Lane County Circuit Court Filing Rules

When the parties select an independent mediator, they or their attorney must file a stipulation identifying the mediator and first session date by the hearing, or the parties will be ordered to attend court mediation.

The moving party requesting attorney fees, costs, or disbursements pursuant to ORCP 68 shall file a notice of readiness within 14 days after the time for filing objections if: (a) The other party did not file objections; or (b) The other party filed objections, but no party requested a hearing.

A party's motion to appoint an attorney for a child must be served on all named parties in accordance with ORCP 9.

In the following subject matter areas, the listed ex parte documents requiring a judge’s signature and any document that will be served simultaneously with a document listed in this rule, must be presented conventionally, and may not be electronically filed except as provided in subsection (3).

Upon request, the calendar clerk will schedule a case on the 9:30 a.m. trial-call docket before the scheduled trial date so that settlement can be placed on the record.

Unless a stipulation is filed pursuant to subsection (1), a party seeking to postpone or accelerate consideration, including an expedited hearing, must ascertain and state all other parties' positions and whether they wish to respond; without that statement, the request will be denied and considered in the normal course.

The opposing party may file a memorandum of authorities by Monday of the preceding week, and the moving party may file a reply memorandum by Friday of the week before consideration.

Parties must bring the originals and two additional copies of each exhibit they intend to offer, or the court may refuse the exhibits.

A party may request a waiver or deferral of arbitration fees within 14 days after the case is transferred to arbitration.

A motion for temporary pre-judgment interim financial relief must be filed separately from other interim requests and include a supporting affidavit and completed USD.