Posted: June 26, 2024
Code of Judicial Administration – Comment Period Closed August 10, 2024
CJA01-0205. Amend. Standing and ad hoc committees
CJA02-0102. Amend. The proposed amendments formalize the existence of the Council’s consent calendar, list the items which may be placed on the calendar, outline the process for removing items from the calendar, and require a Council vote on items placed on the consent calendar.
CJA03-0422. New. Tribal Liaison Committee. The proposed amendments create a new Judicial Council standing committee, the Tribal Liaison Committee, to serve as a core leadership team for the Tribal Liaison and to provide subject matter expertise to the Council regarding matters impacting both the judiciary and tribal courts.
CJA03-0501. Amend. The proposed amendments clarify policies regarding retirement benefits for commissioners and judges of courts of record and incentive benefits for active senior judges.
CJA04-0101.New. Manner of appearance. The Supreme Court recently published proposed rules of civil, criminal, and juvenile procedure which identify factors judges should consider when setting in-person, remote, and hybrid hearings. The procedural rules also specify how hearing participants may request to appear in a manner opposite of the initial court setting and provide factors judges should consider in approving or denying a participant’s request. Rule 4-101 is a new companion rule addressing notice and compliance.
Good afternoon,
Our Juvenile Court team after having reviewed Rule 4-101 – Manner of Appearance have the following comments and questions:
1. We are unsure about what the “court’s website” listed under 2(C) is. We’ve been directed to this website: https://legacy.utcourts.gov/cal/ which does not include any juvenile court information. This website is titled Attending a Remote Hearing and does include the following sentence: “We have created an easy guide to help walk you through how to participate in a remote court hearing.” However, the site begins with: “The public is able to attend most court hearings, even if it is being held remotely” This website seems to have been created for the public and not for parties to a case who would be receiving a notice of hearing. Perhaps a separate website could be created specifically for court patrons attending their hearings with similar information. If the website listed under 2(c) is in fact: https://legacy.utcourts.gov/cal/. We’d recommend several changes to make it useful for parties to a case. We’d like some guidance from the committee on this question.
2. As the rule is being drafted, is the committee’s thought that every notice would include the name of the party and the way they are to attend a hearing? or would a general statement such as “unless approved by the court to attend remotely, you are to attend in person” suffice?
Thank you