Placer Superior Court Adjournment & Extension Requirements

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A continuance will not be granted without an affirmative showing of good cause.

No continuance will be granted absent an affirmative showing of good cause.

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A stipulation continuing the trial date must include future trial dates mutually acceptable to and agreed upon by all parties.

Stipulations to continue the trial date must include mutually acceptable future trial dates agreed upon by all parties.

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A mandatory settlement conference, civil trial conference, or trial may be continued only by noticed motion before the presiding judge or a judicial officer designated by that judge.

No mandatory settlement conference, civil trial conference, or trial may be continued except upon noticed motion set before the presiding judge or another judicial officer as designated by the presiding judge.

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The parties may request a continuance by ex parte application under Local Rule 10.8 based on the written stipulation of all parties.

The parties may also present an ex parte application, subject to the requirements of Local Rule 10.8, requesting a continuance based upon the written stipulation of all parties.

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A trial conflict qualifies as good cause only if it arose after the trial date was set and could not reasonably have been avoided.

A trial conflict may not be deemed good cause for a continuance unless the conflict arose after the trial date was set and the conflict could not have reasonably been avoided.

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A law and motion matter may be continued only if all parties consent.

Law and Motion matters will only be continued if all parties consent to the continuance.

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A matter may not be dropped or continued within three court days of its hearing without advance permission from the assigned department.

No matter may be dropped or continued within three (3) court days of the scheduled hearing date without advance permission of the assigned department.

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The eighteen-month conference cannot be dropped, but it may be continued or postponed by agreement for up to six months if final judgment has not been reached on all issues.

The 18 month conference may not be dropped. Parties may agree to continue or postpone the 18 month status conference for up to 6 months if the case has not yet reached final judgment on all issues at the time of the originally scheduled 18 month status conference

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A continuance request made fewer than 15 calendar days before the initial hearing must be reviewed by the court; the hearing ordinarily remains on calendar and any continuance is ordered in open court.

When the request to continue is made fewer than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the initial hearing, the request must be reviewed by the court. The initial hearing will ordinarily remain on calendar, and any continuance will be ordered in open court. [Effective 1/1/13]

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All other continuance requests must be reviewed by the court; the next hearing ordinarily remains on calendar and any further continuance is ordered in open court.

All other requests to continue hearings must be reviewed by the court. The next hearing will ordinarily remain on calendar, and any further continuance will be ordered in open court. [Effective 1/1/13]

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If the evaluation is not received by the ten-day pre-hearing deadline, either party may request a continuance of the hearing.

If the evaluation is not received on or before ten days before the hearing, either party may request a continuance of the hearing.

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Parties may request to drop or continue the six- or twelve-month conferences, but any such continuance may not exceed one month.

Parties may request to drop or continue 6 and/or 12 month conferences. Continuances of the 6 and 12 month conferences may not exceed 1 month;

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A continuance to a date more than 24 months after the petition was filed requires the court's discretion.

Continuances to dates beyond 24 months from the date the petition was filed will be subject to the court’s discretion.

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A responsible trial counsel’s calendar conflict must be resolved before the Trial Confirming Conference by reassigning the case or timely filing a continuance motion.

Any calendar conflict of responsible trial counsel shall be resolved prior to the TCC by reassignment of the case to another attorney or by appropriate motion for continuance filed in a timely manner.

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A petitioner may request a continuance of an initial probate hearing by contacting the probate clerk at least 15 calendar days before the hearing; the clerk may approve the request.

A. Continuance of initial hearing. The petitioner may request to continue the initial hearing on any matter by contacting the probate clerk. When the request to continue is made at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the initial hearing, the clerk may approve the continuance request.

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Further, ex parte requests for continuance, pursuant to Rule 20.1.12, shall include a list of mutually agreeable proposed trial dates.

Summary: An ex parte continuance request must include a list of mutually agreeable proposed trial dates, subject to the stated family-law exception.

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When a matter is to be dropped or continued, counsel for the moving party in the matter shall promptly notify the civil law and motion calendar clerk.

Summary: Counsel for the moving party must promptly notify the civil law and motion calendar clerk when a matter will be dropped or continued.

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Parties must use Placer Local Form PL-FL018, which must be submitted to the court for filing at least 2 court days before the conference date;

Summary: Parties seeking to drop or continue a status conference must file form PL-FL018 at least two court days before the conference.

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Nothing in this rule shall excuse any party from complying with the notice requirements of the Probate Code or the California Rules of Court. [Effective 1/1/13]

Summary: A continuance rule does not excuse any party from complying with applicable Probate Code or California Rules of Court notice requirements.