IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
| Joint Procedure Committee, Petitioner, | ) ) ) ) | PETITION FOR ADOPTION, AMENDMENT, OR REPEAL OF COURT RULES |
TO: The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota:
The Joint Procedure Committee petitions the Supreme Court, under N.D.R.Proc.R. § 3, for an order adopting the following proposals:
North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure
Rule 5 - Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
North Dakota Rules of Court
Rule 2.2 - Facsimile Transmission
Rule 3.3 - Change of Judge for Postjudgment Motion or Proceeding
Rule 7.1 - Judgments, Orders and Decrees
Appendix F - Rule 8.8 Alternative Dispute Resolution Statement
North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rules
This petition is supported by the attached material containing the proposed rules, proposed explanatory notes, and synopsis of the proposals.
Dated July 1, 2002.
Members of the Joint Procedure Committee:
| Honorable Bruce E. Bohlman | Professor Larry Kraft |
| Honorable Donovan Foughty | Mr. Michael R. Hoffman |
| Honorable M. Richard Geiger | Mr. John C. Kapsner |
| Honorable Gail Hagerty | Mr. Daniel S. Kuntz |
| Honorable Ronald L. Hilden | Mr. Ronald H. McLean |
| Honorable Lawrence A. Leclerc | Ms. Sherry Mills Moore |
| Honorable David W. Nelson | Mr. James T. Odegard |
| Honorable Thomas J. Schneider | Mr. Stephen W. Plambeck |
| Honorable Mikal Simonson | Ms. Cathy Howe Schmitz |
| Mr. Michael G. Sturdevant |
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Justice Dale V. Sandstrom
Chair