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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD, Thursday, June 29, - Page 197- Court begins July Utahs new circuit court system goes into effect statewide this Satuiday, July 1, and courts city replace the state. throughout The new circuit courts will be couits of recoid and are to be established within the seven Utali judicial distncts. Twelve circuits will be established in the state. San Juan and Gi and Counties will comprise the 1 welftliCu -cuit. Primal location will be m Moab, and the secondaiy couit location is m Montic olio. Judge lor the new distuct couit in tins cuciut will be Donald Cimt, piesentl judge will of Moab ut couit, wlnMi will be ai ohahed until the new cii -cult COUlt sj steal gin s into Opel at loll. Judge Ci 1st slid this Wet k that the whole Lum tiie buds aie feeling the crunch of the hmli cost of housing. Dale Billie, an Aneth Community School Mu lent, noticed many Lad ianaln s unable to find homes. So he built tins which houses 14 families. Mem students have joined m the efioit "Chtep Condominium to ovule adequate bud housing. Photo by Cathryn Cook. 1 tlepiiuaiv 'cations 101 dies clients aie tl 1 o-- e (units a J pi evstul. o wciethe cit i oui ts m ti e city com t sy item. A pimiaiy lo ation will bi tiie I ase of opei ations ioi the 1 1 circuit court judge. single circuit can have more than one primary location. In each primary location there will be a judge, a court facility and a clerk. The secondary locations are found in those county seat cities that previously had no city c ourts under the old city court system. Othei cities may be designated as secondary locations by futuie action by the A legislature. locations Secondaiy solved are the circuit court who work out of the by judges pi unary location. By naming as secondaiy locations all count seats that weie not made pnmai locations, the C n unt Court Act nmures there will be m each count a lo ation where cases tan to l ought tor tiial b a urcuit couit judge, Judge 1 C 1 said 1st One ul the n ajor pi ovisions rI ! c 13 cit tint couits is citizen of the state shall hive acorn to a couit a cpeiab of the lie a ih it ever 1 law-tram- ed Uldge. Com to he new couit s stem will limited ol pi u, lie court. t that itplac e the jui isdn ion 1 cit out ts. he new court s 1 s-t- eiu HANDING i I n nan's P i o( i tdmgs. i c old is a mwEs I I 1 j I I f 1 i i listi: Cl ' NE DAY ONLY! i 8 ct.m. I to 8 p.m. fhAf c On the parking lot at the a. lecoid of its Maintaining the major change be- tween tuo old municipal court Mi in tui e and tiie m w cir-- ( int couit s stum Making the uicuit court a court ol lecoid eliminates the nm'd loi a tnal de novo, winch w m a featuie of the old couit Miuctme that had been attacked Horn mail legal floats. Inal de novo enabled the defendant to have a second trial, if he or she desired. Appeals from the new cncuit couits to tiie district couits will be from the recoid. The appeals judge will be requited to listen only to that portion oi the trial that is under question. Othei features of the new 12-HO- UR A the entile state an! pi ovules AUTO WESTERN STORE in Blanding oui ts -- aie: Junsdiction is expanded to 5,Q0Q. This expanded jurisdiction is expected to have a helpiul effect on the ever case loads experienced in the district courts of the -- Star Craft and Glastron Boats Johnson and Mercury Motors Suzuki Motorcycles Accessories Boating If we we don't have the item you want in stock, it for you at the SALE PRICE order it during this sale!!! will order if you Soat Care Seminar All Day Tuesday, July 4 - Come in and bring your questions about care of your boat! Mercury, Mercruiser, Johnson, Evinrude and OMC Motors. Qualified service 158A N. Main on Blanding MtrfuWHI IMirfiTi 678-20. 68 state. Lawyers can now take civil matters of $5,000 or less to courts other than thedistnct court. The state will be divided into 12 circuits located within the current seven judicialdis-tnct- s. There will be a total of 33 circuit judges. -- All the present city courts are to become circuit court locations and court is to be held at regular times and places in each county in the state as need dictates. All former city judges will -- become circuit judges. Future judges are to be selected in the same manner as m district courts, but the circuit court nominating commissions will include local officials. -- Circuit courts will handle both state and local laws. A local option can be exercised to use either the circuit or justice of the peace court. The JP courts are not auto- matically abolished. -- One of the major features, not previously found in Utah's limited jurisdiction courts is that the circuit court judges will be law trained, as are district court judges. Clytie Barber, San Juan County clerk, will be responsible for the record of proceedings in the new court, as will the county clerks in the j w , 'other circuits. |