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Department 10's civil pre-trial order: pre-trial discovery and motions (general conduct, case management conferences, discovery); the issue conference and mandatory settlement conference; the mandatory meet-and-confer before trial (at least 14 days, at least 7 days and at least three days before the Pretrial Conference); the pretrial conference; and the trial (trial date, voir dire, objections and trial procedure).
The court may move reporters from Family Law to other departments except where a reporter is required by statute or case law; parties may provide their own reporter as set forth in Local Rule 2.52; a judge may order electronic recording for an indigent litigant when a court reporter is unavailable (Family Violence Appellate Project v. Superior Courts, August 10, 2026, S288176).
The First Amended General Order re: Use of Electronic Recording Equipment (October 2, 2025) is rescinded: on August 10, 2026 the California Supreme Court (S288176) directed meaningful access for indigent litigants, upon request, to an official verbatim record, including by electronic recording when no official reporter is available; the court follows that mandate.
Department 2's family law best practices and pre-trial orders: remote and in-person appearances; filings (the RFO, RESPONSE and REPLY; page limits; AI disclosure; walk in judgments with an FL-182); e-mails and vacating a hearing; domestic violence trials (Family Code Section 6309 discovery; witness and exhibit lists 7 days before trial, exhibits numbered from 001 for Petitioner and 501 for Respondent) and stipulations; and non-DV long cause trials.
Chapter 9 (Rules 7.400 to 7.429): initiation of the guardianship investigation (Rule 7.400); temporary guardianships (Rule 7.401); consultation with other departments re custody or dependency proceedings (Rule 7.402); guardianships for dependent children (Rule 7.403); restriction on parental use of a minor's estate (Rule 7.404); final account of guardian (Rule 7.405); setting a guardianship hearing when a temporary guardianship has not been granted (Rule 7.406); appointment of conservator (Rule 7.411); ex parte petitions for appointment of temporary conservatorships (Rule 7.412); specific medical treatment and placement (Rule 7.413); termination (Rule 7.414); accounts of conservator (Rule 7.415); orientation class requirements for unlicensed conservators (Rule 7.416); release of information by the court investigator for benefit of conservatees (Rule 7.417); temporary guardian or conservator (Rule 7.422); duties and conflicts (Rule 7.423); bonds (Rule 7.424); accounts (Rule 7.425); compensation and attorney's fees (Rule 7.426); independent exercise of powers (Rule 7.427); investments (Rule 7.428); and account statements with accountings (Rule 7.429).
Chapter 8 (Rules 7.350 and 7.351): preparation of the inventory and appraisal (Rule 7.350) and waiver of appraisal by the probate referee (Rule 7.351).
Chapter 7 (Rules 7.300 to 7.317): notice of petition for distribution (Rule 7.300); property to be distributed must be listed (Rule 7.301); the form of accounting (Rule 7.302); waiver of account (Rule 7.303); inheritance by a surviving spouse (Rule 7.305); extraordinary fees (Rule 7.306); the order (Rule 7.307); segregating trust income and principal (Rule 7.308); creditor's claims (Rule 7.309); federal estate taxes (Rule 7.310); specifically devised property (Rule 7.311); distribution to minors (Rule 7.312); preliminary distribution (Rule 7.313); actions for damages following wrongful death (Rule 7.314); additional powers to a testamentary trustee (Rule 7.315); application for final discharge (Rule 7.316); and payment of costs of administration (Rule 7.317).
Chapter 6 (Rules 7.250 to 7.257): sales of real property not under IAEA (Rule 7.250); return of private sale (Rule 7.251); broker's commissions, including in an overbid situation (Rules 7.252 and 7.253); condominiums, community or cooperative apartments (Rule 7.255); purchase of estate property by the personal representative or his or her attorney (Rule 7.256); and tangible personal property (Rule 7.257).
Chapter 5 (Rules 7.200 to 7.203): the nature and form of claims (Rule 7.200); claims of personal representatives and attorneys (Rule 7.202); and funeral claims (Rule 7.203).
Chapter 4 (Rules 7.150 to 7.156): notice re special letters (Rule 7.150); petitions for probate of will and for letters (Rule 7.151); notice (Rule 7.152); requirements of publication for notice of petition to administer estate (Rule 7.153); court discretion regarding bond (Rule 7.154); continuance to permit filing of a contest (Rule 7.155); and multiple representatives (Rule 7.156).
Chapter 3 (Rules 7.100 to 7.114): material to be included in formal rulings (Rule 7.101); written response (Rule 7.102); applications for ex parte orders (Rule 7.104); petitions for family allowance (Rule 7.105); bond on petitions for authority to borrow money (Rule 7.106); nunc pro tunc orders correcting clerical errors (Rule 7.107); general notice requirements (Rule 7.108); a probate hearing once noticed cannot be advanced (Rule 7.109); orders to be complete (Rule 7.110); accounts and reports (Rule 7.111); and petitions to show who is entitled to notice (Rule 7.112).
Chapter 2 (Rules 7.50 to 7.65): the probate calendar (Rule 7.50); contested matters (Rule 7.51); appearances (Rule 7.52); verifications (Rule 7.53); submission of a proposed order before the hearing (Rule 7.54); responses to tentative rulings, filed no later than the close of business two (2) court days before the hearing (Rule 7.55); continuances to cure defective pleadings or procedures (Rule 7.56); discretion to waive (Rule 7.58); fees (Rule 7.59); record title (Rule 7.60); court ordered fees for fiduciaries and attorneys (Rule 7.61); factual allegations (Rule 7.62); guardian ad litem (Rule 7.63); special notice to attorneys and clients (Rule 7.64); and coordination of fee petitions with accountings (Rule 7.65).
Chapter 13, the probate guidelines' attachments: Attachment 1 - The ABCs of Dividing the Commission Pie in Probate Sales (with its chart); Attachment 2 - Probate Department Fees and Costs Guidelines; Attachment 3 - Fee Declaration Template; and Attachment 4 - Probate Department Operations (the probate calendars, ex parte applications submitted to the Probate Examiners between 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., and tentative rulings).
Chapter 12 (Rule 7.520): for the appointment of an elisor, Local Rule 5.12.
Chapter 11 (Rule 7.501): the proceeding for a spousal property transaction under Probate Code Section 3100 et seq. - the declaration of a licensed physician or licensed psychologist, appointed counsel for the non-petitioning spouse, and notice when the petition is predicated on Medi-Cal qualification.
Chapter 10 (Rules 7.450 to 7.452): trustee compensation and attorney's fees (Rule 7.450); establishment of a trust (Rule 7.451); and establishment of a special needs trust from inheritance by court order (Rule 7.452).
Title Seven, Chapter 1 (Rules 7.1 to 7.5): probate matters (Rule 7.1); judicial commitments (Rule 7.2); trust fund withdrawals (Rule 7.3); the probate rules (Rule 7.4); and court reporting in probate (Rule 7.5).
Title Eight, Chapter 1 (Rule 8.1): the Appellate Division - regular sessions on the first Friday of each calendar month at 1:30 p.m.; the original trial court file as the record; the record of oral proceedings (the official electronic recording in infraction appeals; strict compliance with Rule of Court 8.916 for a Statement on Appeal).
Chapter 7 (Rules 3.300 and 3.301): the optional Discovery Facilitator Program - the stipulation (Local Court Form ADR-602), the request for assignment, the facilitator's conflict check and the four-hour expectation - and discovery motions and the program.
Chapter 6 (Rules 3.200 to 3.206): the alternative dispute resolution programs (Rule 3.200); mediation - the panel's fees, attendance and mediation statements (Rule 3.201); judicial arbitration (Rule 3.202); settlement mentors (Rule 3.203); neutral case evaluation (Rule 3.204); the temporary judge trial in the civil division (Rule 3.205); and ethical and practice standards for ADR panel members (Rule 3.206).
Chapter 5 (Rules 3.100 to 3.103): settlements (Rule 3.100); settlement conferences (Rule 3.101); special needs trusts (Rule 3.102); and special bench bar settlement conferences (BBSC) (Rule 3.103).
Chapter 4 (Rule 3.90): for the appointment of an elisor, Local Rule 5.12.
Chapter 3 (Rule 3.80): appointment of receivers - court clerks may be appointed where no independent third party or active management is needed, but not by stipulation of counsel; California Rules of Court, 3.1175-3.1184.
Chapter 2 (Rules 3.40 to 3.54): the law and motion calendar (Rule 3.40); hearing dates (Rule 3.41); papers to comply with state rules (Rule 3.42); the tentative ruling (Rule 3.43); remote appearances and reporting for law and motion (Rules 3.44 and 3.45); civil ex parte orders (Rule 3.46); original orders to show cause (Rule 3.47); continuances (Rule 3.48); calendar matters heard in the law and motion department (Rule 3.49); name change applications (Rule 3.50); motions (Rule 3.51); uncontested calendars (Rule 3.52); written orders (Rule 3.53); and the number of attorneys examining a witness (Rule 3.54).
Title Three, Chapter 1 (Rules 3.1 to 3.19): applicability, definitions and transferred cases (Rules 3.1 to 3.3); policy (Rule 3.4); venue, filing and form of papers (Rule 3.5); challenge to the assigned judge (Rule 3.6); service of summons, complaint, cross-complaint, responsive pleadings and default judgments (Rule 3.7); the case management conference procedure (Rule 3.8); telephone appearances (Rule 3.9); sanctions (Rule 3.10); the issue conference (Rule 3.11); jury fees (Rule 3.12); reporting of court proceedings in civil fast track departments (Rule 3.13); unlawful detainer trial setting (Rule 3.14); relief following breach of a settlement agreement in limited jurisdiction cases (Rule 3.15); complex litigation cases (Rule 3.16); CEQA claims (Rule 3.17); conforming copies (Rule 3.18); and the unlawful detainer process (Rule 3.19).