Ventura Superior Court Filing Timing and Cure Windows

Deadline

15 calendar days

In complex cases, the parties must file a joint complex status report in pleading format at least 15 calendar days before the first case management conference.

The parties are required to file a joint complex status report, in pleading format fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the first case management conference.

The assigned mediator must file and serve the Mediator’s Notice of Acceptance or Recusal within 10 days after receiving the Notice of Assignment of Mediator.

(b) The assigned mediator shall file and serve the “Mediator’s Notice of Acceptance or Recusal” local form (VN-274) within ten (10) days of receiving the “Notice of Assignment of Mediator” local form (VN-271).

When the mediator is jointly selected, the plaintiff must file the Stipulation to Mediator and Mediation Date within 15 days after being ordered to mediate and serve it on all other litigants and the mediator.

Within fifteen (15) days of being ordered to mediate, plaintiff shall file the “Stipulation to Mediator and Mediation Date” local form (VN-272) and shall serve a copy on all other litigants and the mediator.

For an assigned mediator, the plaintiff must file a Stipulation to Mediator and Mediation Date identifying the mediator and selected date within 15 days after receiving the Notice of Assignment of Mediator.

Within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the “Notice of Assignment of Mediator” local form (VN-271), the plaintiff shall file the “Stipulation to Mediator and Mediation Date” local form (VN-272) that includes the assigned mediator and the selected mediation date.

If the case settles, the plaintiff must immediately file Judicial Council form CM-200, Notice of Settlement of Entire Case.

If the case settles, the plaintiff must immediately file a “Notice of Settlement of Entire Case” form (Judicial Council CM-200).

The original forms and proof of service must be filed before the date and time set for the hearing.

The original thereof shall be filed together with proof of service prior to the date and time set for hearing.

Electronically delivered documents are accepted only when they meet all legal filing requirements and required fees are paid and correct; the submitting party receives email notice of acceptance or rejection.

C. Any document(s) received by electronic delivery will be accepted by the court, if the document(s) meets all legal filing requirements and any required fees are paid and correct. An email will be sent to the email address provided by the submitting party stating that the document(s) is accepted. If a document(s) is not accepted, an email stating that the document(s) is rejected will be sent to the email address provided by the submitting party.

A Family Law document received through eDelivery between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on a court day is deemed filed that day, without altering any other filing deadline or requirement.

D. Any electronic document submitted through eDelivery for filing in Family Law received by the court between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on a court day, shall be deemed filed as of that day. This rule concerns only the method and effective date of filing; any document that is electronically filed must satisfy all other legal filing deadlines and requirements. This rule also does not affect any statutory or court ordered requirements that a document be filed by a set date.

Deadline

10 calendar days

A new or amended pleading permitted by leave must be filed as a separate document within the court-specified period or, if no period is set, within 10 days after issuance of the order.

If the court grants leave to file a new or amended pleading, any proposed pleading attached to the motion, application, or stipulation requesting leave, will not be deemed filed by the court. Instead, the new or amended pleading (as a separate document) must be presented to the Clerk’s Office for filing within the time specified by the court. If no time for filing the pleading is set by the court, then the pleading shall be filed within ten (10) days of the issuance of order.

Deadline

10 calendar days

After leave is granted, the complaint-in-intervention must be separately filed forthwith and no later than 10 days after issuance of the order.

Upon granting of the order regarding leave to file, the complaint-in-intervention shall be separately filed forthwith with the Clerk’s Office, and in no event later than ten (10) days from the issuance of the order granting leave.

Neither an IDC request nor an order granting it tolls the time to file a discovery motion, although the parties may stipulate to toll or extend that time as provided by law.

Neither a joint request for IDC nor an order granting the request shall toll the time for any party to file a motion concerning the discovery dispute; however, parties may stipulate to toll or extend the time to file a motion as provided by law.

Applies to

Income and expense declaration

The updated trial Income and Expense Declaration must be filed and served at least seven days before trial, without adding five days when service is by mail.

The updated Income and Expense Declaration for trial purposes shall be filed and served at least seven (7) days prior to trial. Service by mail under this rule does not require the addition of five (5) days for mailing.

Applies to

Declaration regarding service of final declaration of disclosure

Declarations regarding service of the Final Declaration of Disclosure must be filed at least seven days before the assigned trial date.

Declarations Regarding Service of the Final Declaration of Disclosure shall be filed no less than seven (7) days before the assigned trial date.

The court-ordered child custody evaluation must be submitted to the court and parties’ counsel at least ten (10) days before the hearing or trial.

Any court ordered child custody evaluation shall be submitted to the court and counsel for the parties not less than ten (10) days before the hearing or trial.

Moving counsel must submit a declaration of notice or good cause for waiving notice no later than noon on the day before the ex parte hearing.

No later than noon the preceding day before the ex parte hearing is held, moving counsel shall submit a declaration to the court setting forth the facts showing that notice has been given, or supporting the conclusion that notice should be waived for good cause.

A stipulated continuance must be filed before the date to which the matter is continued.

A stipulation for continuance must be filed prior to the continued date.

Absent good cause, the required forms must reach the court before the ex parte hearing, and moving papers should be filed by noon on the preceding day whenever practicable.

6. Absent good cause, the above forms must be provided to the court prior to the ex parte hearing to allow adequate time for review. Whenever practicable, moving papers should be filed by noon the day before the ex parte.

Unless all parties waive reconsideration or good cause applies, a hearing to reconsider an ex parte temporary guardianship must be set within 30 days if the general guardianship hearing will not occur within that period.

10. If a temporary guardianship is granted ex parte and the hearing on the general guardianship petition is not to be held within thirty (30) days of the granting of the temporary guardianship, the court shall set a hearing within thirty (30) days to reconsider the temporary guardianship, unless waived by all parties or upon good cause.

The first confidential guardianship status report is due approximately one year after the initial appointment, as directed by the court.

The first report is due as directed by the court approximately one (1) year after the initial appointment.

A party or counsel with knowledge of a change in the conservatee's financial circumstances must immediately report the change to the court.

financial circumstances of the conservatee, such change shall be reported by any party or counsel for a party with knowledge to the court immediately.

Deadline

45 calendar days

Conservatorship letters must be filed within 45 days of the appointment order unless the court grants a longer period; otherwise, the conservator's powers are suspended and no letters issue without a further court order.

If the letters of conservatorship are not filed within forty-five (45) days of the order appointing conservator, unless application for a longer period is made and granted, the conservator's powers will automatically be suspended, and no letters shall be issued by the clerk until a further order is executed by the court.

Deadline

120 calendar days

The conservator must file the Care Plan no later than 120 days after appointment.

Within 120 days after appointment, the conservator shall file a Probate Code §2351.2 Care Plan using the mandatory Judicial Council form GC-355.

A conservator must file the first status report after the first anniversary of the conservatorship and must file subsequent status reports biennially.

Notwithstanding the repeal of the statutory requirement to do so, all conservators must file a status report after the first anniversary of the establishment of the conservatorship and biennially thereafter.

The blocked-account form and attachments must be filed with the court 30 days before the informal-accounting hearing.

The form and attachments are to be filed with the court and served on the court-appointed counsel for the conservatee/ward, as well as the Court Investigator’s Offices, thirty (30) days prior to when the hearing of the informal accounting would otherwise be heard.

All criminal pretrial motions must be noticed in writing, briefed, served, and filed by the California Rules of Court, Rule 4.111 deadlines, unless another rule provides otherwise.

Unless otherwise provided for in these rules, all pretrial motions in criminal cases must be noticed in writing and briefed, served and filed in compliance within the time limits of Rule 4.111 of the California Rules of Court. This rule applies to both misdemeanor and felony cases.

Deadline

2 court days

CASA reports must be submitted to the court no later than two court days before the relevant hearing.

Reports are to be submitted to the court and served on the parties no later than two (2) court days prior to the hearing for which the report was prepared.

Psychotropic-drug administration orders must be submitted for renewal through the ex parte procedure no later than six months after initial issuance.

All orders authorizing the administration of psychotropic drugs must be submitted to the court for renewal no later than six (6) months from the date of initial issuance, following the ex parte procedure described in this rule.

Counsel must strictly observe the statutory provisions governing delivery of proposed jury instructions.

The court shall require counsel to comply strictly with the provisions of §607a of the Code of Civil Procedure and §1093.5 of the Penal Code.

A respondent's motion to dismiss a Penal Code section 1510 noncompliance appeal must be filed within 20 days after the clerk notifies the parties, and opposition must be served and filed within 15 days after the motion is filed, unless an extension is granted for good cause.

B. The respondent may file a motion to dismiss the appeal based on noncompliance with Penal Code §1510. The motion may be supported by a declaration and exhibits related to the issue of Penal Code §1510 compliance. The motion shall be filed within 20 days after the court clerk sends notification of the appeal, unless an extension is granted for good cause. Any opposition to the motion to dismiss must be served and filed within 15 days after the motion is filed, unless an extension is granted for good cause.

Deadline

0 hours

Ancillary services may be engaged without prior authorization only in exigent circumstances, but an application for authorization and a declaration establishing exigency must be submitted immediately afterward.

Only when exigent circumstances exist may an attorney or self-represented defendant engage ancillary services without prior court authorization. If an attorney or self-represented defendant does so, the attorney or self-represented defendant must immediately thereafter make application to the court for authorization for such services and show by declaration, exigent circumstances justifying the use of such services without prior court authorization.

Deadline

3 court days

At least three court days before the case management conference, petitioner and all served parties must serve and file a joint case management conference statement addressing the identified and other pertinent issues.

At least three (3) court days before the case management conference, petitioner and all parties that have been served with the petition must serve and file a joint case management conference statement that addresses the issues identified in the preceding paragraph and any other pertinent issues.

An electronic filing received by the court between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on a court day is deemed filed that day.

D. Any electronic document submitted for filing received by the court between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on a court day, shall be deemed filed as of that day.

Deadline

2 court days

Interpreter requests for Spanish must be submitted at least two court days before the hearing, and requests for all other languages, including ASL, must be submitted at least ten court days before the hearing.

Fill out this form and submit it at least two (2) court days before your hearing for Spanish and ten (10) court days before your hearing for all other languages (including ASL).

Deadline

5 court days

Applies to

Additional confidential settlement conference statement

A party may optionally lodge an additional confidential settlement conference statement no later than five court days before the settlement conference.

In addition to the mandatory settlement conference statement provided in California Rules of Court, rule 3.1380, a party may elect to lodge an additional confidential settlement conference statement with the court, no later than five (5) court days before the date set for the settlement conference.

Deadline

90 calendar days

Applies to

Stipulation and proposed order to use adr process

Voluntary mediation may be indicated using optional local form VN-164, which must be filed at least 90 days before trial unless the court otherwise allows.

All other litigants may indicate their willingness to participate in mediation on a voluntary basis by so indicating on the “Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution Process” local form (VN-164), provided the stipulation is filed at least 90 days before trial, unless the court otherwise allows in accordance with California Rules of Court, rule 3.891, subsection (a)(2). Use of the form is optional.

After the first report, additional confidential guardianship status reports may be required annually as directed by the court.

Thereafter, additional reports may be due annually, as directed by the court.

When filing a limited-conservatorship petition, the attorney of record should set the hearing 45 days after filing.

In order to eliminate unnecessary delays, upon filing a petition to establish a limited conservatorship, the attorney of record should set the matter for hearing forty-five (45) days after the filing date.

Appointed personal representatives must comply with the statutory filing and hearing deadlines for applicable one-year or 18-month status reports.

The court requires all appointed personal representatives to honor the time requirements of Probate Code §12200 with respect to filing and hearing on any applicable one-year or 18-month status report.

Counsel should serve and file a supplemental brief for later-discovered pertinent authority when time allows; otherwise, counsel should provide citations to the court and opposing counsel as early as practicable before the hearing.

Where pertinent legal authority comes to counsel’s attention after the filing of his or her brief, a supplemental brief should be served and filed where time allows. Where supplemental briefing is not possible, citations should be supplied to the court and opposing counsel as far in advance of the hearing as possible.

Ex parte documents must be submitted before the in camera hearing and, whenever practicable, should be submitted by noon on the preceding day.

The ex parte documents are to be submitted prior to the in camera hearing to allow adequate time for review. Whenever practicable, the papers should be submitted to the clerk’s office by noon the day before the ex parte hearing.

Deadline

5 court days

A party may, but is not required to, lodge an additional confidential settlement conference statement no later than five court days before the settlement conference.

In addition to the mandatory settlement conference statement provided in California Rules of Court, rule 3.1380, a party may elect to lodge an additional confidential settlement conference statement with the court, no later than five (5) court days before the date set for the settlement conference.

The court will send an acceptance email when an electronically delivered document meets all legal requirements and required fees are paid correctly, and a rejection email when it is not accepted.

C. Any document(s) received by electronic delivery will be accepted by the court, if the document(s) meets all legal filing requirements and any required fees are paid and correct. An email will be sent to the email address provided by the submitting party stating that the document(s) is accepted. If a document(s) is not accepted, an email stating that the document(s) is rejected will be sent to the email address provided by the submitting party.

The interpreter request form should be returned to the clerk in one of the listed offices as soon as possible.

Return this form to the clerk in one of the following offices as soon as possible:

Walk Through Stipulated Petitions may be submitted to the clerk's office during business hours.

Beginning June 10, 2020, Walk Through Stipulated Petitions may be submitted to the clerk’s office by eDelivery, U.S. Mail, Drop Box inside the courthouse, or any other manner of filing documents as authorized by the Court, during business hours.