Proposed Rules & Amendments

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Rules of Juvenile Practice and Procedure
- ORDER Soliciting Written Comments to 2025 Rule Package Amendments DM2024-01134
Supreme Court
Rule 9: Amendment of Rules - Comments to Rule 9 Section 10.1 - ORDER Amends Tenn.Sup.CT.R.9, SECTION 10.1 - ADM2024-00922
Rule 9: Amendment of Rules - ORDER soliciting comments to proposed amendments to Rules 9 and 33 of the Tennessee Supreme Court
Rule 9: Amendment of Rules - COMMENTS to proposed amendments to Rules 9 and 33, Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court ADM2024-01525
Rule 9: Amendment of Rules - Rule 9 Section 10.1 - ORDER Amending Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9, Section 10.1 – under ADM2024-00922.
Rule 10B: Disqualification or Recusal of a Judge; Filing and Disposition of Motions and Appeal. - Supreme Court ORDER Amending Rule 10B, 3.03 under ADM2024-01462
Rule 13: Rule 13: Appointment, Qualifications, and Compensation of Counsel for Indigent Defendants - Supreme Court ORDER Amending Rule 13: Appointment, Qualifications, and Compensation of Counsel for Indigent Defendants , - Supreme Court ORDER Amending Rule 13: Appointment, Qualifications, and Compensation of Counsel for Indigent Defendants
Rule 13: Rule 13: Appointment, Qualifications, and Compensation of Counsel for Indigent Defendants - Order Amending Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 13 ADM2024-00227
Rule 24: Trial Jurors. - Comment to the proposed amendment of Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure 24(f) under ADM2024-01134
Rule 31: Alternative Dispute Resolution - Mediation. - Rule 31 - ORDER Adopts Amended Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31(15)(A)(5) , - Rule 31 - ORDER Adopts Amended Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31(15)(A)(5)
Rule 31: Alternative Dispute Resolution - Mediation. - Rule 31 - Comments for ORDER Amending Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31(15)(A)(5)
Rule 31: Alternative Dispute Resolution - Mediation. - Rule 31 - Comments for ORDER Amending Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31(15)(A)(5)
Rule 31: Alternative Dispute Resolution - Mediation. - ORDER Amending Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31(15)(b) ADM2024-00714
Rules of Civil Procedure
Rule 43.01: Evidence at Trials. - Rule 43.01 - Proposed Amendment to Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure - ADM2023-01208