Clallam County Superior Court Filing Rules

Please answer each of the questions fully and attach, as exhibits to the petition, such additional information as is requested, or that you feel would be helpful to the court’s determination of this petition.

A party may amend its statement or response before an arbitrator or trial date is assigned; afterward, court leave for good cause is required.

A copy of the Juvenile Services grievance-review filing must be provided to the Superior Court Administrator.

All answers should be typed or legibly printed in ink.

Hard-copy bench copies must be provided for all pleadings filed in connection with a summary judgment motion, following subsection (b)'s delivery instructions.

Parties without a current email address may obtain their own copy of the order from the Court Clerk’s Office.

Non-Juvenile Services grievances must be filed under seal, with a copy to the Superior Court Administrator, and include the specified information.

An arbitrator may request an extension of the award-filing time ex parte from a Superior Court judge or commissioner, and must notify the parties if an extension is granted.

For covered RCW 26 and RCW 11.130 motions, a party's declarations and responses are limited to 30 pages total; specified documents are excluded, electronic-media printouts count, and incomplete or noncompliant pages are counted as stated in the rule. The limit does not apply to actions under 1(c) and 1(d), and the court may impose sanctions for exceeding it.

The clerk may charge a fee for an ex parte order.

(1) A settlement conference shall be held in all contested domestic relations cases, including dissolution, legal separation, paternity, minor guardianship, domestic partnership, committed intimate relationships, or modification of any custody order. The settlement conference shall be held with a Court Commissioner or Judge. The requirement for a settlement conference is not satisfied by the parties participating in private mediation. (2) All cases of this nature shall not be set for trial under LCR 40(b) without a settlement conference, except in the following circumstances;