{"id":2484,"date":"2021-02-05T16:49:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T23:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2021-04-26T11:02:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T18:02:07","slug":"rules-of-civil-procedure-comment-period-closes-march-22-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/2021\/02\/05\/rules-of-civil-procedure-comment-period-closes-march-22-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules of Civil Procedure &#8211; Comment Period Closed March 22, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>DISCLOSURE AND DISCOVERY AMENDMENTS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/02\/URCP026.Combined-Amendments.For-Comment.pdf\">URCP026.<\/a> <b>General provisions governing disclosure and discovery.\u00a0<\/b>Amend. The proposed amendments to Rule 26 extend several discovery timelines and clarify multiple provisions. The amendments also include the language currently proposed in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/le.utah.gov\/~2021\/bills\/static\/SJR004.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/le.utah.gov\/~2021\/bills\/static\/SJR004.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612648610362000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFFJe_uB_IqR5OgMNefzrITfhbDCQ\">SJR004<\/a>\u00a0(2021), which addresses a party&#8217;s duty to pay\u00a0an expert witness&#8217;s hourly fee for attendance at a deposition (lines 113-114).<\/p>\n<div><b>FAMILY LAW AMENDMENTS<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As a whole, the family law amendments below are intended to<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>make case names more neutral and less antagonistic;<\/li>\n<li>shorten the presumptive discovery period for domestic cases;<\/li>\n<li>implement the case management recommendations of the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/resources\/reports\/docs\/DCPI%20Subcommittee%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/resources\/reports\/docs\/DCPI%2520Subcommittee%2520Report.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612648610362000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHyQCUge8-JuwChTHZrnhi9Rkuwig\">Report and Recommendations to the Standing Committee on Children and Family Law<\/a>;\u201d and<\/li>\n<li>address issues raised in a recent legislative audit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/02\/URCP010.Family-Law-Amendments.For-Comment.pdf\">URCP010.<\/a> <b>Form of pleadings and other papers.<\/b>\u00a0Amend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/02\/URCP012.Family-Law-Amendments.For-Comments.pdf\">URCP012.<\/a> <b>Defenses and objections.\u00a0<\/b>Amend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/02\/URCP026.Combined-Amendments.For-Comment.pdf\">URCP026.<\/a> <b>General provisions governing disclosure and discovery.\u00a0<\/b>Amend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/02\/URCP026.01.Family-Law-Amendments.For-Comment.pdf\">URCP026.01.<\/a> <b>Disclosure and discovery in domestic relations actions.\u00a0<\/b>Amend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/02\/URCP100A.Family-Law-Amendments.For-Comment.pdf\">URCP100A.<\/a> <b>Case Management of Domestic Relations Actions.\u00a0<\/b>NEW.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/02\/URCP104.Family-Law-Amendments.For-Comment.pdf\">URCP104.<\/a> <b>Divorce decree upon affidavit.<\/b>\u00a0Amend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2021\/02\/URCP106.Family-Law-Amendments.For-Comment.pdf\">URCP106.<\/a> <b>Modification of final domestic relations order.\u00a0<\/b>Amend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DISCLOSURE AND DISCOVERY AMENDMENTS URCP026. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery.\u00a0Amend. The proposed amendments to Rule 26 extend several discovery timelines and clarify multiple provisions. The amendments also include the language currently proposed in\u00a0SJR004\u00a0(2021), which addresses a party&#8217;s duty to pay\u00a0an expert witness&#8217;s hourly fee for attendance at a deposition (lines 113-114). 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