and less antagonistic;<\/li>\n<li>shorten the presumptive discovery period for domestic cases;<\/li>\n<li>implement the case management recommendations of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/resources\/reports\/docs\/DCPI%20Subcommittee%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/resources\/reports\/docs\/DCPI%2520Subcommittee%2520Report.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624367795848000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtTvXHt6td6-YFFHO8ofn5RtVKbg\">Report and Recommendations to the Standing Committee on Children and Family Law<\/a>;\u201d and<\/li>\n<li>address issues raised in a recent legislative audit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/URCP010.Family-Law-Amendments.Redline.Final_.Effective-May-1-2022.pdf\">URCP010. <\/a><\/b><b>Form of pleadings and other papers.<\/b><span style=\"color: #535e78\">\u00a0Amend.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Effective May 1, 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/URCP012.Family-Law-Amendments.Redline.Final_.pdf\">URCP012. \u00a0<\/a>Defenses and objections. <\/b>Amend.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/URCP026.Combined-Amendments.Redline.Final_.pdf\">URCP026. <\/a><\/b><b>General provisions governing disclosure and discovery. <\/b>Amend.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/URCP026.01.Family-Law-Amendments.Redline.Final_.pdf\">URCP026.01.<\/a> Disclosure and discovery in domestic relations actions. <\/b>Amend.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/URCP100A.Family-Law-Amendments.Redline.Final_.pdf\">URCP100A. <\/a><\/b>\u00a0<b>Case Management of Domestic Relations Actions.\u00a0<\/b>NEW.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/URCP104.Family-Law-Amendments.Redline.Final_.pdf\">URCP104. <\/a>Divorce decree upon affidavit.<\/b>\u00a0Amend.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/URCP106.Family-Law-Amendments.Redline.Final_.pdf\">URCP106. <\/a><\/b>\u00a0<b>Modification of final domestic relations order.\u00a0<\/b>Amend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Signed-URCP-Rule-5-76-12-26-26.1-100A-104-and-106-effective-11-1-21.pdf\">Supreme Court Order for rules 12, 26, 26.1, 100A, 104, and 106<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/06\/Signed-URCP-Rule-10-effective-5-1-22.pdf\">Supreme Court Order for Rule 10<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DISCLOSURE AND DISCOVERY AMENDMENTS URCP026. \u00a0General provisions governing disclosure and discovery.\u00a0Amend. The amendments to Rule 26 extend several discovery timelines and clarify multiple provisions. The amendments also include the language that was proposed in\u00a0SJR004\u00a0(2021), which addressed a party\u2019s duty to pay\u00a0an expert witness\u2019s hourly fee for attendance at a deposition. 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