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H.B. 81

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MOTIONS TO VACATE EX PARTE

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PROTECTIVE ORDERS

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1998 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Patricia B. Larson

6    AN ACT RELATING TO THE COHABITANT ABUSE ACT; PROVIDING THAT A
7    RESPONDENT TO AN EX PARTE PROTECTIVE ORDER MAY MOVE TO VACATE
8    THAT ORDER; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EXPEDITED HEARING.
9    This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
10    AMENDS:
11         30-6-4.3, as enacted by Chapter 300, Laws of Utah 1995
12    Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
13        Section 1. Section 30-6-4.3 is amended to read:
14         30-6-4.3. Hearings on ex parte orders.
15        (1) (a) When a court issues an ex parte protective order the court shall set a date for a
16    hearing on the petition within 20 days after the ex parte order is issued.
17        (b) If at that hearing the court does not issue a protective order, the ex parte protective
18    order shall expire, unless it is otherwise modified by the court.
19        (c) If at that hearing the court issues a protective order, the ex parte protective order
20    remains in effect until service of process of the protective order is completed.
21        (d) A protective order issued after notice and a hearing is effective until further order of
22    the court.
23        (2) Upon a hearing under this section, the court may grant any of the relief described in
24    Section 30-6-4.2.
25        (3) When a court denies a petition for an ex parte protective order or a petition to modify
26    an order for protection ex parte, the court shall set the matter for hearing upon notice to the
27    respondent.


1        (4) A respondent who has been served with an ex parte protective order may seek to vacate
2    the ex parte protective order prior to the hearing scheduled pursuant to Subsection (1)(a) by filing
3    a verified motion to vacate. That motion shall be heard by the judge who issued the ex parte
4    protective order pursuant to Subsection (1). The respondent's verified motion to vacate and a
5    notice of hearing on that motion shall be personally served on the petitioner at least two days prior
6    to the hearing on the motion to vacate.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 1-8-98 2:16 PM


A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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