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Order of Adoption Wednesday, October 9, 2013

IN THE SUPREME COURT 
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA 

ORDER OF ADOPTION

Supreme Court No. 20110376


Proposed Adoption or Amendment of North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure 5 and North Dakota Rules of Court 8.9

[¶ 1] On October 27, 2011, the Joint Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee submitted a petition to approve adoption of North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure 5 and an Appellate Mediation Protocol, and to amend North Dakota Rules of Court 8.9. Following a comment period, on March 14, 2012, the Court returned the proposed rule and amendments to the Joint Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee for further consideration. On November 1, 2012, the Joint Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee submitted further amendments for the Courts consideration.

[¶ 2] The Court considered the Joint Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee's November 1, 2012, submission. On November 30, 2012, the Court referred the proposed rule and amendments to the Joint Procedure Committee, and on March 7, 2013, the committee submitted further amendments to proposed North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure 5 incorporating the Appellate Mediation Protocol, and to North Dakota Rules of Court 8.9. The Court further amended the proposal submitted by the Joint Procedure Committee. The proposed rule and amendments are available at http://www.ndcourts.gov/Court/Notices/Notices.htm. Individuals who do not have internet access may contact the Office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court to obtain a copy of the proposal. The Court considered the matter, and

[¶ 3] ORDERED, that the amendments to North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure 5 incorporating the Appellate Mediation Protocol, and to North Dakota Rules of Court 8.9, both with further amendments by the Court, are ADOPTED effective January 1, 2014.

[¶ 4] The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota convened the 9th day of October, 2013, with the Honorable Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice, and the Honorable Dale V. Sandstrom, the Honorable Mary Muehlen Maring, the Honorable Carol Ronning Kapsner, and the Honorable Daniel J. Crothers, Justices, directing the Clerk of the Supreme Court to enter the above order.

Penny Miller Clerk North Dakota Supreme Court