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Posted: October 29, 2019
Changes to rules clarify the definitions of an “Accredited Program” and “National Certification” in the LPP licensure rules.
URGLPP15-0701. Definitions. Amended.
URGLPP15-0703. Qualifications for Licensure as a Licensed Paralegal Practitioner. Amended.
Posted: October 24, 2019
URCrP007B. Preliminary examinations. Amended. The amendment states that a motion to quash a bindover will be decided by the judge to whom the case is assigned after bindover.
URCrP027. Stays of sentence pending motions for new trial or appeal from courts of record. Amended. The amendments will allow a defendant to seek a stay upon filing a motion for a new trial.
Posted: October 22, 2019
URCP086. Licensed Paralegal Practitioners. New. Addresses the applicability of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure to Licensed Paralegal Practitioners.
Supreme Court Order for URCP086
URCP100. Coordination of cases pending in district court and juvenile court. Amend. To ensure better coordination of cases between courts, Rule 100 is amended to clarify that parties who have a child custody case in one court must notify that court of any other custody case in another court involving the same party or the same child. Custody cases include minor guardianship.
Posted: October 9, 2019
CJA11-0401. Standing Committee on Appellate Representation and the Appellate Roster. Amend.
URAP038B. Qualifications for Appointed Appellate Counsel. Amend.
URAP058. Ruling. Amend.
Posted: October 1, 2019
URCP109. Injunction in certain domestic relations cases. New. Provides that in certain domestic relations cases, an injunction will enter upon the filing of the case. Its provisions address areas such as disposing of property, disturbing the peace of the other party, committing domestic violence, using the other party’s identification to obtain credit, interfering with telephone or utility service, modifying insurance, and behavior around the minor children. The injunction is binding on the petitioner upon filing the initial petition and on the respondent after the filing of the initial petition and upon receipt of a signed copy of the injunction as entered by the court.
Posted: October 1, 2019
CJA04-0202.02. Records Classification. AMEND – Adds licensed paralegal practitioners to the public indexes in paragraph (2)(L) and makes the business contact information of licensed paralegal practitioners appearing in a case public in paragraph (2)(O).
Posted: October 1, 2019
URAP045. Review of judgments, orders, and decrees of court of appeals. Amend. Conforms the rule to current practice in providing that unless the rule requires otherwise, every reference in Rules 45 through 51 to a petition or petitioner includes a cross-petition or cross-petitioner, respectively.