RELATED CODES, RULES AND REGS
...California Rules of Court
1.6 Definitions and use of terms
1.10 Time for actions
1.30 Judicial Council forms
1.31 Mandatory forms
1.35 Optional forms
1.37 Use of forms
1.40 Statutory references on forms
1.41 Proofs of service on forms
1.42 Forms not to be rejected
1.43 Legibility
1.44 Electronically produced forms
1.200 Format of citations
1.201 [NEW] Protection of privacy
2.100 Form and format of papers presented for filing in the trial courts
2.102 One-sided paper
2.103 Size, quality, and color of papers
2.104 Font size; printing
2.105 Font style
2.106 Font color
2.107 Margins
2.108 Spacing and numbering of lines
2.109 Page numbering
2.110 Footer
2.111 Format of first page
2.112 Separate causes of action, counts, and defenses
2.113 Binding
2.114 Exhibits
2.115 Hole punching
2.116 Changes on face of paper
2.117 Conformed copies of papers
2.118 Acceptance of papers for filing
2.119 Exceptions for forms
2.131 [Repealed 1/1/14] Recycled paper
2.132 True copy certified
2.133 Hole punching
2.134 Forms longer than one page
2.150 Authorization for computer-generated or typewritten forms for proof of service of summons and complaint
2.250 Construction and definitions
2.251 Electronic service
2.252 General rules on electronic filing of documents
2.253 Permissive electronic filing, mandatory electronic filing, and electronic filing by court order
2.254 Responsibilities of court
2.255 Contracts with electronic filing service providers
2.256 Responsibilities of electronic filer
2.257 Requirements for signatures on documents
2.258 Payment of filing fees
2.259 Actions by court on receipt of electronic filing
2.261 Authorization for courts to continue modifying forms for the purpose of electronic filing and forms generation
2.500 Statement of purpose
2.501 Application and scope
2.502 Definitions
2.503 Public access
2.504 Limitations and conditions
2.505 Contracts with vendors
2.506 Fees for electronic access
2.507 Electronic access to court calendars, indexes, and registers of actions
2.575 Confidential information in name change proceedings under address confidentiality program
2.576 Access to name of the petitioner
2.577 Procedures for filing confidential name change records under seal
2.831 Temporary judge—stipulation, order, oath, assignment, disclosure, and disqualification
2.893 Appointment of noncertified interpreters in criminal cases and juvenile delinquency proceedings
2.895 [NEW] Requests for interpreters
2.1040 Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence
3.20 Preemption of local rules
3.516 Motions under Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6
3.670 Telephone appearance
3.1015 [Repealed]
3.1114 Applications, motions, and petitions not requiring a memorandum
3.1153 [Repealed]
3.1362 Motion to be relieved as counsel
3.1370 Emancipation of minors
3.2300 Review under Penal Code section 186.35 of law enforcement agency denial of request to remove name from shared gang database
4.116 Certification to juvenile court
4.320 Records of criminal convictions (Gov. Code, §§69844.5, 71280.5)
4.408 Criteria not exclusive; sequence not significant
4.420 Selection of term of imprisonment
4.421 Circumstances in aggravation
4.423 Circumstances in mitigation
4.425 Criteria affecting concurrent or consecutive sentences
5.83 Family centered case resolution
5.130 [NEW] Request for Special Immigrant Juvenile findings
5.210 Court-connected child custody mediation
5.215 Domestic violence protocol for Family Court Services
5.220 Court-ordered child custody evaluations
5.225 Appointment requirements for child custody evaluators
5.230 Domestic violence training standards for court-appointed child custody investigators and evaluators
5.235 Ex parte communication in child custody proceedings
5.240 Appointment of counsel to represent a child in family law proceedings
5.241 Compensation of counsel appointed to represent a child in a family law proceeding
5.242 Qualifications, rights, and responsibilities of counsel appointed to represent a child in family law proceedings
5.250 Children's participation and testimony in family court proceedings
5.275 Standards for computer software to assist in determining support
5.311 Implementation of new and revised governmental forms by local child support agencies
5.324 Telephone appearance in title IV-D hearings and conferences
5.350 Procedures for hearings to set aside voluntary declarations of paternity when no previous action has been filed
5.355 Minimum standards of training for court clerk staff whose assignment includes title IV-D child support cases
5.360 Appearance by local child support agency
5.365 Procedure for consolidation of child support orders
5.370 Party designation in interstate and intrastate cases
5.372 Transfer of title IV-D case to a tribal court
5.375 Procedure for a support obligor to file a motion regarding mistaken identity
5.380 Agreement and judgment of parentage in Domestic Violence Prevention Act cases
5.381 Modification of child custody, visitation, and support orders in Domestic Violence Prevention Act cases
5.425 Limited scope representation; application of rules
5.445 Court communication protocol for domestic violence and child custody orders
5.451 Contact after adoption agreement
5.460 Request for sibling contact information
5.475 Custody and visitation orders following termination of a juvenile court proceeding or probate court guardianship proceeding
5.480 [ICWA] Application
5.481 [ICWA] Inquiry and notice
5.482 [ICWA] Proceedings after notice
5.483 [ICWA] Transfer of case
5.484 [ICWA] Placement of an Indian child
5.485 [ICWA] Termination of parental rights
5.486 [ICWA] Petition to invalidate orders
5.487 [ICWA] Adoption record keeping
5.490 Adoption of a child resident in the United States by a resident of a foreign country party to the Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Convention or Hague Adoption Convention)
5.491 Adoption of a child resident in the United States by a resident of a foreign country not party to the Hague Adoption Convention
5.492 Adoption by a United States resident of a child resident in a foreign country that is party to the Hague Adoption Convention
5.495 Firearm relinquishment procedures
5.500 Division title
5.501 Preliminary provisions
5.502 Definitions and use of terms
5.504 Judicial Council forms
5.505 Juvenile dependency court performance measures
5.510 Proper court; determination of child's residence; exclusive jurisdiction
5.512 Joint assessment procedure
5.514 Intake; guidelines
5.516 Factors to consider
5.518 Court-connected child protection/dependency mediation
5.520 Filing the petition; application for petition
5.522 Remote filing
5.524 Form of petition; notice of hearing
5.526 Citation to appear; warrants of arrest; subpoenas
5.530 Persons present
5.531 Appearance by telephone (§388; Pen. Code §2625)
5.532 Court reporter; transcripts
5.534 General provisions—all proceedings
5.536 General provisions—proceedings held before referees
5.538 Conduct of proceedings held before a referee not acting as a temporary judge
5.540 Orders of referees not acting as temporary judges
5.542 Rehearing of proceedings before referees
5.544 Prehearing motions (§700.1)
5.546 Prehearing discovery
5.548 Granting immunity to witnesses
5.550 Continuances
5.552 Confidentiality of records (§§827, 828)
5.553 Juvenile case file of a deceased child
5.555 Hearing to consider termination of juvenile court jurisdiction over a nonminor-dependents or wards of the juvenile court in a foster care placement and nonminor dependents (§§ 224.1(b), 303, 366.31, 391, 451, 452, 607.2, 607.3, 16501.1 (g)(16))
5.560 General provisions
5.565 Hearing on subsequent and supplemental petitions (§§342, 364, 386, 387)
5.570 Request to change court order (petition for modification)
5.580 Hearing on violation of probation (§777)
5.575 Joinder of agencies
5.585 Rules governing appellate review
5.590 Advisement of right to review in Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, 601, or 602 cases
5.595 Stay pending appeal
5.600 [Repealed] Writ petition after orders setting hearing under section 366.26; appeal
5.605 Emancipation of minors
5.610 Transfer-out hearing
5.612 Transfer-in hearing
5.613 [NEW] Transfer of nonminor dependents
5.614 Courtesy supervision (§§380, 755)
5.616 Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
5.620 Orders after filing under section 300
5.625 Orders after filing of petition under section 601 or 602
5.630 Restraining orders
5.635 Parentage
5.637 Family Finding (§§ 309(e), 628(d))
5.640 Psychotropic medications
5.645 Mental health or condition of child; court procedures
5.649 Right to make educational or developmental-services decisions
5.650 Appointed educational rights holder
5.651 Educational and developmental-services decisionmaking rights
5.652 Access to pupil records for truancy purposes
5.655 Program requirements for Court Appointed Special Advocate programs
5.660 Attorneys for parties (§§317, 317.5, 317.6, 353, 366.26, 16010.6)
5.661 Representation of the child on appeal
5.662 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) guardian ad litem for a child subject to a juvenile dependency petition
5.663 Responsibilities of children's counsel in delinquency proceedings (§§202, 265, 633, 634, 634.6, 679, 700)
5.664 [NEW] Training requirements for children's counsel in delinquency proceedings (§ 634.3)
5.667 Service and notice
5.668 Commencement of hearing—explanation of proceedings (§§316, 316.2)
5.670 Initial hearing; detention hearings; time limit on custody; setting jurisdiction hearing; visitation (§§ 309, 311, 313, 315, 362.1)
5.672 Continuances
5.674 Conduct of hearing; admission, no contest, submission
5.676 Requirements for detention
5.678 Findings in support of detention; factors to consider; reasonable efforts; detention alternatives
5.680 [Repealed] Detention rehearings; prima facie hearings
5.682 Commencement of jurisdiction hearing—advisement of trial rights; admission, no contest, submission
5.684 Contested hearing on petition
5.686 [Repealed] Continuance pending disposition hearing
5.688 [Repealed] Failure to cooperate with services (§360(b))
5.690 General conduct of disposition hearing
5.695 Findings and orders of the court—disposition
5.700 Termination of jurisdiction-custody and visitation orders (§§ 302, 304, 361.2, 362.4, 726.5)
5.705 Setting a hearing under Section 366.26
5.706 Family maintenance review hearings (§364)
5.707 Review or dispositional hearing requirements for child approaching majority (§§224.1, 366(a)(1)(F), 366.3, 366.31, 16501.1(f)(16))
5.708 General review hearing requirements
5.710 Six-month review hearing
5.715 Twelve-month permanency hearing
5.720 Eighteen-month permanency review hearing
5.722 Twenty-four-month subsequent permanency review hearing
5.725 Selection of permanent plan (§§ 366.24, 366.26, 727.31)
5.726 Prospective adoptive parent designation (§§ 366.26(n), 16010.6)
5.727 Proposed removal (§366.26(n))
5.728 Emergency removal (§366.26(n))
5.730 Adoption (§§ 366.24, 366.26(e), Fam. Code, § 8600 et seq.)
5.735 Legal guardianship
5.740 Hearings subsequent to a permanent plan (§§ 366.26, 366.3, 16501.1)
5.752 Initial hearing; detention hearings; time limit on custody; setting jurisdiction hearing
5.754 Commencement of initial hearing-explanation, advisement, admission
5.756 Conduct of detention hearing
5.758 Requirements for detention; prima facie case
5.760 Detention hearing; report; grounds; determinations; findings; orders; factors to consider for detention; restraining orders
5.762 Detention rehearings
5.764 Prima facie hearings
5.766 General provisions
5.768 Report of probation officer
5.770 Conduct of fitness hearing under section 707(a)(1)
5.772 Conduct of fitness hearing under Sections 707(a)(2) and 707(c)
5.774 Setting petition for hearing-detained and nondetained cases; waiver of hearing
5.776 Grounds for continuance of jurisdiction hearing
5.778 Commencement of hearing on section 601 or section 602 petition; right to counsel; advisement of trial rights; admission, no contest
5.780 Contested hearing on section 601 or section 602 petition
5.782 Continuance pending disposition hearing
5.785 General conduct of hearing
5.790 Orders of the court
5.795 Required determinations
5.800 Deferred entry of judgment
5.805 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, commitments
5.810 Reviews, hearings, and permanency planning
5.812 Additional requirements for any hearing to terminate jurisdiction over child in foster care and for status review or dispositional hearing for child approaching majority (§§450, 451, 727.2(i)-(j), 778)
5.813 Modification to transition jurisdiction for a ward older than 18 years and younger than 21 years of age (§§450, 451)
5.814 Modification to transition jurisdiction for a ward older than 17 years, 5 months of age and younger than 18 years of age (§§450, 451)
5.815 Appointment of legal guardians for wards of the juvenile court; modification or termination of guardianship
5.820 Termination of parental rights for child in foster care for 15 of the last 22 months
5.825 Freeing wards for adoption
5.830 Sealing records (§ 781)
5.840 [NEW] Dismissal of petition and sealing of records (§ 786)
5.900 Nonminor dependent—preliminary provisions (§§224.1(b), 295, 303, 366, 366.3, 388, 391, 607(a))
5.903 Nonminor dependent status review hearing (§§224.1(b), 295, 366.1, 366.3, 366.31)
5.906 Request by nonminor for the juvenile court to resume jurisdiction (§§ 224.1(b), 303, 388(e), 388.1)
7.10 Ex parte communications in proceedings under the probate code and certain other proceedings
7.103 Signature and verification of pleadings
7.104 Execution and verification of amended pleadings, amendments to pleadings, and supplements to pleadings; use of Judicial Council forms
7.204 Duty to apply for order increasing bond
7.454 Ex parte application for order authorizing sale of securities or other personal property
7.550 Effect of waiver of account
7.700 Compensation paid in advance
7.701 Allowance on account of statutory compensation
7.702 Petition for extraordinary compensation
7.703 Extraordinary compensation
7.704 Apportionment of statutory compensation
7.705 Calculation of statutory compensation
7.706 Compensation when personal representative is an attorney
7.707 Application of compensation provisions
7.750 Application of rules to guardianships and conservatorships
7.751 Petitions for orders allowing compensation for guardians or conservators and their attorneys
7.752 Court may order accounting before allowing compensation
7.753 Contingency fee agreements in guardianships and conservatorships
7.754 Use of paralegals in the performance of legal services for the guardian or conservator
7.755 Advance payments and periodic payments to guardians, conservators, and to their attorneys on account for future services
7.776 Compensation of trustees
7.955 Attorney's fees for services to a minor or a person with a disability
7.1003 Confidential guardianship status report form
7.1004 Termination of guardianship
7.1005 Service of copy of final account or report after resignation or removal of guardian
7.1006 Service of copy of final account on termination of guardianship
7.1007 Settlement of accounts and release by former minor
7.1008 Visitation by former guardian after termination of guardianship
7.1052 Termination of conservatorship
7.1053 Service of final account of removed or resigned conservator
7.1054 Service of final account after termination of conservatorship
8.26 Waiver of fees and costs
8.29 Service on nonparty public officer or agency
8.41 [NEW] Protection of privacy in documents and records
8.42 Requirements for signatures of multiple parties on filed documents
8.45 General provisions
8.46 Sealed records
8.47 Confidential records
8.66 Extending time because of public emergency
8.80 Statement of purpose
8.81 Application and scope
8.82 Definitions
8.83 Public access
8.84 Limitations and conditions
8.85 Fees for copies of electronic records
8.100 Filing the appeal
8.104 Time to appeal
8.155 Augmenting and correcting the record
8.200 Briefs by parties and amici curiae
8.208 Certificate of Interested Entities or Persons
8.244 Settlement, abandonment, voluntary dismissal, and compromise
8.264 Filing, finality, and modification of decision
8.276 Costs and sanctions
8.316 Abandoning the appeal
8.360 Briefs by parties and amici curiae
8.400 Application
8.401 Confidentiality
8.403 Right to appointment of appellate counsel and prerequisites for appeal
8.404 Stay pending appeal
8.405 Filing the appeal
8.406 Time to appeal
8.407 Record on appeal
8.408 Record in multiple appeals in the same case
8.409 Preparing and sending the record
8.410 Augmenting and correcting the record in the reviewing court
8.411 Abandoning the appeal
8.412 Briefs by parties and amici curiae
8.416 Appeals from all terminations of parental rights; dependency appeals in Orange, Imperial, and San Diego Counties and in other counties by local rule
8.450 Notice of intent to file writ petition to review order setting hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26
8.452 Writ petition to review order setting hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26
8.454 Notice of intent to file writ petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.28 to review order designating specific placement of a dependent child after termination of parental rights
8.456 Writ petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.28 to review order designating or denying specific placement of a dependent child after termination of parental rights
8.470 Hearing and decision in the Court of Appeal
8.472 Hearing and decision in the Supreme Court
8.474 Procedures and data
8.486 Petitions
8.490 Filing, finality, and modification of decisions; rehearing; remittitur
8.1115 Citation of opinions
9.4 Oath required when admitted to practice law
10.603 Authority and duties of presiding judge