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Posted: April 23, 2019
CJA06-0101. The Board of District Court Judges. Amend. Increases the Board composition from ten to eleven positions. Provides that the Fifth Judicial District now has its own Board position.
Posted: April 18, 2019
CJA14-0515. Access to disciplinary information. Amend. Currently, Rule 14-515 requires all parties to a discipline action to maintain confidentiality prior to the filing of a formal complaint or the issuance of a public reprimand. The amendments to Rule 14-515 clarify that the confidentiality requirements do not apply to the complainant.
Posted: April 9, 2019
The following proposed coordinating amendments codify an existing practice. In response to recent changes in the law, the juvenile court now automatically abstracts to the district court unpaid restitution orders entered as civil judgments.
URCP058B. Satisfaction of judgment. Amend. Updates terminology and provides that the juvenile court will file an abstract of judgment in the district court upon entering an unpaid restitution order as a civil judgment. Also provides that If the judgment falls under Rule 58 of the Utah Rules of Juvenile Procedure, the judgment creditor must file an acknowledgment of satisfaction in both the district court and the juvenile court within 28 days after full satisfaction of the judgment.
URJP058. Victim rights. Amend. Provides that if the juvenile court enters an unpaid restitution order as a civil judgment, the juvenile court will file an abstract of judgment in the district court. The victim is entitled to enforce the judgment in the district court and the judgment shall be treated in all respects as if the judgment was originally entered in the district court.
Posted: April 2, 2019
URCrP022. The proposed change will allow a defendant to file a motion to correct a sentence when the sentence becomes unconstitutional based on a rule established by the U.S. Supreme Court, Utah Supreme Court, or Utah Court of Appeals after sentencing, and the rule was not dictated by precedent existing at the time of sentencing. Associate Chief Justice Thomas Lee has included a comment raising the question of whether there should be time limits for such motions. Associate Chief Justice Lee asks practitioners to comment on that issue.