{"id":4322,"date":"2026-07-23T08:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/?p=4322"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:07:06","slug":"rules-of-appellate-procedure-comment-period-closes-september-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/2026\/07\/23\/rules-of-appellate-procedure-comment-period-closes-september-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules of Appellate Procedure &#8211; Comment Period Closes September 8, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/07\/2026.07.22-URAP001_Public-Comment.pdf\">URAP001.<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Scope of rules. Amend.\u00a0<\/strong>The Committee proposes amending Rule 1 to: 1) clarify which rules do not apply to substantiation proceedings under Utah Code \u00a7 80-3-504; and 2) clean-up for clarity and consistency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/07\/2026.07.22.URAP019_Public-Comment.pdf\">URAP019.<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Extraordinary relief. Amend. <\/strong>The Committee proposes amending Rule 19 to: 1) clarify that the contents of the petition must include headings and be in order; and 2) add a procedure for the clerk to reject a petition if all required contents are not included.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/07\/2026.07.22.URAP027_2nd-Public-Comment.pdf\">URAP027.<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Form of briefs, motions, and other documents. Amend. <\/strong>Rule 27 was previously posted for public comment for proposed amendments to add a requirement that cases involving pretrial detention, parental rights, or child custody must state that it is such a case on the cover of the brief. The new proposed amendment expands that list to include capital charges. These amendments expand on the already effective requirement that the cover must note if an individual is incarcerated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/07\/2026.06.04.URAP048.Amend_.Redline.pdf\">URAP048.<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Time for petitioning. Amend. <\/strong>This rule was previously posted for public comment to put into rule an internal process that states a rejected petition of writ of certiorari will be construed as an extension\u00a0of time if filed prior to the admitted time expiring. The Committee proposes changing the new language to remove &#8220;or other filing&#8221; in new paragraph (e)(3) and change the language on extensions from &#8220;per party&#8221; to &#8220;per petition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URAP001.\u00a0Scope of rules. Amend.\u00a0The Committee proposes amending Rule 1 to: 1) clarify which rules do not apply to substantiation proceedings under Utah Code \u00a7 80-3-504; and 2) clean-up for clarity and consistency. URAP019.\u00a0Extraordinary relief. Amend. The Committee proposes amending Rule 19 to: 1) clarify that the contents of the petition must include headings and be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[613,23,124,1077,408,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rules-of-appellate-procedure","category-urap001","category-urap019","category-urap019-rules-of-appellate-procedure","category-urap027","category-urap048"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-30 14:03:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4322"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4324,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4322\/revisions\/4324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}