Kitsap County Superior Court Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

A change or continuance of a settlement conference requires a timely written motion, good cause, and authorization by the Presiding Judge or preassigned judge.

Changes or continuances of settlement conferences may be authorized only by the Presiding Judge or preassigned judge on timely written motion and for good cause shown.

CRITICAL

Continuance requests in domestic relations cases must be made in writing; trial-continuance requests must be made at least five calendar days before the hearing and are heard by the Domestic Relations Presiding Judge.

(B) Trial Continuances. Matters for continuances in domestic relations cases shall be made in writing to be heard by the Domestic Relations Presiding Judge. Requests to continue a trial in domestic relations cases shall be made in writing, at least five (5) calendar days before the hearing, to be heard by the Domestic Relations Presiding Judge on the Domestic Relations Presiding Judge’s Departmental Calendar.

CRITICAL

An arbitrator's request for an extension of time to file an award must be presented to the Court Administrator.

A request by an arbitrator for an extension of time for the filing of an award under CAR 6.2 must be presented to the Court Administrator.

CRITICAL

A criminal motion may be continued only with the Criminal Motions Judge's consent.

Criminal motions shall be continued only with the consent of the Criminal Motions Judge.

CRITICAL

Continuances may not be granted by telephone.

Continuances shall not be granted by telephone.

CRITICAL

A party’s failure to receive hearing notice or evidence timely is deemed good cause to continue the emergency guardianship hearing to the next minor guardianship calendar.

(D) A failure to receive notice of the emergency guardianship hearing, or a failure to receive evidence in a timely manner on the part of any party, shall be deemed good cause to continue the emergency guardianship hearing to the next minor guardianship calendar.

CRITICAL

A confirmed summary judgment motion may not be continued without approval from the Civil Calendar or the preassigned judge.

Summary judgment motions which have been confirmed shall not be continued without the Civil Calendar or preassigned judge’s approval.

CRITICAL

Failure to appoint counsel or counsel’s inability to participate is deemed good cause to continue the hearing to the next emergency guardianship calendar.

Failure to appoint counsel, or the inability of counsel to participate in the hearing, shall be deemed good cause to continue the emergency guardianship hearing to the next emergency guardianship calendar.

WARNING

A party or the Court may seek modification of a case-schedule date by written motion, and the preassigned judge may grant it upon good cause shown.

Upon written motion of any party or the Court, and upon good cause shown, the preassigned judge may modify any date in an order entered pursuant to section (B)(iii) above.

WARNING

A motion required to continue a settlement conference may be set on the Domestic Presiding calendar with five business days’ notice to the other side.

If a motion is required to continue the settlement conference it may be set on the Domestic Presiding calendar, held on Fridays at 2:30 p.m. with five (5) business days’ notice to the other side.

WARNING

After a CR 26(i) conference, a party may request rescheduling of the settlement conference if the other party failed to provide mandatory disclosures.

If a party fails to provide these mandatory disclosures, the other party may request that the settlement conference be rescheduled after a CR 26(i) conference is held.

WARNING

A party may move to modify a date in the trial order and case event schedule, and the judge may grant the change upon a showing of good cause.

Upon motion of any party or the Court, and upon good cause shown, the preassigned judge may modify any date in the original Order Setting Trial Date and Civil Case Event Schedule.

WARNING

Counsel may continue a noncriminal motion by agreement by filing a notice of continuance signed by at least one attorney; forms are available in the courtroom.

Counsel, by agreement, may continue any noncriminal motion by filing a notice of continuance, signed by at least one attorney. Forms are available in the courtroom. See Exhibit F.

WARNING

The Court may change or continue the specified dates upon the parties’ written stipulation or a party’s motion.

Upon written stipulation of the parties, or upon motion of party, the Court may order a change or continuance of the trial date, special set hearing, support modification hearing, or settlement conference date.

WARNING

A party may unilaterally strike or re-note a hearing, but after confirmation must give the other parties prior notice.

A party who has noted a matter for hearing may unilaterally strike or re-note the hearing for a new date, except that once confirmed the hearing may be stricken or re-noted only with prior notice to the other parties.

INFO

If time runs out while counsel is pursuing an important issue about prospective jurors’ qualifications, counsel may request additional time from the Court.

If counsel is pursuing an important issue that relates to the qualifications of the prospective jurors to serve, and time has run out, counsel may request that the Court grant additional time.