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
North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure
Rule 18 - Place of Trial or Hearing
Rule 21 - Transfer from the County or Municipality for Trial
Rule 44 - Right to and Appointment of Counsel
Rule 45 - Time
Rule 53 - Regulation of Conduct in the Courtroom
North Dakota Rules of Evidence
Rule 502 - Lawyer-Client Privilege
North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure
Rule 26 - Computation and Extension of Time
North Dakota Rules of Court
Rule 3.2 - Motions
Rule 8.2 - Interim Orders in Domestic Relations Cases
Rule 10.1 - Conduct in Court
North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rules
Rule 41 - Access to Judicial Records
This petition is supported by the attached material containing the proposed rules, proposed explanatory notes, and synopsis of the proposals.
Dated July 27, 2000.
Members of the Joint Procedure Committee:
| Honorable Donovan Foughty | Professor Larry Kraft |
| Honorable M. Richard Geiger | Mr. Michael R. Hoffman |
| Honorable Gail Hagerty | Mr. John C. Kapsner |
| Honorable Ronald L. Hilden | Mr. Daniel S. Kuntz |
| Honorable Maurice R. Hunke | Mr. Ronald H. McLean |
| Honorable Lawrence A. Leclerc | Ms. Patricia R. Monson |
| Honorable David W. Nelson | Ms. Sherry Mills Moore |
| Honorable Mikal Simonson | Mr. James T. Odegard |
| Honorable Kirk Smith | Ms. Cathy Howe Schmitz |
| Mr. Michael G. Sturdevant |
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Justice Dale V. Sandstrom
Chair