San Luis Obispo Superior Court Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

Before a hearing on a request for order, all parties and attorneys must meet and confer in person, by telephone, or by video to resolve or narrow disputed issues, subject to the stated domestic-violence exceptions.

Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 5.98, all parties and all attorneys are required to meet and confer to resolve as many issues as possible prior to a hearing on a request for order, except for cases involving domestic violence. This meeting shall be conducted either in-person, telephonically, or through a video-conferencing platform. This meet and confer shall include discussing all issues, which shall encompass agreeing and/or narrowing areas of disagreement as to the various inputs relevant to any required calculations/submittals. This requirement does not apply to cases involving domestic violence in which an active restraining order exists and the protected party is self-represented.

A restrained party may not communicate directly with a protected party to satisfy a meet-and-confer requirement.

Under no circumstances may a restrained party communicate directly with a protected party under the guise of complying with any meet and confer requirement.

A motion requiring a hearing must be set for a definite date confirmed with the court clerk in the assigned department before the motion is noticed.

Any motion requiring a hearing must be noticed for a date certain after confirming such date with the court clerk in the assigned department prior to noticing the motion.