Rules of Civil Procedure – Effective November 1, 2022
The Utah Supreme Court voted to delay the implementation of Utah Rule of Civil Procedure 100A until November 1, 2022.
URCP100A. New. Case Management of Domestic Relations Actions.
Category: URCP100A
Posted: April 28, 2022
Posted: June 21, 2021
Rules of Civil Procedure – Effective November 1, 2021 and May 1, 2022
DISCLOSURE AND DISCOVERY AMENDMENTS
URCP026. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery. Amend. The amendments to Rule 26 extend several discovery timelines and clarify multiple provisions. The amendments also include the language that was proposed in SJR004 (2021), which addressed a party’s duty to pay an expert witness’s hourly fee for attendance at a deposition.
FAMILY LAW AMENDMENTS
As a whole, the family law amendments below are intended to
- make case names more neutral and less antagonistic;
- shorten the presumptive discovery period for domestic cases;
- implement the case management recommendations of the “Report and Recommendations to the Standing Committee on Children and Family Law;” and
- address issues raised in a recent legislative audit.
URCP010. Form of pleadings and other papers. Amend. Effective May 1, 2022.
URCP012. Defenses and objections. Amend.
URCP026. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery. Amend.
URCP026.01. Disclosure and discovery in domestic relations actions. Amend.
URCP100A. Case Management of Domestic Relations Actions. NEW.
URCP104. Divorce decree upon affidavit. Amend.
URCP106. Modification of final domestic relations order. Amend.
Supreme Court Order for rules 12, 26, 26.1, 100A, 104, and 106