CJA03-0117 – Utah Court Rules

Posted: July 22, 2025

Code of Judicial Administration – Effective November 1, 2025

CJA03-117. Committee on Court Forms (AMEND)
The amendments: 1) formalize the authority of the Forms Committee; 2) clarify that the Judicial Council must approve forms used by Licensed Paralegal Practitioners; 3) grant the Forms Committee the authority to approve all other forms; 4) allow the Forms Committee to delegate its responsibility for certain groups of forms; and 5) direct the Forms Committee to draft forms that center on the needs of self-represented litigants and enhance access to justice.

CJA03-403. Judicial branch education (AMEND)
The amendments make the rule applicable to all state employees who are not time-limited and modify program requirements to align with the judiciary’s performance year.

Judicial Council Order

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.

Judicial Council Order

Posted: May 30, 2017

Code of Judicial Administration – Effective May 22, 2017

CJA01-0205 Standing and ad hoc committees. Amend. Expands committee composition to include one educator from a paralegal program or law school and one person skilled in linguistics or communication.

CJA03-0117 Committee on Court Forms. Amend. Expands the charge for the new Judicial Council Standing Committee on Forms to include procedures for eliminating obsolete and outdated forms and procedures for recommending which forms should be translated into other languages.

Judicial Council Order

Posted: January 9, 2017

Code of Judicial Administration – Effective December 19, 2016

CJA01-0205. Standing and ad hoc committees. Amend. Creates a new Judicial Council Standing Committee on Forms; provides committee composition.

CJA03-0117. Committee on Court Forms. New. Establishes the charge for the new Judicial Council Standing Committee on Forms.

Supreme Court Order