IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
| Joint Procedure Committee, Petitioner, | ) ) ) ) | PETITION FOR ADOPTION, AMENDMENT, OR REPEAL OF COURT RULES |
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 an order adopting the following proposals:
North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure
Rule 4 - Persons Subject to Jurisdiction -- Process -- Service
Rule 6 - Time
Rule 27 - Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal
Rule 38 - Jury Trial of Right
Rule 45 - Subpoena
North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure
Rule 7 - The Indictment and the Information
Rule 29 - Motion for a Judgment of Acquittal
Rule 32 - Sentencing and Judgment
Rule 33 - New Trial
Rule 34 - Arresting Judgment
Rule 45 - Computing and Extending Time
North Dakota Rules of Evidence
Rule 702 - Testimony by Experts
Rule 703 - Bases of Opinion Testimony by Experts
North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure
Rule 3 - Appeal as of Right -- How Taken
Rule 4 - Appeal -- When Taken
Rule 32 - Form of Briefs, Appendices, and Other Papers
North Dakota Rules of Court
Rule 3.1 - Pleadings
Rule 3.2 - Motions
Rule 8.4 - Summons in Action for Divorce or Separation
This petition is supported by the attached material containing the proposed rules, proposed explanatory notes, and synopsis of the proposals.
Dated June 26, 2006.
Members of the Joint Procedure Committee:
| Honorable Georgia Dawson | Mr. John C. Kapsner |
| Honorable Donovan Foughty | Mr. Daniel S. Kuntz |
| Honorable M. Richard Geiger | Mr. Galen J. Mack |
| Honorable Gail Hagerty | Ms. Jeanne McLean |
| Honorable Debbie Gordon Kleven | Mr. Ronald H. McLean |
| Honorable David W. Nelson | Ms. Sherry Mills Moore |
| Honorable Allan L. Schmalenberger | Mr. Stephen W. Plambeck |
| Honorable Thomas J. Schneider | Mr. Bruce D. Quick |
| Honorable Mikal Simonson | Ms. Cathy Howe Schmitz |
| Honorable Michael G. Sturdevant |
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Justice Dale V. Sandstrom
Chair