Self-Help Resources / Court Rules and Procedures

Court Rules & Procedures

  1. Getting Started
  2. Summary of civil procedures
  3. Statutes of limitation
  4. Court Forms
  5. 1044XX
  6. 1158.5XX
  7. 1158XX
  8. Fees | Fee waiver
  9. Public and non-public records
  10. Filing procedures
  11. No private (ex parte) communications with the court allowed

Next Steps After Filing

  1. Summons
  2. Serving papers
  3. Answering a complaint or petition

Disclosure and Discovery

  1. Notice of Event Due Dates
  2. Initial Disclosures
  3. Disclosure and discovery
  4. Answering a Request for Admissions
  5. Subpoenas

Keeping the Court Informed

  1. Notifying the court of address, contact information or name changes
  2. Changing lawyers
  3. Notice of Pronouns

Resolving Your Case

  1. Alternative Dispute Resolution / Mediation
  2. Excusing mediation
  3. Going to court
  4. Getting Ready for Trial – Civil Cases
  5. Default judgments
  6. Collecting a judgment
  7. Appeals

Enforcing a Court Order

  1. Motion to Enforce Order

  1. Information about motions
  2. Motion for a temporary order
  3. Motion for alternative service
  4. Motion for default judgment
  5. Motion to appoint a parent coordinator
  6. Motion to change venue in a domestic case (using OCAP, the Online Court Assistance Program)
  7. Motion to Correct Clerical Mistake
  8. Motion to declare a judgment satisfied
  9. Motion to dismiss civil case
  10. Motion to Enforce Order
  11. Motion to excuse mediation
  12. Motion to modify child support
  13. Motion to renew judgment
  14. Motion to set aside judgment
  15. Motion to shorten period of driver's license suspension or denial
  16. Motion to stay a case under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
  17. Motion to waive divorce waiting period
  18. Motion to waive divorce education requirements
  19. Motion to waive filing fees
  20. General motion forms

  1. Rules of Civil Procedure
  2. Rules of Small Claims Procedure
  3. Rules of Court-Annexed Alternative Dispute Resolution
  4. Rules of Criminal Procedure
  5. Rules of Appellate Procedure
  6. Rules of Juvenile Procedure
  7. Rules of Evidence
  8. Code of Judicial Administration
  9. Supreme Court Rules of Professional Practice
  10. Redline text of proposed amendments published for comment
  11. Redline text of approved amendments

  1. Utah Code (State statutes)

  1. How do I complain about how I was treated by the court?

Court Rules & Procedures

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 Self Help Resources

Preparing forms

The Online Court Assistance Program (OCAP) helps you to create forms to file with the court by answering questions in an online interview.

The Online Court Assistance Program (OCAP) helps you to create forms to file with the court by answering questions in an online interview.

Programs available:

  • Domestic Relations (such as divorce, custody, and support)
  • Enforcing Domestic Orders
  • Guardian and Conservatorship (for minors and adults)
  • Protective/Stalking Orders
  • Garnishment
  • Landlords and Tenants
  • Small Claims

Prepare your forms

 

Getting help

The Utah State Courts' Self-Help Center (SHC) provides free legal help to people who do not have a lawyer.

The SHC provides information to help you understand your rights and responsibilities, and to help you resolve your legal problems on your own if you cannot afford an attorney or if you choose not to hire one.

The Utah State Courts' Self-Help Center (SHC) provides free legal help to people who do not have a lawyer.

The SHC provides information to help you understand your rights and responsibilities, and to help you resolve your legal problems on your own if you cannot afford an attorney or if you choose not to hire one.

Self-Help Center staff attorneys can:

  • answer questions about the law, court process and options
  • provide court forms and instructions and help completing forms
  • provide information about your case
  • provide information about mediation services, legal advice and representation through pro bono and low cost legal services, legal aid programs and lawyer referral services
  • provide information about resources provided by law libraries

A Few Cautions

  • The SHC cannot give you legal advice or represent you in court.
  • The SHC attorney is not your lawyer.

Go to the Self-Help Center

Getting legal advice

Legal clinics give general legal information and brief legal advice. You can also get help with forms, and ask questions about the law. Most legal clinics handle civil law matters only.

 

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