Sierra Superior Court Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICAL

Present applications involving matters pending before the Appellate Division to the assigned panel’s designated presiding judge, or to the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division if there is no designation or that judge is unavailable.

Any applications involving matters pending before the Appellate Division shall be presented to the designated presiding judge of the assigned panel for the case involved. In the absence of such designation or unavailability of the respective assigned panel presiding judge, such applications shall be presented to the Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division.

CRITICAL

Contact

Phone

If an attorney or client cannot attend at the hearing time, the Court and opposing party must be notified immediately by telephone of the reasons for and extent of the delay.

If the attorney or client is unable to be present at the time of the hearing, the Court and opposing party shall be notified immediately by telephone of the reasons for and extent of the delay.

CRITICAL

The evaluator may communicate ex parte with the Judge only about procedural questions and must inform each party if substantive issues are discussed.

The child custody evaluator will not conduct ex parte communication with the Judge regarding a particular case except where there are questions regarding procedure in that case. If any substantive issues are discussed with the Judge, the evaluator shall so inform each of the parties of the communication.

CRITICAL

Except as permitted by Family Code § 216, attorneys may not communicate ex parte with a court-appointed or court-connected evaluator or mediator, and evaluators or mediators may not communicate ex parte with the court.

Except as permitted by Family Code § 216, there shall be no ex parte communication between the attorneys for any party to an action, including child’s counsel, and any court-appointed or court-connected evaluator, mediator, or between a court-appointed or court-connected evaluator or mediator and the court.

WARNING

Contact

Phone

Phone

(530- 289-3698)

Counsel should call the Court to schedule a longer hearing if counsel believes the matter will take more than 10 minutes.

If counsel believes that the matter to be heard will take more than 10 minutes, counsel should contact the Court at (530- 289-3698) to schedule a longer hearing.

WARNING

Attorneys and parties must be present when the case is called unless they previously check in with the Court clerk and request that the matter be passed for settlement discussion outside the courtroom.

The attorneys and parties shall be present in Court when their case is called for hearing unless they have previously checked in with the Court clerk and requested the matter be passed for settlement discussion outside the Courtroom.

WARNING

An attorney who leaves before the CCRC session ends must tell the party and FCS how to reach the attorney to review the agreement, without unduly inconveniencing the parties or the Court.

If a party’s attorney chooses to leave the courthouse prior to the completion of the CCRC session, the attorney will be responsible for advising the party and FCS as to how he or she may be contacted for review of the agreement; provided, however, that neither the parties nor the Court shall be unduly inconvenienced by the attorney’s conduct.

WARNING

The hearing date must be obtained from the clerk.

The date for the hearing shall be obtained from the clerk.

WARNING

A request for telephone CCRC must be made to FCS in advance of the appointment.

The request for telephone CCRC shall be made to FCS in advance of the CCRC appointment.

WARNING

Contact

Phone

Phone

(530) 289-3698

If there is insufficient time to notice the request on a regular civil law and motion day, counsel should contact the Court at (530) 289- 3698 to specifically set the request.

If there is insufficient time to notice the request on a regular civil law and motion day, counsel should contact the Court at (530) 289- 3698 to specifically set the request.

INFO

A party may request a copy of an official electronic recording by contacting the clerk’s office.

In cases where an electronic recording serves as the official record, a party may request a copy by contacting the clerk’s office at 100 Courthouse Square, Second Floor, Downieville, CA 95936.

INFO

If a person wishes to change the assignment of the child custody evaluator, he/she should do so by contacting the head of the FCS Department who will make a determination regarding the request.

If a person wishes to change the assignment of the child custody evaluator, he/she should do so by contacting the head of the FCS Department who will make a determination regarding the request.