Clark County Superior Court, Washington Filing Rules

Candidates seeking initial Registry placement must complete the Court Administrator’s application and submit the listed materials by the specified deadline.

The motion shall be scheduled and heard by the assigned judge within thirty (30) days of entry of the commissioner’s order. If the assigned judge does not have a motion docket, or the docket is closed, within thirty (30) days of entry of the commissioner’s order, the motion shall be heard on the first available motion docket thereafter, unless otherwise ordered by the assigned judge. Failure to hear the motion within thirty (30) days or the first available motion docket thereafter shall result in dismissal of the motion.

When custody, visitation, or parenting time is at issue, both parties must serve the specified parenting-plan documents with their pleadings.

A party declaration supporting or opposing a motion is limited to 6 pages.

The award must use the form prescribed and approved by the court.

The email guidelines do not govern other forms of communication and do not give email preference over them.

The jury-demand time period may be extended only by prior court order upon a showing of good cause.

The moving party must provide the judge copies of the motion and any response.

Oral argument on a motion for revision is limited to five minutes per side.

Unless the court orders otherwise, predisposition reports, including SSODA and CDDA evaluations, must remain confidential and be filed as confidential, and are not part of the official juvenile court file.

The required arbitration fee must be paid at least 10 court days before the Scheduling Conference to transfer a case subject to LCR 40(c) to arbitration.