Kitsap County Superior Court Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

All parties must attend the settlement conference and be prepared to negotiate settlement seriously.

E. All parties must attend and be prepared to seriously negotiate settlement.

CRITICAL

A reconsideration motion must be set on the trial judge’s departmental motion docket for a hearing 30 to 40 days after entry, unless the Court directs otherwise.

The motion shall be noted on the trial judge’s departmental motion docket to be heard not sooner than 30 but not later than 40 days after entry of the judgment, decree, or order, unless the Court directs otherwise.

CRITICAL

Counsel and the parties must participate in a settlement conference in the specified family-law actions, unless they file proof that each party participated in formal mediation.

In each dissolution, declaration of invalidity, legal separation, parentage, or intimate committed relationship, counsel and the parties shall participate in a settlement conference presided over by a judge, court commissioner, or court approved pro tem judicial officer. This requirement may be waived if the parties file proof of each party’s participation in a formal mediation.

CRITICAL

A reconsideration motion is submitted on the moving party’s briefs and affidavits only; the opposing party may not submit a response and oral argument is not heard unless the Court directs otherwise.

A motion for reconsideration shall be submitted on briefs and affidavits of the moving party only. No response shall be submitted by the opposing party, nor shall oral argument be heard, unless the Court so directs.

CRITICAL

Settlement conferences are mandatory in domestic relations cases, except for support modifications.

D. Settlement conferences are mandatory in all domestic relations cases except support modifications.

WARNING

Probate, guardianship, and non-Rule 56 civil motions in unassigned cases are heard Fridays at 9:00 a.m.; civil matters in preassigned cases are heard on the assigned judge’s Friday 1:30 p.m. departmental calendar.

Probate, guardianship and civil motions (except Civil Rule 56 motions) in cases which are not preassigned to a specific judge will be heard on Friday at 9:00 a.m. Civil matters in cases which have been preassigned shall be heard on that judge’s departmental calendar on Fridays at 1:30 p.m.

WARNING

Motions pursuant to Civil Rule 56 in cases not solely related to debt collections or foreclosure actions should be noted for Friday at 1:30 p.m. on the “Summary Judgment” calendar. No specific judge should be named in the Note for Motion Docket.

Motions pursuant to Civil Rule 56 in cases not solely related to debt collections or foreclosure actions should be noted for Friday at 1:30 p.m. on the “Summary Judgment” calendar. No specific judge should be named in the Note for Motion Docket.

WARNING

Civil Rule 56 motions in cases related to debt collections and foreclosure actions are heard Fridays at 9:00 a.m.

In cases related to debt collections and foreclosure actions, Civil Rule 56 motions will be heard on Friday at 9:00 a.m.

WARNING

(1) The mediator may not have an interest in the case’s outcome and may not be related to a party, and the mediator must be: (A) an attorney licensed to practice before the courts of this state having at least five years of experience in the primary subject matter of the action;

(1) The mediator may not have an interest in the case’s outcome and may not be related to a party, and the mediator must be: (A) an attorney licensed to practice before the courts of this state having at least five years of experience in the primary subject matter of the action;

WARNING

The parties must exchange information, make a good-faith effort to negotiate settlement, and certify an attempt to settle; noncompliance may result in sanctions.

Attestation: I understand that KCLFLR 6 requires the parties to exchange information and to make a good faith effort to engage in settlement negotiations. I understand that KCLFLR 6 requires an exchange of information between the parties and a certification of an attempt to settle. I understand that the failure to comply with KCLFLR 6 may result in sanctions.

WARNING

In cases other than those related to debt collections, filing a Civil Rule 56 motion results in preassignment to a specific judge; the motion is heard on that judge’s Friday 1:30 p.m. departmental calendar, and a case event schedule issues if the matter is noted for the Trial Setting Docket.

In cases other than those related to debt collections, upon filing of a Civil Rule 56 motion, the Superior Court will issue an order of preassignment to a specific judge. The Civil Rule 56 motions will be heard on the assigned judge’s Friday departmental calendar at 1:30 p.m. If the matter is noted for the Trial Setting Docket, a case event schedule will issue.

WARNING

Departmental matters are heard on Fridays at 1:30 p.m.

Departmental matters will be heard on Fridays at 1:30 p.m.