{"id":4566,"date":"2026-10-27T15:22:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/?p=4566"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:40:15","slug":"rules-of-appellate-procedure-effective-november-1-2026-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/2026\/10\/27\/rules-of-appellate-procedure-effective-november-1-2026-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules of Appellate Procedure &#8211; Effective November 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/2026.10.13.URAP001.-Final-Approval.pdf\">URAP001.<\/a> <b>Scope of rules.\u00a0<\/b>The amendments to Rule 1 include: 1) clarifying which rules do not apply to substantiation proceedings under Utah Code \u00a7 80-3-504; and 2) clean-up for clarity and consistency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/2026.10.13.URAP019.-Final-Approval.pdf\">URAP019.<\/a> <b>Extraordinary relief.\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0The amendments to Rule 19 include: 1) clarifying that contents of the petition must include headings and be in order; and 2) adding a procedure for the clerk to reject a petition if all required contents are not included.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/2026.10.13.URAP027.Public-Comment.pdf\">URAP027.<\/a> <b>Form of briefs, motions, and other documents<\/b>. The amendments to\u00a0Rule 27 adds a requirement that cases involving pretrial detention, parental rights and child custody, or capital charges must state that it is such a case on the cover of the brief. This expands on the already effective requirement that the cover must note if an individual is incarcerated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/2026.10.13.URAP048.Final-Approval.pdf\">URAP048.<\/a> <b>Time for petitioning.\u00a0<\/b>The amendment to Rule 48 puts into rule an internal process that states a rejected petition for writ of certiorari will be construed as an extension of time if filed prior to the admitted time expiring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/2026.10.13.URAP049.Final-Approval.pdf\">URAP049.<\/a> <b>Petition for writ of certiorari.\u00a0<\/b>The amendment to Rule 49 adds paragraph (f) and puts into rule an internal process that allows the clerk to reject a petition if it does not substantially comply with the content requirements of paragraph (a).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/URAP-Rule-1-19-27-48-and-49-effective-11-1-26-signed.pdf\">Supreme Court Order<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URAP001. Scope of rules.\u00a0The amendments to Rule 1 include: 1) clarifying which rules do not apply to substantiation proceedings under Utah Code \u00a7 80-3-504; and 2) clean-up for clarity and consistency. URAP019. Extraordinary relief.\u00a0\u00a0The amendments to Rule 19 include: 1) clarifying that contents of the petition must include headings and be in order; and 2) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[530,479,44,345,481,270],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rules-of-appellate-procedure","category-urap001","category-urap019","category-urap027","category-urap048","category-urap049"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-11-04 22:20:09","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\/4566","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=4566"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4585,"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4566\/revisions\/4585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}