Santa Clara Superior Court Filing Timing and Cure Windows

Deadline

40 calendar days

Voluntary services orders must include a further Family Court hearing date within 40-60 days for parents to present proof of compliance.

The judge should include in the court order described above a further hearing date in Family Court in 40-60 days for the parents to present a copy of the signed voluntary or informal supervision agreement or proof that a community agency is involved with the family.

Deadline

5 calendar days

When ordering protective custody, the judge must set a further Family Court hearing within five days to receive a CPS status report.

Set date and time for further hearing in Family Court within five days to receive a status report from CPS describing what action has been taken.

Tentative rulings are posted online by 2:00 p.m. the day before the hearing; objections must be properly raised by 4:00 p.m. the day before the hearing or the tentative ruling automatically becomes the Court's order the next day.

Tentative rulings on motions of all types are posted online by 2:00 p.m. the day before the hearing, and, unless an objection is properly raised by 4:00 p.m. the day before the hearing, the ruling will automatically become the Court's order the next day.

Deadline

2 business days

Each side must serve and lodge its Informal Discovery Conference brief two court days in advance of the IDC.

Each side must serve and lodge a short brief, limited to no more than 6 pages, two court days in advance of the IDC.

Deadline

5 calendar days

The joint case management statement must be filed no later than five calendar days before each case management conference hearing.

Instead, the parties shall file a joint case management statement no later than five calendar days before the hearing for each conference

Deadline

5 business days

Settlement Conference Statements must be filed at least five court days before the scheduled mandatory settlement conference.

Settlement Conference Statements must be filed at least five (5) court days before the scheduled conference (Rule 3.1380).

Motions in limine and other trial-related preliminary motions (e.g., Evidence Code § 402) must be submitted in writing before answering ready, may be ruled on without hearing, and should be brief.

Motions in limine and other trial-related preliminary motions (such as Evidence Code § 402) must be submitted in writing before answering ready. Motions in limine may be ruled on by the Court without hearing. Such motions should be brief

Deadline

15 calendar days

Remote appearance requests must be submitted at least 15 days before the hearing, with notice provided to all parties.

Your request must be made at least 15 days prior to your hearing and you must provide notice to all parties.

The deadline to bring any motion to compel is tolled starting on the date a party makes the email request for an IDC to the Court, and as further ordered by the Court at or after the IDC.

Consistent with the Court’s obligation and authority to manage complex litigation under the California Rules of Court and established case law, the time for bringing any motion to compel is tolled starting on the date a party makes the email request for an IDC to the Court, and as further ordered by the Court at or after the IDC.

Deposited jury fees will not be refunded unless the Court is notified of the settlement by 2:00 p.m. on the court day preceding the trial date.

If a case settles after jury fees have been deposited, the jury fees will not be returned unless the Court is notified of the settlement by 2:00 p.m. on the court day preceding the trial date for which the deposit was made.