{"id":4580,"date":"2026-10-27T15:39:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2026-10-27T15:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:39:58","slug":"rules-of-evidence-effective-november-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/2026\/10\/27\/rules-of-evidence-effective-november-1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules of Evidence &#8211; Effective November 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/Rule-804_FINAL-redline-102126.pdf\">URE804.<\/a> <strong>Exceptions to the Rule Against Hearsay &#8211; When the Declarant is Unavailable as a Witness.<\/strong> Amend. The amendments follow recent changes to Federal Rule of Evidence 804 clarifying that courts consider the totality of the circumstances to determine a statement\u2019s trustworthiness, not just corroborating circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/URE-Rule-804-Order-effective-11-1-26-signed.pdf\">Supreme Court Order<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URE804. Exceptions to the Rule Against Hearsay &#8211; When the Declarant is Unavailable as a Witness. Amend. The amendments follow recent changes to Federal Rule of Evidence 804 clarifying that courts consider the totality of the circumstances to determine a statement\u2019s trustworthiness, not just corroborating circumstances. Supreme Court Order &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[548,635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rules-of-evidence","category-ure0804"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-11-04 22:58:35","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\/4580","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=4580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4583,"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580\/revisions\/4583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}