Posted: June 26, 2023
Code of Judicial Administration – Effective November 1, 2023
CJA06-0507. Court visitors (AMEND). The proposed amendments replace “protected person” and “ward” with “respondent” where applicable; clarify who may receive a court visitor report or notice; require court visitors to use a Council-approved Order on Review form; and provide the court with broad discretion in taking action on a court visitor report. Language access requirements are addressed elsewhere in the Code of Judicial Administration.
CJA03-0414. Court security (AMEND). The proposed amendments require officers in plain clothes to wear something that identifies them as law enforcement; requires officers to use a duty-type holster with a user-operated restraining device if a firearm is visible; clarifies who is allowed to carry firearms in courthouses; and otherwise cleans up or streamlines the rule. “Law enforcement officials” remains in subsection (8)(B)(ii).
Posted: May 22, 2023
Code of Judicial Administration – Effective June 1, 2023
CJA01-0205. Standing and ad hoc committees (AMEND). Adds members to the Judicial Council’s Standing Committee on Fairness and Accountability.
Posted: May 22, 2023
Code of Judicial Administration – Effective November 1, 2023
CJA03-0117. Committee on Court Forms (AMEND). Acknowledges the Committee’s responsibility to review existing forms and assess the need for new court forms, adds new form requirements, including user-testing where practicable, and removes the requirement that the General Counsel conduct a legal review of every form prior to committee approval.
CJA03-0406. Budget and fiscal management (AMEND). Incorporates the role of the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee and makes other improvements to clarify the judiciary’s budget process.
Posted: May 17, 2023
Rules of Professional Conduct – Effective May 17, 2023
Posted: May 3, 2023
Rules of Appellate Procedure – Effective May 1, 2023
URAP008. Stay or injunction pending appeal. Rule 8 is being amended to remove references to specific subparagraphs within Rule 62 of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 62 was significantly amended effective November 1, 2021. Those amendments deleted the prior subparagraph (d). Thus, the current reference in Rule 8(b)(1) of the Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure to “Rule 62(d) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure” no longer makes sense. To avoid future problems, the Committee also suggests modifying Appellate Rule 8’s subparagraph (c) because it also contains a reference to a specific subparagraph of Civil Rule 62.
Posted: April 26, 2023
Rules of Juvenile Procedure – Effective May 3, 2023
URJP022. Initial appearance and preliminary examination in cases under Utah Code section 80-6-503. In its 2023 legislative session, the Utah Legislature approved SJR006, modifying Rule 22 of the Utah Rules of Juvenile Procedure. The amendment addresses the probable cause determination at a preliminary examination.
Posted: April 24, 2023
Rules of Civil Procedure – Effective May 1, 2023
URCP059. New trials; amendments of judgment. AMEND. Amendments made to subparagraph (e) to include “unless otherwise provided for by statute or rule” because as previously written the rule may conflict with Utah Code section 78B-6-811(5)(b), which states a court may modify a judgment for additional amounts owed if a motion is submitted within 180 days.
Posted: April 24, 2023
Code of Judicial Administration – Effective April 25, 2023
CJA04-0202.02. Records classification (AMEND). The proposed amendments update statutory references and include three substantive changes:
- Classifies records related to Court Commissioner Conduct Committee and Council actions under CJA Rule 3-201.02 as “private,” except for public censures by the Judicial Council.
- Safeguards contact information in domestic cases upon request, if the individual’s contact information has been safeguarded in a protective order or stalking injunction action under (8)(A) or in the cases listed under (8)(B).
- In response to S.B. 93, classifies:
- sex designation records for both minors and adults as “private;”
- name change records for both minors and adults as “public,” and
- records in cases involving both a name change and a sex designation change, for minors and adults, as “private” (with a few exceptions).