Posted: November 27, 2017
Rules of Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Code of Judicial Administration – Comment Period Closed January 11, 2018
Utah Rules of Civil Procedure
URCP063 Disability or disqualification of a judge. Amend. Eliminates the option of the Judicial Council’s presiding officer serving as the reviewing or assigning judge on a motion to disqualify. Provides that assignment in justice court cases will be in accordance with new Utah Code of Judicial Administration Rule 9-109.
Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure
URCrP029 Disability or disqualification of a judge or change of venue. Amend. Eliminates the option of the Judicial Council’s presiding officer serving as the assigning judge on a motion to disqualify. Provides that assignment in justice court cases will be in accordance with new Utah Code of Judicial Administration Rule 9-109.
Utah Code of Judicial Administration
CJA09-0109 Presiding judges. New. Establishes the procedure for election, term of office, role, responsibilities, and authority of presiding judges and associate presiding judges for justice courts.
UCJA 9-109 Presiding Judges rule should include the provisions in the presiding judge rules for the other court levels that provides for oversight by the presiding judge as to such things as: cases under advisement monitoring; etc.