Mendocino Superior Court Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

Before filing any motion, the moving party must make a reasonable good-faith effort to resolve the matter, file a supporting declaration or explain why conferring would be unreasonable, and attempt to coordinate a hearing date if unresolved.

Prior to filing any motion, the moving party must make a reasonable, good faith attempt to resolve the matter. A declaration of facts supporting the party’s attempt to meet and confer or explaining why such an attempt would not be reasonable must be filed with the motion. If resolution is not possible, the moving party must attempt to coordinate a hearing date with the opposing party or parties.

Counsel must meet and confer before filing a motion to compel discovery.

Counsel must meet and confer before filing a motion to compel discovery or other

Parties or counsel must meet and confer in good faith at least five business days before a Request for Order hearing and exchange relevant documents before or during that session.

At least five (5) businesses days prior to the hearing on a Request for Order, parties or their counsel must meet and confer in a good faith effort to resolve all issues. All documents relevant to the Request for Order must be exchanged prior to or at the meet and confer session.

When the Department of Child Support Services is the support assignee, parties or counsel must meet and confer with it in good faith before the request-for-order hearing.

If the Department of Child Support Services is the assignee of the support, parties or their counsel must meet and confer with the Department of Child Support Services in a good faith effort to resolve all issues prior to the hearing on the request for order.

Relevant request-for-order documents must be exchanged before or at the beginning of the meet-and-confer session.

All documents relevant to the request for order must be exchanged prior to, or at the beginning of, the meet and confer session.

A party may petition the court for discovery only after exhausting informal means.

Only after all informal means have been exhausted may a party petition the court for discovery.