Category: URAP055A

Rules of Appellate Procedure – Effective November 1, 2026

URAP049. Petition for writ of certiorari. Amend. The amendments to Rule 49 include: 1) adding a word limit and changing the page limit from 20 pages to 15 pages; 2) adding a requirement that a certificate of compliance be included with the petition; 3) clarifying what the statement of the case should include; and 4) clean-up for clarity and consistency.

URAP050. Response; reply. Amend. The amendments to Rule 50 include: 1) adding what the contents of the response to a petition for writ of certiorari should include; 2) adding a word limit and changing the page limit from 20 pages to 15 pages for a response; 3) adding a word limit of 1,500 for the reply; 4) adding a requirement that a certificate of compliance be included with the response and reply; 5) clarifying what the statement of the case should include; and 6) clean-up for clarity and consistency.

URAP055A. Motion to remand for findings necessary to determination of ineffective assistance of counsel claim. Amend. The amendments to Rule 55A adds a procedure for the juvenile court to transmit the supplemental record to the appellate court.

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Rules of Appellate Procedure – Effective November 1, 2025

URAP011. The record on appeal. Amend. The amendments to Rule 11 include: 1) removing paragraphs (d) and (e); and 2) clarifying that parties may use newly renumbered paragraph (d) Supplementing or modifying the record in instances where there are audio issues that need to be corrected.

URAP038A.Withdrawal of counsel. Amend. The amendments to Rule 38A include: 1) adding that an attorney may not withdraw from a case if there is a motion pending in the appellate court; and 2) cleaning up language for clarity and consistency.

URAP55A. Motion to remand for findings necessary to determination of ineffective assistance of counsel claim. New. New Rule 55A adds a procedure for filing a motion to remand for ineffective assistance of counsel claims in child welfare cases.

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