{"id":4322,"date":"2026-02-24T20:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/?p=4322"},"modified":"2026-02-24T21:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:01:17","slug":"rules-of-appellate-procedure-effective-may-1-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/2026\/02\/24\/rules-of-appellate-procedure-effective-may-1-2026-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules of Appellate Procedure &#8211; Effective May 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/2026.02.09.URAP-5_Final-Approval.pdf\">URAP005.<\/a> <b>Discretionary appeals from interlocutory orders. Amend.<\/b>\u00a0The amendments to Rule 5 include: 1) clarifying that the petition for an interlocutory appeal must be filed after the trial court\u2019s signed order resolving the motion or issue before the trial court has been entered; and 2) adding an advisory committee note further clarifying what orders qualify as the trial court\u2019s signed order.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/2026.02.09.URAP-26_final-approval.pdf\">URAP026.<\/a> <b>Filing and serving briefs. Amend.\u00a0<\/b>The amendments to Rule 26 include: 1) removing the language regarding stipulated requests for extensions of time; 2) adding a paragraph directing parties to Rule 22 to find the procedures for requesting an extension of time; and 3) clean-up for clarity and consistency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/2026.02.09.URAP-27_final-approval.pdf\">URAP027.<\/a> <b>Form of briefs, motions, and other documents. Amend.\u00a0<\/b>The amendments to Rule 27 include: 1) changing the language in paragraph (a)\u00a0<b>Typeface<\/b>\u00a0from \u201ca plain, roman style with serifs\u201d to \u201cplain and legible\u201d; and 2) removing the cross reference to Rule 3 in paragraphs (c)(1)(C) and (d)(1)(C).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/2026.02.09.URAP-34_final-approval.pdf\">URAP034.<\/a> <b>Costs. Amend.\u00a0<\/b>The amendment to Rule 34 changes the awarded cost on appeal from $3.00 per page, to an actual reasonable cost that was incurred from the printing of briefs and attachments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/URAP-Rules-5-26-27-and-34-effective-5-1-26.pdf\">Supreme Court Order<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URAP005. Discretionary appeals from interlocutory orders. Amend.\u00a0The amendments to Rule 5 include: 1) clarifying that the petition for an interlocutory appeal must be filed after the trial court\u2019s signed order resolving the motion or issue before the trial court has been entered; and 2) adding an advisory committee note further clarifying what orders qualify as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,308,690,345,1020],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rule","category-urap005","category-urap026","category-urap027","category-urap034"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 10:12:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4322"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4329,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4322\/revisions\/4329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}