Rule Impacts Report

Rule Impacts Report

 2012 Court Rules

Court Services Division
Administrative Office of the Courts

This document summarizes court rules and rule amendments adopted by the Arizona Supreme Court during its rules agendas in August and December 2012.
This summary includes a hyperlink in the rule petition number (e.g., R-12-0000) to the Court’s order promulgating the rule change.  The text of the rule change appears with the order.   This document provides only a summary; therefore, readers may wish to review the full text of specific rule changes.  This summary includes potential impacts of a rule change on the courts.

The effective date of rule changes in this 2012 summary is January 1, 2013, with two exceptions:

  1. The Rules of Procedure for Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions (R-12-0030) have an effective date of July 1, 2013.
  2. The amendments to the Criminal, Supreme Court, and Juvenile rules that enhance protections to crime victims (R-12-0004) have a September 1, 2013 effective date.
With a few exceptions, rule changes regarding the practice or admission to the practice of law have not been included in this summary.  Please see the Clerk’s August 28, 2012 amended minutes as well as the December 2012 minutes for further information concerning new and amended rules on these topics.
The Court Services Division of the Administrative Office of the Courts prepared this summary.  If you have any questions concerning this document, please contact Mark Meltzer, at (602) 452-3242, or by e-mail at MMeltzer@courts.az.gov.
   
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