California Court Updates

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LATEST CALIFORNIA COURT NEWS

01-31-24: Superior Court of Los Angeles new electronic filing procedure for proposed orders in civil division cases effective February 5 in accordance with California Rule of Court 3.1312 (c) all parties electronically filing (efiling) proposed orders for Civil Division cases, except for small claims cases, must submit the proposed order as both a Portable Document File (PDF) and as a separate editable word-processing file, such as a Microsoft Word document.

12-15-23: Stanley Mosk Courthouse Family law judicial assignment change. Effective December 11, 2023: Commissioner Philip Peng has been reassigned to Department 41 at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse.

12-14-32: Superior Court of Los Angeles county’s civil division to implement new filing procedures for personal injury cases in the central district. New filing procedures take effect January 8, 2024

10-09-23: CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service, located at 2710 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 150N, Sacramento, CA 95833-3505, will now close at 2pm daily. Please see attached notice. Our cut off time for same day rush serves at CSC-Lawyers will now be 12pm in order to get the documents printed and served prior to 2pm.

08-16-23: ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT Attorneys will be encouraged to begin e-filing on September 5, 2023. Mandatory usage will not occur until October 23, 2023. The final day to fax file documents will be September 1, 2023.

08-16-23: LAKE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT Unfortunately, Lake County Court has pushed back its eFiling launch from late February 2023 to later this year. No further details about case types or mandate dates are available, but as always, we will keep you updated.

12-8-22: LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT FAMILY LAW DIVISION ANNOUNCES COURTROOM CHANGES AT STANLEY MOSK – Judge Shelley Kaufman will be reassigned to Dept. 2, and Judge Amy M. Pellman will be reassigned from Dept. 2 to Dept. 18 effective 12-12-2022.

11-15-22: LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT FAMILY LAW DIVISION ANNOUNCES COURTROOM CHANGES AT STANLEY MOSK – Judge Patricia Young Judge Patricia Young is reassigned to Dept. 88, and Judge Adrian Gidaya Roxas is assigned to Dept. 13

06-10-22: LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT FAMILY LAW DIVISION ANNOUNCES COURTROOM CHANGES AT STANLEY MOSK AND SANTA MONICA COURTHOUSES 

05-12-22: LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT – NEW LACOURTCONNECT FEATURES LAUNCHING MAY 13 FOR PROBATE; JUNE 3 FOR CIVIL, FAMILY LAW AND TRAFFIC

05-11-22: IMPERIAL COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT — AS OF MAY 24, EFILING FOR CIVIL COURT WILL BE AVAILABLE. EFILING WILL BE MANDATORY.

05-11-22: CONTRA COSTA SUPERIOR COURT — EFFECTIVE JULY 25, EFILING FOR PROBATE COURT WILL BE AVAILABLE. EFILING WILL BE PERMISSIVE.

05-09-22: COMPTON & LONG BEACH SUPERIOR COURTS – FAMILY LAW DIVISION ANNOUNCES COURTROOM CHANGES

05-06-22: VENTURA SUPERIOR COURT ANNOUNCES REDUCTION IN CLERK OFFICE HOURS BEGINNING JULY 6TH, 2022.

05-02-22: LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION ANNOUNCES PERSONAL INJURY HUB PROCEDURAL CHANGES EFFECTIVE MAY 16

04-13-22: MARIN SUPERIOR COURT IS NOW PROVIDING EDELIVERY AS AN OPTIONAL ALTERNATIVE TO DELIVERING YOUR DOCUMENTS TO THE COURT BY MAIL, DROP BOX, OR IN PERSON.

04-08-22: ANTELOPE VALLEY COURTHOUSE PROBATE LAW DIVISION ANNOUNCES COURTROOM CHANGE EFFECTIVE APRIL 18TH, 2022

04-01-22: SAN DIEGO SUPERIOR COURT NOTICE OF NEW, REVISED OR REPEALED FORMS FOR THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL AND SAN DIEGO SUPERIOR COURT

03-30-22: STANLEY MOSK AND ANTELOPE VALLEY COURTHOUSES FAMILY LAW DIVISIONS ANNOUNCE COURTROOM CHANGES EFFECTIVE APRIL 18. 2022.

03-28-22: SAN DIEGO SUPERIOR COURT NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO LOCAL RULES FOR REMOTE APPEARANCES IN CIVIL CASE TYPES

03-1-22: STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE PROBATE DIVISION ANNOUNCES COURTROOM CHANGE EFFECTIVE MARCH 07, 2022.

02-8-22: WEST COVINA COURTHOUSE ANNOUNCES COURTROOM CHANGES EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 28, 2022

02-03-22: COMPTON COURTHOUSE FAMILY LAW DIVISION ANNOUNCES CHANGES EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 14, 2022

01-31-22: LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT – SIGN UP TO RECEIVE TEXT OR EMAIL REMINDERS OF UPCOMING COURT DATES

01-28-22: SANTA CLARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT TO REOPEN PUBLIC COUNTERS AND REINSTATE PUBLIC ACCESS TO COURTHOUSES ON MONDAY, JANUARY 31

01-13-22: SANTA CLARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT TEMPORARILY CLOSING PUBLIC COUNTERS AND LIMITING PUBLIC ACCESS TO COURTHOUSES

01-13-22: LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT FAMILY LAW DIVISION HAS IMPLEMENTED THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO COURTROOM OPERATIONS

01-12-22: RIVERSIDE SUPERIOR COURT APPEARING REMOTELY AT NON-EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS

01-04-22: RIVERSIDE SUPERIOR COURT TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF JURY TRIALS; LIMITED PUBLIC ACCESS TO COURTROOMS

12-27-21: RIVERSIDE SUPERIOR COURT TRANSITIONS TO MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING SERVICES FOR CIVIL, ON JANUARY 1, 2022

12-14-21: ALAMEDA SUPERIOR COURT & RIVERSIDE SUPERIOR COURT MANDATE EFILING EFFECTIVE  1-1-2022

01-26-21: MENDOCINO SUPERIOR COURT IS MANDATING ELECTRONIC FILING BEGINNING FEBRUARY 8, 2020 FOR MOST CIVIL, FAMILY LAW, PROBATE AND JUVENILE CASE TYPES. CLICK HERE FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON E-FILING IN MENDOCINO.

01-29-20: LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT: PRESIDING JUDGE ERIC C. TAYLOR ISSUES ORDER AUTHORIZING JUDICIAL EMERGENCY CONTINUANCES FOR CRIMINAL, JUVENILE DEPENDENCY MATTERS BASED ON HIGH NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY

01-21-20: SAN DIEGO SUPERIOR COURT TO RESUME JURY TRIALS IN FEBRUARY

12-30-20: LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT: COVID-19 PROTECTIVE MEASURES RELATED TO FINAL STATUS CONFERENCES IN PERSONAL INJURY COURTROOMS AT SPRING STREET COURTHOUSE

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