Opinion ID: 1843757
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: court-appointed experts

Text: The rules committee also seeks adoption of new rule 12.365 concerning the appointment of experts by the court. Among other things, the proposed rule provides for the method and order of appointment; restricts communication of the experts with the court except with notice and an opportunity to be present and heard during such communication; and provides that the report shall be served on the parties prior to trial. It does not apply to the appointment of experts under proposed new rule 12.363. As with rule 12.363, a similar rule was proposed and rejected when the family law rules were proposed in Family Law I. We note that the committee has made a number of changes to the rule as proposed here, but we still are concerned about the increase in costs the adoption of this rule may cause the parties. We decline to approve the proposed rule at this time.