On March 9, 2009, the Juvenile Policy Board filed a request for the adoption of the
North Dakota Rules of Juvenile Procedure. A copy of the proposed rules are attached. The Supreme Court forwarded the proposed rules to the Joint Procedure Committee on March 12, 2009. The Joint Procedure Committee made
recommendations for modifications to the proposed Rules. A copy of those modifications are attached. The Court considered the matter, and
ORDERED, any person wishing to comment on the proposed amendments may do so in writing before
Monday, September 14, 2009. The Court is specifically requesting comment on
both the rules originally proposed by the Juvenile Policy Board and on the changes to those proposed rules requested by the Joint Procedure Committee. Written comments may be e-mailed to Penny Miller, Clerk of the Supreme Court, at
supclerkofcourt@ndcourts.gov, or addressed to 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Bismarck, ND 58505-0530.
The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota convened this 29th day of July, 2009, with the
Honorable Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice, and the Honorable Dale V. Sandstrom, the Honorable Mary Muehlen Maring, the Honorable Carol Ronning Kapsner, the Honorable Daniel J. Crothers, Justices, directing the Clerk of the Supreme Court to enter the above order.