Utah R. Juv. P. 29B

As amended through October 9, 2024
Rule 29B - Hearings with remote conferencing from a different location
(a) In any delinquency proceeding or proceeding under Title 80, Chapter 6, Part 5, Transfer to District Court, the court, on its own initiative or on motion, may conduct the following hearings with the minor or the minor's parent, guardian, or custodian attending by remote conferencing from a different location:
(a)(1) contempt;
(a)(2) detention;
(a)(3) motion;
(a)(4) review; and
(a)(5) warrant.;
(b) In any delinquency proceeding or proceeding under Title 80, Chapter 6, Part 5, Transfer to District Court other than those in paragraph (a), the court, for good cause and on its own initiative or on motion, may permit a party or a minor's parent, guardian, or custodian to attend a hearing by remote conferencing from a different location.
(c) For good cause, the court may permit testimony in open court by remote conferencing from a different location if the party not calling the witness waives confrontation of the witness in person.
(d) The remote conference must enable:
(d)(1) a party and the party's counsel to communicate confidentially;
(d)(2) documents, photos and other things that are delivered in the courtroom to be delivered previously or simultaneously to the remote participants;
(d)(3) interpretation for a person of limited English proficiency; and
(d)(4) a verbatim record of the hearing.
(e) If the court permits remote conferencing, the court may require a party to make the arrangements for the remote conferencing.

Utah. R. Juv. P. 29B

Effective 11/1/2011; amended effective 9/1/2021.