Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Filed: November 12, 2003
RULES ORDER
This Court’s Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure having submitted its One Hundred Fifty-Second Report to the Court, recommending adoption of proposed new Rules 1-104, 2-232, 6-456, 6-464, 16-821, 16-822, 16-823, 16-824, 17-105.1 and proposed amendments to Rules 1-201, 1-202, 1-203, 1-204, 1-301, 1-311, 1-321, 1-322, 1-404, 2-101, 2-112, 2-121, 2-124, 2-126, 2-201, 2-211, 2-212, 2-213, 2-214, 2-221, 2-231, 2-241, 2-301, 2-302, 2-303, 2-304, 2-305, 2-311, 2-321, 2-322, 2-323, 2-324, 2-325, 2-326, 2-327, 2-401, 2-402, 2-403, 2-404, 2-411, 2-412, 2-414, 2-415, 2-418, 2-419, 2-421, 2-422, 2-424, 2-432, 2-433, 2-501, 2-504, 2-504.2, 2-506, 2-510, 2-511, 2-512, 2-519, 2-520, 2-521, 2-522, 2-532, 2-533, 2-534, 2-535, 2-541, 2-601, 2-602, 2-613, 2-632, 2-633, 2-644, 2-645, 2-648, 2-649, 3-101, 3-102, 3-112, 3-121, 3-124, 3-126, 3-201, 3-211, 3-212, 3-213, 3-214, 3-241, 3-301, 3-302, 3-303, 3-305, 3-307, 3-326, 3-506, 3-510, 3-519, 3-533, 3-534, 3-535, 3-601, 3-602, 3-632, 3-633, 3-645, 3-648, 3-649, 3-701, 3-731, 4-102, 4-213, 4-216, 4-217, 4-222, 4-231, 4-254, 4-261, 4-312, 4-313, 4-314, 4-326, 4-342, 4-349, 4-354, 4-505, 5-407, 5-412, 5-606, 6-105, 6-107, 6-122, 6-209, 6-211, 6-411, 6-452, 6-454, 6-455, 6-461, 7-112, 7-115, 8-114, 8-207, 8-301, 8-305, 8-431, 8-501, 8-503, 8-504, 8-608, 9-208, 10-202, 10-301, 12-103, 14-206, 14-306, 15-502, 15-504, 15-505, 16-101, 16-108, 16-401, 16-406, 16-723, 16-751, 16-760, 16-761, 16-771, 16-773, 16-775, 16-781, 16-808, 17-104, 17-105, 17-107, 17-108, and 17-109; Forms 4-217.1, 4-503.4, 4-504.1; and Appendix: Form Interrogatories, Forms Nos. 3, 5, and 7 of the Maryland Rules of Procedure and Rules 6 and 9 of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Maryland, all as set forth in that Report published in the Maryland Register, Vol. 30, Issue 17, pages 1118 — 1199 (August 22, 2003); and
This Court having considered at open meetings, notices of which were posted as prescribed by law, all those proposed rules changes, together with the comments received, and making certain amendments to the proposed rules changes on its own motion, it is this 12th day of November, 2003,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that new Rules 6-456, 16-821, 16-822, 16-824, and 17-105.1 be, and they are hereby, adopted in the form previously published; and it is further
ORDERED that new Rules 6-464 and 16-823 be, and they are hereby, adopted in the form attached to this Order; and it is further
ORDERED that the proposed amendments to Rules 1-201, 1-202, 1-203, 1-204, 1-301, 1-311, 1-321, 1-404, 2-112, 2-121, 2-124, 2- 126, 2-201, 2-211, 2-212, 2-213, 2-214, 2-221, 2-241, 2-301, 2- 302, 2-303, 2-304, 2-305, 2-321, 2-322, 2-323, 2-324, 2-325, 2- 326, 2-401, 2-403, 2-404, 2-414, 2-418, 2-421, 2-422, 2-424, 2- 432, 2-433, 2-504, 2-504.2, 2-506, 2-510, 2-511, 2-519, 2-520, 2- 522, 2-532, 2-533, 2-534, 2-535, 2-541, 2-601, 2-613, 2-632, 2- 633, 2-644, 2-645, 2-648, 2-649, 3-102, 3-112, 3-121, 3-124, 3- 126, 3-201, 3-211, 3-212, 3-213, 3-214, 3-241, 3-301, 3-302, 3- 303, 3-305, 3-307, 3-326, 3-506, 3-510, 3-519, 3-533, 3-534, 3- 535, 3-601, 3-602, 3-632, 3-633, 3-645, 3-648, 3-649, 3-731, 4- 102, 4-217, 4-222, 4-231, 4-254, 4-313, 4-342, 4-349, 4-505, 5- 407, 5-606, 6-105, 6-107, 6-122, 6-209, 6-211, 6-411, 6-452, 6- 454, 6-455, 6-461, 7-112, 7-115, 8-301, 8-305, 8-501, 8-503, 9- 208, 10-202, 10-301, 12-103, 14-206, 14-306, 15-502, 15-504, 15- 505, 16-101, 16-108, 16-401, 16-406, 16-760, 16-761, 16-771, 16- 773, 16-775, 16-781, 16-808, 17-104, 17-105, 17-107, 17-108, and 17-109, Forms 4-217.1 and 4-504.1 and Appendix: Form Interrogatories, Forms Nos. 3, 5, and 7 be, and they are hereby adopted in the form previously published; and it is further
ORDERED that the proposed amendments to Rules 1-322, 2-101, 2-231, 2-311, 2-327, 2-402, 2-411, 2-412, 2-521, 2-602, 3-101, 3- 701, 4-213, 4-216, 4-326, 4-354, 5-412, 8-114, 8-207, 8-504, 8- 608, 16-723, and 16-751, Form 4-503.4, and Rules 6, 7, and 9 of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Maryland be, and they are hereby, adopted in the form attached to this Order; and it is further
ORDERED that proposed new Rules 1-104 and 2-232 and the proposed amendments to Rules 2-231(j), 2-412(e) and (f), 2-512 (b), 4-312(b), and 8-431 be and they are hereby, rejected; and it is further
ORDERED that the proposed amendments to Rules 2-415, 2-419, 2-501, and 4-261 be, and they are hereby, deferred, pending further study by this Court; and it is further
ORDERED that the proposed amendments to Rules 1-322(a), 2- 512(d) — (i), 4-312(d) — (i), 4-314, 16-723(b), be, and they are hereby, remanded to the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure for further study; and it is further
ORDERED that the amendments to Rules 6, 7, and 9 of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Maryland hereby adopted by this Court shall govern the State Board of Law Examiners, the Character Committees appointed by this Court, the courts of this State, all applicants for admission to the Bar of this State, and all parties and their attorneys in all actions and proceedings, and shall take effect March 1, 2004 and be implemented to apply to all petitions to take the Bar examination in July 2004 and all Bar examinations thereafter, and it is further
ORDERED that all other rules changes hereby adopted by this Court shall govern the courts of this State and all parties and their attorneys in all actions and proceedings, and shall take effect and apply to all actions commenced on or after January 1, 2004, and insofar as practicable to all actions then pending; and it is further
ORDERED that a copy of this Order be published in the next issue of the Maryland Register.