Mono Superior Court Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

Before any Family Code matter is heard, counsel and their clients or self-represented parties must meet and confer in good faith and exchange potentially relevant or evidentiary documents; compliance is expected to be represented at the hearing.

No matter (including a motion, order to show cause, or trial) in a proceeding brought under the Family Code will be heard until counsel, with their respective clients are either physically present or immediately physically available, or parties in pro per, have met and conferred in a good faith effort to resolve all issues. Such Conference shall include an exchange of all documents which may be relevant to contested issued or which may be offered in evidence. At the onset of the hearing on the matter, counsel, or parties in pro per, will be expected to represent to the Court that there has been compliance with this rule. Non-compliance with the rule may result in the matter being dropped from the calendar or continued, or the rejection of documents not exchanged, or other appropriate sanctions.

A pretrial conference will be set about two weeks before trial, and motions in limine must be heard there rather than on the trial day.

A pre-trial conference will be set approximately two weeks prior to trial. Motions in limine shall be heard at the pretrial conference, and not on the day of trial. (see Rule 4.8).