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Posted: January 21, 2010

Rules of Juvenile Procedure

URJP 03 Style of pleadings and forms. Amend. Makes technical amendments.
URJP 36. Cases certified from the district court. Amend. Requires the party raising the issue of support, custody or parent time to inform the court and parties of any orders from any other court. Requires that a juvenile court order be filed by the prevailing party in any related district court case and contain the captions of both courts.

Posted: January 21, 2010

Code of Judicial Administration

CJA 03-0404. Public information program. Amend. Clarifies the purpose of the public information program.
CJA 04-0202.08 Fees for records, information, and services. Amend. Adjusts the fees for Xchange to include downloading documents. Adds a per-use fee for those who do not subscribe.
CJA 04-0701. Failure to appear. Amend. Clarify that the bail increase applies to each case rather than to each charge in the case.

Posted: November 16, 2009

Petition to Increase Bar Admission Fees

Petition to Increase Bar Admission Fees. There are no rule changes involved, but the Supreme Court invites comments on this proposal.

Posted: November 16, 2009

Code of Judicial Administration

CJA 04-0404. Jury selection and service. Amend. Provide for biannual jury analysis to the Judicial Council in October rather than August.

Posted: November 16, 2009

Rules of Appellate Procedure

URAP 15. Petitions for review in tax cases. New. Provides for stay of a tax appeal in the Supreme Court if case is also before the district court on a petition for judicial review. This rule is being published for comment for a second time after substantial revisions. In order for the Supreme Court to act before the end of the year, the comment period closes December 7, 2009.

Posted: October 5, 2009

Rules of Civil Procedure

URCP 065C. Post-conviction relief. Amend Recognizes Utah’s Post-Conviction Remedies Act as the law governing post-conviction relief.

Posted: October 5, 2009

Rules of Juvenile Procedure

URJP 25A. Withdrawal of plea. New. Establishes standards and procedures for withdrawal of a plea in juvenile court.

Posted: October 5, 2009

Code of Judicial Administration

CJA 04-0409. Council Approval of Problem Solving Courts. Amend. Establish best-practices criteria and require recertification biannually.
CJA 07-0304. Probation supervision. Amend. Add an assessment tool based on evidence-based practices for working with low-risk offenders.

Posted: July 6, 2009

Rules Governing the Utah State Bar

Petition to Establish On-line Bar Elections. Amend rules to establish on-line election of president-elect and commissioners to save approximately $10,000 per year.
USB 14-0103. Organization and management of the Bar. Amend.
USB 14-0205. Board. Amend.
USB 14-0206. Officers. Amend.

Posted: July 6, 2009

Rules of Appellate Procedure

URAP 15. Petitions for review in tax cases. New. Provides for stay of a tax appeal in the Supreme Court if case is also before the district court on a petition for judicial review.