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Posted: April 26, 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: October 13, 2022
URJP025A. Withdrawal of plea. Amends. Removes subsections (a) and (b)(1) because they are substantive rules that are provided for in Utah Code section 80-6-306. Amends subsection (b)(2) to mirror Utah Code section 80-6-306, and removes the heading number (b)(2). Effective October 12, 2022.
Posted: August 16, 2022
URJP017. The petition. Amend. Adds requirement for delinquency petitions regarding non-felony-level offenses to include the specific condition or conditions that allows the prosecuting attorney to file pursuant to Utah Code section 80-6-304(11).
Posted: May 20, 2022
URJP007. Warrants. Amend. Updates statutory references affected by H.B. 248. Allows counsel for the Division of Child and Family Services to file an ex parte motion to vacate a warrant issued pursuant to Utah Code section 80-2a-202. Changes the text style of “ex parte” in subsection (h) from italic text to standard text to make it consistent with other rules.
URJP012. Admission to shelter care. Amend. Updates statutory references affected by H.B. 248.
URJP013. Shelter hearings. Amend. Updates statutory references affected by H.B. 248.
URJP014. Reception of referral; preliminary determination. Amend. Updates statutory references affected by H.B. 248.
Posted: May 20, 2022
URJP025. Pleas. Amend. Modifies paragraph (a) and adds statutory reference to Utah Code section 80-6-306. Adds reference to the rule itself. Deletes paragraph (d) to remove language contained in Utah Code section 80-6-306. Details the procedure for how delayed admissions under Utah Code section 80-6-306 will be resolved.
URJP060. Judicial bypass procedure to authorize minor to consent to abortion. Amend. Qualifies that the time frame in subsection (d) is three calendar days or two business days, whichever is longer.
Posted: January 20, 2022
URJP027A. Admissibility of statements given by a child. Amended. Reflects statutory changes made by H.B. 178 Juvenile Interrogation Amendments (2021) and H.B. 285 Juvenile Code Recodification (2021).
URJP037. Child protective orders. Amended. Revised rule to comply with S.B. 32 Indigent Defense Act Amendments (2019). Clarified that child protective order proceedings are governed by Title 78B, Chapter 7, Part 1 General Provisions, and Part 2 Child Protective Orders. Changed the time frame for holding a hearing after granting an ex party child protective order to align with statutory changes in H.B. 255 Protective Order Revisions (2021).
URJP045. Dispositional Reports. Amended. Updated rule to reflect current terminology regarding dispositional reports in delinquency and abuse, neglect, and dependency cases and statutory changes contained in H.B. 285 Juvenile Code Recodification (2021). Clarified that a juvenile judge shall not shall not view or consider a dispositional report in delinquency cases prior to adjudication since the dispositional report is typically uploaded to juvenile court’s record management system prior to the disposition hearing. Updated the timeframe for providing a dispositional report in delinquency cases to allow attorneys sufficient time to review the report with their minor client.
URJP055. Transfer of minors who present a danger in detention. Repealed. Rule 55 is repealed because procedures governing minors in detention are contained in Title 80, Chapter 6, Juvenile Justice.
Posted: January 3, 2022
URJP011. Time Limits on Detention Orders. Amended. Updated statutory references affected by H.B. 285 Juvenile Code Recodification (2021) and added language to address when diversion in lieu of detention agreements can terminate due to either non-judicial adjustment being entered into or a petition being filed.
Posted: November 24, 2021
URJP044. Findings and Conclusions. Amended. Clarified which case proceedings the court shall enter findings of fact and conclusions of law as well as updated the outdated term “permanent deprivation” to “termination of parental rights.” Updated statutory references affected by H.B. 285 Juvenile Code Recodification (2021).
Posted: October 25, 2021
URJP017. The petition. Amended. Revised paragraph (c)(2) to add language previously contained in it and inadvertently deleted when Rule 17 was updated on September 1, 2021, due to H.B. 285 Juvenile Code Recodification (2021).
Posted: September 29, 2021
URJP005. Definitions. Amended. Updated statutory references affected by H.B. 285 Juvenile Code Recodification (2021) and updated the definition of “ungovernability” to align with H.B. 285.
URJP007. Warrants. Amended. Updated statutory references affected by H.B. 285 Juvenile Code Recodification (2021). Modified the language in subsection (b)(6) regarding runaway minors to align with H.B. 285, added a statutory reference to the authority a probation officer has to take into custody a minor who violates a condition of probation, and clarified that “custody” is “temporary custody.”
URJP050. Presence at hearings. Amended. Updated statutory references affected by H.B. 285 Juvenile Code Recodification (2021). Modified the language in subsection (f) to conform with proposed changes the Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure made to Civil Rule 24 involving tribal intervention and participation in Indian Child Welfare Act cases.
URJP060. Judicial bypass procedure to authorize minor to consent to an abortion. Amended. Updated statutory references affected by H.B. 285 Juvenile Code Recodification (2021).