
IN THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RAP 2.4(c)—SCOPE OF REVIEW OF A TRIAL COURT DECISION	) ) ) )	ORDER NO. 25700-A-1223

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RAP 2.4(c)—SCOPE OF REVIEW OF A TRIAL COURT DECISION

The Court of Appeals' Rules Committee, having recommended the adoption of the proposed amendment to RAP 2.4(c)—Scope of Review of a Trial Court Decision, and the Court having considered the amendment and comments submitted thereto, and having determined that the proposed amendment will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice;

Now, therefore, it is hereby

(a) That the proposed amendment as shown below is adopted.

(b) That the proposed amendment will be published in the Washington Reports and will become effective on September 1, 2018.

dated at Olympia, Washington this 7th day of June, 2018.


		Fairhurst, C.J.
Johnson, J.		Wiggins, J.
Madsen, J.		Gonzalez, J.
Owens, J.		Gordon McCloud, J.
Stephens, J.		Yu, J.

RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

RULE 2.4

SCOPE OF REVIEW OF A TRIAL COURT DECISION

(a) – (b) [Unchanged.]

(c) Final Judgment Not Designated in Notice. Except as provided in rule 2.4(b), the appellate court will review a final judgment not designated in the notice only if the notice designates an order deciding a timely post-trial motion based on (1) CR 50(b) (judgment as a matter of law), (2) CR 52(b) (amendment of findings), (3) CR 59 (reconsideration, new trial, and amendment of judgments), (4) CrR 7.4 (arrest of judgment), or (5) CrR 7.5 (new trial).

(d) – (g) [Unchanged.]

Reviser's note: The brackets and enclosed material in the text of the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.