Author: Utah Courts

URAP005. Discretionary appeals from interlocutory orders. Amend. The Committee proposes amended Rule 5 to: 1) clarify that the petition for an interlocutory appeal must be filed after the trial court’s signed order resolving the motion or issue before the trial court has been entered; and 2) add an adversary committee note further clarifying what orders qualify as the trial court’s signed order.

URAP020. Computation and enlargement of time. Amend. The Committee proposes amending Rule 22 to: 1) change enlargement of time to extension of time throughout the rule for consistency; 2) move the stipulation language from Rule 26 to Rule 22 so the procedures for extensions of time can be found in one rule; 3) increase the amount of stipulated requests for extensions of time to up to 60 days; 4) clarify that stipulated requests for enlargements of time will be granted automatically without a court order; 5) remove paragraph (c) Ex parte motion as these are rarely used and can be filed as a regular motion for extension of time; and 5) clean-up for clarity and consistency.

URAP026. Filing and serving briefs. Amend. The Committee proposes amending Rule 26 to: 1) remove the language regarding stipulated requests for extensions of time; 2) add a paragraph directing parties to Rule 22 to find the procedures for requesting an extension of time; and 3) clean-up for clarity and consistency.

URAP027. Form of briefs, motions, and other documents. Amend. The Committee proposes amending Rule 27 to: 1) change the language in paragraph (a) Typeface from “a plain, roman style with serifs” to “plain and legible”; and 2) remove the cross reference to Rule 3 in paragraphs (c)(1)(C) and (d)(1)(C).

URAP049. Petition for writ of certiorari. Amend. The Committee proposes amending Rule 49 to 1) add a word limit and change the page limit from 20 pages to 15 pages; 2) clarify what the statement of the case should include; and 3) clean-up for clarity and consistency.

URAP050. Response; reply. Amend. The Committee proposes amending Rule 50 to 1) add what the contents of the response to a petition for writ of certiorari should include; 2) add a word limit and change the page limit from 20 pages to 15 pages for a response; 3) add a word limit of 1,500 for the reply; 4) clarify what the statement of the case should include; and 5) clean-up for clarity and consistency.

URAP034. Costs. Amend. The Committee proposes amending Rule 34 to change how much a party may be awarded from $3.00 per page, to an actual reasonable cost that was incurred from the printing of briefs and attachments.