On March 9, 2009, the Juvenile Policy Board filed a request for the adoption of the
North Dakota Rules of Juvenile Procedure. Following referral by the Court, the Joint Procedure Committee filed its
report and recommendations on July 22, 2009.
Notice of Comment was published on July 29, 2009, with comments due on both the proposal by the Juvenile Policy Board and the recommendations of the Joint Procedure Committee, by September 14, 2009. The Court considered the matter, and
ORDERED, that the proposed North Dakota Rules of Juvenile Procedure, as further amended by this Court, are
ADOPTED, effective March 1, 2010. A
copy of the rules as adopted are attached.
The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota convened December 2, 2009, with the
Honorable Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice, and the Honorable Dale V. Sandstrom, the Honorable Mary Muehlen Maring, the Honorable Carol Ronning Kapsner, the Honorable Daniel J. Crothers, Justices, directing the Clerk of the Supreme Court to enter the above order.