Opinion
R-05-0008
October 19, 2005
IT IS ORDERED promulgating the Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure as shown in the attachment hereto, effective on January 1, 2006.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure shall be applicable to all family law cases in which the petition is filed on or after January 1, 2006 and, except for Rule 2(B) (Applicability of Rules of Evidence), to all family law cases pending as of January 1, 2006; provided that the parties to a family law case pending as of January 1, 2006 may stipulate to the applicability of Rule 2(B).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, with respect to family law cases pending as of January 1, 2006, that if disclosure was previously made pursuant to Rule 26.1, Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure, further disclosure shall not be required under Rule 49 or 50 of the Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure, except for the duty to seasonably supplement the earlier disclosure.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that experimental Rules 53(k), Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure (R-02-0012), and 8.11, Pima County Local Rules of Practice (R-03-0011), are superseded by this order, and are therefore abrogated effective January 1, 2006.
DATED in the City of Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Courts Building, this 19th day of October, 2005.