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Utah Supreme Court delivers State of the Judiciary, highlights treatment courts and access reforms
Summary
Chief Justice Matthew Durant told the Senate the judiciary has seen major turnover and policy reforms, urged increased treatment funding including Medicaid expansion, and outlined new pretrial information tools, licensed paralegal practitioners and a guardianship-review program. He cited a recent court-user survey showing high satisfaction.
Chief Justice Matthew Durant delivered the Utah Supreme Court's State of the Judiciary to the Senate, saying the court has added four justices and that 77 district and juvenile judges have taken the bench in the last eight years. Durant described recent criminal, civil and juvenile reforms and praised collaborative work with the Legislature on treatment and pretrial reforms.
Durant focused on efforts to expand drug court capacity in Salt Lake County, saying a fourth drug court added 25…
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