Rule 10.5 Panel Composition; Quorum; and Emergency Substitution Procedure

This rule covers how judicial citizen review panels are put together and how they operate. A citizen review panel is a group of people who help oversee cases involving children in the court system.

The rule sets three basic things: how the panel is formed, how many members need to be present to conduct business (called a quorum), and what happens if a panel member has an emergency and cannot attend. For all three of these, the rule points to something called the Program Guidelines, which is a separate document that spells out the specific details.

If you are involved in a case where a citizen review panel is reviewing your situation, the Program Guidelines are where you would find the exact rules about who sits on the panel and how it runs.