Utah State Courts Rules - Published for Comment

 

2004-07-21

Rules of Civil Procedure

URCP 62. Stay of proceedings to enforce a judgment. Amend. Strikes from the rule the amendments made by HJR 16. Effective May 12, 2004 under Rule 11-101(6)(F). Subject to further change after comment period.

Posted by tims at May 21, 2004 09:41 AM
Comments

Re URCP62(d): I believe the previous amendments to this rule are troublesome. Among other difficult aspects, it places an additional and onerous burden on the appellee to somehow discover (after judgment has been taken and discovery is closed) - and sufficiently establish for the court - whether an appellant is "dissipating assets outside the course of normal business to avoid payment for a judgment." The statutorily reduced amount of the security bond is also troublesome given the fact that judgment has already been rendered. In my opinion, the amendments unfairly diminish the chances of successful collection if the appeal is unsuccessful (which is more likely than not to be the case.

Posted by: Katherine A. Fox at May 25, 2004 05:31 PM