IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS TO RAP 2.2(a), RAP 2.3(b) AND (e), RAP 2.4, RAP 5.1, RAP 7.2, RAP 8.1, RAP 9.1, RAP 9.2, FORM 15, RAP 9.5, FORM 15A, RAP 9.6, RAP 10.1, RAP 10.2, RAP 10.3, RAP 10.4 (a)(1), (2) AND (3), RAP 10.5, RAP 10.7, RAP 10.8, RAP 10.9, RAP 10.10, FORMS 22 AND 23, RAP 11.4, RAP 11.5, RAP 11.6, RAP 12.3, RAP 12.4, RAP 12.7, RAP 13.4, RAP 14.6, RAP 15.2, RAP 17.2, RAP 17.3, RAP 17.4, RAP 18.1, RAP 18.4, RAP 18.13, AND RAP 18.15

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ORDER NO. 25700-A-755

     The Washington State Bar Association having recommended the adoption of the proposed amendments to RAP 2.2(a), RAP 2.3(b) and (e), RAP 2.4, RAP 5.1, RAP 7.2, RAP 8.1, RAP 9.1, RAP 9.2, Form 15, RAP 9.5, Form 15A, RAP 9.6, RAP 10.1, RAP 10.2, RAP 10.3, RAP 10.4 (a)(1), (2) and (3), RAP 10.5, RAP 10.7, RAP 10.8, RAP 10.9, RAP 10.10, Forms 22 and 23, RAP 11.4, RAP 11.5, RAP 11.6, RAP 12.3, RAP 12.4, RAP 12.7, RAP 13.4, RAP 14.6, RAP 15.2, RAP 17.2, RAP 17.3, RAP 17.4, RAP 18.1, RAP 18.4, RAP 18.13, and RAP 18.15, and the Court having determined that the proposed amendments will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice and further determined that an emergency exists which necessitates and early adoption;

     Now, therefore, it is hereby

     ORDERED:

     (a) That the amendments as attached hereto are adopted.

     (b) That pursuant to the emergency provisions of GR 9(i), the amendments will be published expeditiously and become effective upon publication.

     DATED at Olympia, Washington this 5th day of December 2002.

	Alexander, C. J.
Smith, J.
Johnson, J.	Bridge, J.
Madsen, J.	Chambers, J.
Ireland, J.	Owens, J.

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