New California Law Streamlines Procedures for Judgment Creditors to Serve Bank Levies The California Legislature has made it easier for those who have won judgments in lawsuit – “judgment-creditors” – to collect damages from losing parties’ assets in bank deposit...
Michael Kern Speaks at the 2014 PACES Conference
How to Perform a Writ of Execution Levy in California
If you file a lawsuit and then win your case at trial, and the other party is ordered to pay you money or turn over property, then you are the "judgment creditor” who is entitled to collect that amount from the losing party, the "judgment debtor." A Levy is...
Substitute Service of Process in California
How to achieve Substituted Service of Process in California.. Well at the beginning of a lawsuit, a plaintiff is required to personally serve and deliver the summons and complaint of his/her cause of action to each named defendant. California Code of...
Los Angeles Superior Court Consolidation and Reduction of 2013
In November, the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Superior Court approved the geographic and caseload consolidation in efforts to avoid a projected budget shortfall in 2013. In addition to the hopes of avoiding the shortfall, the consolidation and reassignment...
California Trial Courts Proposed Budget Reductions By Governor
Jan. 11, 2013 - Statement Issued by Judge David S. Wesley, Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court,Regarding Governor Brown’s Proposed Budget Plan Governor Jerry Brown’s budget proposal, released Thursday, preserves previous budget reductions to the...
California Legislature Makes Significant Changes to Deposition Practice
Effective January 1, 2013, new rule under section 2025.290 of California Code of Civil Procedure generally limits the deposition “of any person” to 7 hours of total testimony. The 7 hours does not include examination by the witness’s counsel of record or limits the...
California Bank Levy & Attachments Requires Central Location to Serve
Existing law establishes procedures for service of various legal processes on financial institutions, and procedures for attachment and execution of levies served on financial institutions. Existing law requires service in connection with a levy to be made upon the...
California Witness Fees Increase, Effective January 1, 2013
Effective Jan 1, 2013 the witness fee required to be tendered with service of a subpoena to a qualifying witness under GC§68097.2 will increase from the current $150.00 to $275.00 per day. The CHP sponsored AB 2612 increasing the witness fee that must be paid at the...
California County Recorder’s Fee Increases – Effective Jan 1, 2013
Effective, January 1, 2013 - State of California FEE INCREASE FOR COUNTY RECORDER DOCUMENTS: Pursuant to California State Senate Bill 1342, the fee for certain existing official record documents is increasing from $3.00 to $10.00. This $10.00 increase will also apply...
Orange County Mandates e-filing for all Civil Cases – January 1, 2013
Effective January 1, 2013, Orange County Superior Court has mandated all documents filed in limited, unlimited and complex civil actions must be filed electronically. eFiling for all other civil and probate cases is encouraged, but not required. Additionally,...
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