Category: URCP108

Rules of Civil Procedure – Comment Period Closes December 15, 2025

URCP010. Form of pleadings and other papers. AMEND. – The amendments to this rule clarify in subparagraph (e) that orders electronically filed by attorneys must follow these signature line requirements, as well as include amendments to conform to the style guide for the rules.  The Supreme Court has ordered the expedited effectiveness of the amendments to this rule pursuant to Code of Judicial Administration, Rule 11-105.

URCP026.1. Disclosure and discovery in domestic relations actions. AMEND. The proposed amendments to this rule include clarifying language in relation to Rule 26 in subparagraph (b) and a change in terminology in subparagraph (e)(2).

URCP073. Attorney fees. AMEND. The proposed amendments to this rule include increases to the default attorney fee amounts found in subparagraphs (f)(1), (2), and (3) by 35 – 40 percent, as well as some clarifying amendments to conform with the style guide for the rules.

URCP106. Modification of final domestic relations order. AMEND. The proposed amendments to this rule include an update to the statutory references after recodification, as well as, some clarifying language in subparaph (b).

URCP108. Objection to court commissioner’s recommendation. AMEND. The proposed amendments to this rule include clarifying the language in subparagraph (c) in regards to evidence presented to the commissioner, as well as, updating the terminology in subparagraph (d)(2) from the order to show cause language to the “motion to enforce order and for sanctions” language.

URCP109. Injunction in certain domestic relations cases. AMEND. The proposed amendments to this rule include updating the terminology in subparagraph (a) to “paternity.”

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Rules of Civil Procedure

URCP 064D Writ of garnishment. Amend. Requires the creditor to meet and confer with the garnishee before attempting to impose liability on the garnishee.
URCP 101. Motion practice before court commissioners. Amend. Deletes a paragraph that is incorporated into new Rule 108.
URCP 108. Objection to court commissioner’s recommendation. New. Establishes a procedure for objecting to a court commissioner’s recommendations. Establishes standards of review.

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