Trinity Superior Court Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

Disputes about the accuracy or scope of the lodged administrative record must be resolved by noticed motion.

Once the administrative record has been lodged with the court, any disputes about its accuracy or scope shall be resolved on noticed motion.

CRITICAL

Counsel must meet and confer with the assigned CWS court officer and/or assigned County Counsel, after meeting with their clients and preparing to discuss the issues; this requirement does not apply to self-represented parties.

All counsel shall meet and confer with the court officer assigned by the Department of Child Welfare Services (CWS) and/or the Deputy or Assistant County Counsel assigned to the case. Counsel will have previously met with their respective clients and will be ready to discuss the issues to be resolved. Meet and confer requirements of these rules do not apply to parties representing themselves in propria persona.

CRITICAL

A hearing on supplementing the record or objecting to documents must be separate from and held before the writ hearing.

The hearing to supplement the record or to object to documents shall be separate from and heard on a date prior to the hearing on the writ.

CRITICAL

The hearing on a motion to supplement the record or object to documents must be separate from and held before the writ hearing, with notice given under Code of Civil Procedure §1005.

The hearing to supplement the record or to object to documents shall be separate from and heard on a date prior to the hearing on the writ. Notice shall be given in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure §1005.

WARNING

The parties are strongly urged, but not required, to meet and confer to resolve disputes about the administrative record’s contents.

THE PARTIES ARE STRONGLY URGED TO MEET AND CONFER IN ORDER TO RESOLVE DISPUTES REGARDING THE CONTENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD.

WARNING

The parties are strongly urged, but not required, to meet and confer to resolve disputes about the administrative record’s contents.

THE PARTIES ARE STRONGLY URGED TO MEET AND CONFER IN ORDER TO RESOLVE DISPUTES REGARDING THE CONTENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD.

INFO

Any party may notice a motion to supplement the administrative record or object to documents in it.

A motion to supplement the administrative record with additional documents and/or to object to certain documents may be noticed by any party.