Filing Bundling Requirements in the California Rules of Court

17 requirements in 16 rules

Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.725. Case Management Statement

In lieu of each party's filing a separate case management statement, any two or more parties may file a joint statement.

The papers filed under (a) and (b) may either be filed as separate documents or combined in one or more documents if the party filing a combined pleading specifies these items separately in the caption of the combined pleading.

Any such answer, motion, or other response from the same party must be filed concurrently.

Respondents and real parties must file a single joint brief, unless otherwise ordered by the court.

(2) Petitioner may, with the consent of other parties, complete and file with the clerk of the court all the forms and documents required of all parties to initiate the case and request entry of judgment. Petitioner may, but is not required to, file all the forms and documents at one time.

A spousal or domestic partner property petition must be filed separately from the probate petition, but both petitions must use the same case number.
The rule's wording
A petition for spousal or domestic partner property determination or confirmation must be filed separately from a petition for probate of will or for letters of administration, even if both petitions are filed at the same time. The two petitions must be filed under the same case number.

Records concerning a Penal Code section 987.9 funds request or another proceeding whose occurrence must not be disclosed may not be bound together with or electronically transmitted as a single document with other sealed or confidential records.
The rule's wording
Records relating to a request for funds under Penal Code section 987.9 or other proceedings the occurrence of which is not to be disclosed under the court order or applicable law must not be bound together with, or electronically transmitted as a single document with, other sealed or confidential records and must not be listed in the index required under (1)(D) or the alphabetical or chronological indexes to a clerk's or reporter's transcript, appendix, supporting documents to a petition, or other records sent to the reviewing court.

The appellant may combine its notice designating the record with its notice of appeal.

The parties may prepare separate appendixes or they may stipulate to a joint appendix.

(4) The proposed brief must be served and must accompany the application, and may be combined with it.

(1) A party that is both an appellant and a respondent must combine its respondent's brief with its appellant's opening brief or its reply brief, if any, whichever is appropriate under the briefing sequence that the reviewing court orders.

and may be combined with it.
(6) If the court grants the application, any party may file either an answer to the individual amicus curiae brief or a consolidated answer to multiple amicus curiae briefs filed in the case.

The appellant may combine its notice designating the record with its notice of appeal.

The parties may prepare separate appendixes or they may stipulate to a joint appendix.

The proposed brief must be served and must accompany the application and may be combined with it.