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Court Rules

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Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Proposed Amendments to Appellate and Criminal Rules (Comments due by January 6, 2010)

Notice of Court Rules Action - Supreme Court Did not Adopt the Proposed Amendments to M.R. Crim. P. 5(a) and 5C(a) (Dated October 13, 2009)

State of Maine Supreme Court Maine Issues Bar Rule 1: Error Correction Notice (October 14, 2009)

Notice of Amendments to the Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure (Effective August 1, 2009)

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Rule Amendments

• Amendments to the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure [Foreclosure Diversion Program] Rule 93 (Eff. Jan. 1, 2010)
• Amendments to the Maine Rules of Evidence (Rule 408 and new Rule 514) (Eff. Jan. 1, 2010)
• Amendments to the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure (Foreclosure Diversion Program) (Adv. Note to Rule 55(a)) (Eff. Oct. 1, 2009)
• Amendments to the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure (Foreclosure Diversion Program) (Rules 55 and 56) (Eff. August 3, 2009)
• Amendments to the Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure (Effective August 1, 2009)
• Amendments to the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure (Rule 91) (Effective August 1, 2009)
• Amendments to the Maine Code of Judicial Conduct (Code 4(C)(3)) (Eff. July 1, 2009)
• Amendment to the Maine Bar Rules (IOLTA Interest) (Rule 6(a)(4)(C)(3)) (Eff. July 1, 2009)
• Amendments to the Maine Bar Rules (Rule 6(c)(2) (Eff. June 1, 2009)
• Amendments to the Maine Bar Rules (Rules 1(a), (e); 2(a); 4(b); 5(a); 6(b); 7(a); 7.1(e)(2)(D); 7.3(f)(1), (f)(4); 9(a)(1), (e)(4)(C); 11(a)-(d); and 12(c)) (Eff. Aug. 1, 2009)
• Amendments to the Maine Bar Admission Rules (Rules 9(d)(5)(A) and 10(d)) (Eff. Aug. 1, 2009)
• Amendments to the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure (Rules 1; 4(f); 110A(b)(4)(B); and 120(b)) (Eff. July 1, 2009)
• Adoption of the Maine Rules of Professional Conduct and Amendment to the Maine Bar Rules (Eff. August 1, 2009)
• Exhibits to the Medical Malpractice Screening Panel Report

COURT RULES

• Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure Only (August 2009)
• Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure complete with advisory notes (August 2009)
• Maine Bar Rules (as of October 2009)
• Maine Bar Admission Rules (corrected October2009)
• Maine Civil Legal Services Fund Commission (July 2008) (No update)
• Maine Code of Judicial Conduct (as of August 2009)
• Maine Rules of Civil Procedure Only (January 2010)
• Maine Rules of Civil Procedure complete with advisory notes (as of September 2009 (with updated amendments effective January 1, 2010)
• Maine Rules of the Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability (as of July 2004) (No update)
• Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure Only (January 2009) (No update)
• Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure complete with advisory notes (August 2009)
• Maine Rules of Evidence (January 2010)
• Maine Rules of Evidence complete with advisory notes (January 2010)
• Maine Rules of the Family Division of the Maine District Court (Abrogated) (January 2009) (No update)
• Maine Rules of Foreclosure Diversion Program Pilot (with Admin. Order JB-09-3) (Eff. August 3, 2009)
• Maine Rules for Guardians Ad Litem (as of August 2004) (No update)
• Maine Rules of Probate Procedure (as of July 2004) (No update)
• Maine Rules of Professional Conduct Only (August 1, 2009)
• Maine Rules of Professional Conduct complete with advisory notes (August 2009)
• Maine Rules of Small Claims Procedure (June 2007) (No update)
• Rules for Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection (July 2008) (No update)
• Rules for the Maine Assistance Program for Lawyers (July 2008) (No update)
• Unified Criminal Rules of Procedure (UCD) and Administrative Order JB-08-2 (Eff. January 1, 2009)
• Unified Criminal Docket - Bangor Local Rules of Procedure and Administrative Order JB-10-1 Establishment of the Bangor Unified Criminal Docket (Eff. January 4, 2010)

A Guide for Appeals to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court - Updated August 2009

 

 

 

 

 

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