IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
| Joint Procedure Committee, Petitioner, | ) ) ) ) | PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF N.D.R.Ct. 8.6 AND 8.7, AND REPEAL OF N.D.R.Ct. 4.1 |
TO: The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota:
The Joint Procedure Committee petitions the Supreme Court, under N.D.R.Proc.R. § 3, for its order adopting N.D.R.Ct. 8.6 and 8.7, and repealing N.D.R.Ct. 4.1, effective March 1, 2000. This petition is supported by the attached material containing a synopsis of the proposals and the proposed rules.
This petition is submitted in advance of the Joint Procedure Committee's annual rules package to provide more time between the date of adoption and the usual March 1, effective date for rule amendments. The lead time will be used for training people as custody investigators and guardians ad litem before the proposals become effective.
Dated March 17, 1999.
Members of the Joint Procedure Committee:
| Honorable Donovan Foughty | Professor Larry Kraft |
| Honorable M. Richard Geiger | Mr. Lynn M. Boughey |
| Honorable Gail Hagerty | Mr. Michael R. Hoffman |
| Honorable Ronald L. Hilden | Mr. John C. Kapsner |
| Honorable Maurice R. Hunke | Mr. Daniel S. Kuntz |
| Honorable Lawrence A. Leclerc | Mr. Ronald H. McLean |
| Honorable David W. Nelson | Ms. Patricia R. Monson |
| Honorable Mikal Simonson | Ms. Sherry Mills Moore |
| Honorable Kirk Smith | Mr. James T. Odegard |
| Ms. Cathy Howe Schmitz |
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Justice Dale V. Sandstrom
Chair