{"id":4525,"date":"2026-10-26T16:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/?p=4525"},"modified":"2026-10-26T16:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:50:24","slug":"rules-of-civil-procedure-effective-november-1-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/2026\/10\/26\/rules-of-civil-procedure-effective-november-1-2026-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules of Civil Procedure – Effective November 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

URCP029.<\/a> Stipulations regarding disclosure and discovery procedure. AMEND.<\/strong>\u00a0The amendment corrects a cross-reference from Rule 26(b)(2) to Rule 26(b)(3) regarding proportionality standards.<\/p>\n

URCP030.<\/a> Depositions upon oral questions. AMEND.<\/strong>\u00a0The amendments to paragraph (f) remove outdated requirements for deposition officers to physically seal and label deposition records, eliminating unnecessary procedures and costs associated with the delivery of deposition records.<\/p>\n

URCP037.<\/a> Statement of discovery issues; Sanctions; Failure to admit, to attend deposition or to preserve evidence. AMEND.<\/strong>\u00a0The amendments align paragraph (a)(2) with Rule 7(q) by allowing statements of discovery issues to be limited to either four pages or 1,500 words, and correct a cross-reference in paragraph (a)(7) from Rule 26(b)(2) to Rule 26(b)(3) regarding proportionality standards.<\/p>\n

URCP074.<\/a> Withdrawal of counsel. AMEND.<\/strong>\u00a0The amendment to paragraph (e) removes the requirement that former counsel sign a notice of substitution of counsel, allowing clients to obtain new representation without requiring their former counsel’s signature or approval.<\/p>\n

URCP105.<\/a>\u00a0Shortening 30 day waiting period in divorce actions. AMEND.<\/strong>\u00a0The amendments replace references to a “motion for a hearing” with a “request to enter a decree of divorce” to reflect the modern practice of submitting stipulated proposed findings rather than holding hearings, and include minor plain-language and stylistic revisions.<\/p>\n

URCP110.<\/a>\u00a0Judicial interview of a minor child. NEW.<\/strong>\u00a0This new rule establishes procedures for judicial interviews of minor children in district court proceedings, excluding child testimony and interviews conducted by individuals other than judges or commissioners. Adapted from the Uniform Judicial Interview of Children Act, the rule addresses the criteria for conducting interviews, required judicial training, recording procedures, attorney guardian ad litem attendance, and access to interview records.<\/p>\n

Supreme Court Order<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

URCP029. Stipulations regarding disclosure and discovery procedure. AMEND.\u00a0The amendment corrects a cross-reference from Rule 26(b)(2) to Rule 26(b)(3) regarding proportionality standards. URCP030. Depositions upon oral questions. AMEND.\u00a0The amendments to paragraph (f) remove outdated requirements for deposition officers to physically seal and label deposition records, eliminating unnecessary procedures and costs associated with the delivery of deposition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[546,348,349,124,37,431,1169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rules-of-civil-procedure","category-urcp029","category-urcp030","category-urcp037","category-urcp074","category-urcp105","category-urcp110"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-11-04 22:17:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4525"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4536,"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4525\/revisions\/4536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}