Utah Court Rules – Published for Comment
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Posted: December 27, 2019
URCP086. Licensed paralegal practitioners. AMEND. The approved amendments remove the requirement to serve papers on both the party and the licensed paralegal practitioner, and instead require a licensed paralegal practitioner who has entered a general appearance to inform their client of any papers filed, regardless of whether the paper falls within the scope of the licensed paralegal practitioner’s representation.
Posted: December 26, 2019
CJA04-0403. Electronic Signature and Signature Stamp Use. Amended. In conjunction with new URCP 109, authorizes automatically affixing electronic judicial signatures on certain standardized domestic relations injunctions.
CJA04-0503. Mandatory Electronic Filing. Amended. Requires Licensed Paralegal Practitioners to file documents electronically.
Posted: December 20, 2019
CJC02.11. Disqualification. Amend. The amendments will clarify that a judge is disqualified from a case in which a lawyer in the proceeding supervises or is supervised by a judge’s family member, but the disqualification requirement is eliminated if the employing entity removes the family member from the lawyer’s line of supervision.
Posted: December 20, 2019
URCrP008. Appointment of Counsel. Amend. The amendments will change the requirements for capital case qualification, requiring experience to be as defense counsel and requiring education to be in-person training.
Posted: December 19, 2019
URAP021. Filing and Service. Amend. The proposed amendments to Rules 21 and 26 incorporate Utah Supreme Court Standing Order 11 (Regarding filing documents by email). Rule 21 amendments would allow parties to file and serve papers by email, with different requirements for briefs and papers other than briefs. Paragraph (f) directs the parties on electronic signatures. The amendments in proposed paragraph (b) incorporate the Standing Order’s timing for paying fees.
URAP026. Filing and Service of Briefs. Amend. The proposed amendments to Rule 26 address email service and number of paper copies required in the appellate courts.
Posted: December 9, 2019
CJA14-0721. Admission of undocumented immigrants. NEW RULE. This new rule will allow certain undocumented immigrants with deferred action status to be eligible for admission to the Utah Bar. The Utah Supreme Court has included a statement explaining the Court’s authority to create this rule.