Tulare Superior Court Document Format Requirements

Each order must appear on a separate document, and a document ending with the quoted order language requires a second copy for use as the entered order.

All orders must be on a separate document, for entry on the docket upon the judge’s signature. If the document has at the end of the request, “It is so Ordered,” a second copy of the document must be submitted to be the order.

Counsel must prepare a joint binder of pre-marked documentary exhibits agreed to be admissible, and identify, pre-mark, and exchange all other proposed exhibits.

(3) Counsel shall prepare a joint binder of documentary exhibits, pre-marked, which the parties agree are admissible. These exhibits will be admitted in evidence at trial by stipulation. All other proposed exhibits shall be identified, pre-marked, and exchanged.

The CEQA administrative record must have an electronic version containing identifying electronic bookmarks and volume/page references and supporting full-text searching.

The party preparing the administrative record must prepare an electronic version of the record in conformity with rule 3.2207 of the California Rules of Court, which requirements include, inter alia, that the electronic version of the record include electronic bookmarks that identify each part of the record and clearly state the volume and page numbers contained in each part of the record, and be capable of full text searching.

Probate pleadings and orders must comply with the specified captioning rules, and the hearing date and time must appear in all capital letters.

All pleadings and orders submitted in probate matters must be captioned in conformity with rules 2.111 and 7.102 of the California Rules of Court, and other applicable law. The hearing date and time must be all in upper case.

Probate accountings must use the prescribed format, identify the accounting period, summarize fiduciary charges and credits, and present a balanced “Summary of Account” in or incorporated into the petition.

The format for all accountings filed in probate proceedings, including guardianship, conservatorship, and decedent’s estates and trust accounts, must be in conformance with Probate Code section 10900 et seq. and the materials set forth in the following continuing education of the bar publications: California Decedent Estates Practices, California Conservatorships, and California Trust Administration. All accountings must set forth the beginning and ending dates of the accounting period, contain a summary or recapitulation of all charges and credits to the fiduciary, and be presented in a standard financial statement format entitled, “Summary of Account.” (See Prob. Code, § 10900 for proper format.) The “Summary of Account” must be included in the body of the petition, or incorporated by reference, and charges and credits must balance.

A distribution order must be self-contained, include complete legal descriptions and full names of distributees within the order, and not depend on the petition or attachments.

A petition for distribution must describe in detail all property to be distributed either in the body of the petition, in the prayer, or by an Account Summary incorporated in the petition by reference. An order of distribution must be drafted so that it is complete without reference to the petition, and without reference to any documents which are not part of the order. Complete legal descriptions of all assets and the full names of all distributees must be set forth in the order, not attached thereto.

Format

PAPER

An administrative-record document may be supplied only in paper format when an electronic version is not feasible because electronic reproduction would impair readability, unless law requires otherwise.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise required by law, any document that is part of the administrative record and for which it is not feasible to create an electronic version may be provided in paper format only. “Not feasible” means that it would be reduced in size or otherwise altered to such an extent that it would not be easily readable.

No material may appear after the judge’s signature on a distribution order.

Nothing shall follow the signature of the judge.

Documents must be typed or printed and punched with two holes at the top of every page.

All documents must be typed or printed and must be punched with two holes at the top of each page.

Courtesy copies may be emailed immediately to the research attorney, and the documents must be submitted in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format.

Please be advised that the courtesy copies can be emailed to the research attorneys at: research_attorney@tulare.courts.ca.gov. All documents must be submitted in either a .doc/.docx or .pdf format.

At trial, all documents should be brought with at least three copies, including an original for the court and a copy for the opposing party.

Have at least three copies of all documents, an original for the court, and a copy for the opposing party.

Hyperlinks to indexed documents are strongly encouraged in the electronic version of the CEQA administrative-record index.

It is strongly encouraged that the electronic version of the index required under rule 3.2205(b) of the California Rules of Court include hyperlinks to the indexed documents.