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Because of its court reporter shortage, the court no longer provides reporters in family law cases; parties may provide their own (see Local Rule 3.95), and if a party cannot afford a reporter or none is available, the court may make the findings described in General Directive 2026-24 and use a recording device consistent with that directive. Issued January 27, 2026; expires December 31, 2026.
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[Seal of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda] CHAMBERS OF MICHAEL M. MARKMAN Presiding Judge Department 1 René C. Davidson Courthouse 1225 Fallon Street Oakland, CA 94612 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ALAMEDA GENERAL DIRECTIVE BY THE PRESIDING JUDGE DIRECTIVE NO: 2026-25 SUBJECT: COURT REPORTERS IN FAMILY LAW CASES Given the Court’s ongoing and deteriorating shortage of court reporters, as described in General Directive No. 2026-24, the Court will no longer be able to follow its historical practice of providing reporters in Family Law cases. Accordingly, parties in Family Law proceedings may provide their own court reporters. (See, e.g., Alameda County Superior Court Local Rule 3.95.) If a party is unable to afford a court reporter and/or if a reporter is unavailable to the parties, then the court may make the findings described in General Directive 2026-24 and use a recording device in a manner consistent with that General Directive. This directive shall expire on December 31, 2026. Issued: January 27, 2026 [signature] Michael M. Markman, Presiding Judge Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
[Seal of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda] CHAMBERS OF MICHAEL M. MARKMAN Presiding Judge Department 1 René C. Davidson Courthouse 1225 Fallon Street Oakland, CA 94612 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ALAMEDA GENERAL DIRECTIVE BY THE PRESIDING JUDGE DIRECTIVE NO: 2026-25 SUBJECT: COURT REPORTERS IN FAMILY LAW CASES Given the Court’s ongoing and deteriorating shortage of c
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-28 (California T3 Alameda build 2026-09-28) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-alameda/gd/2025-25-court-reporters-family-law-cases.pdf (187077 bytes, sha256 0f93d251c25f9ad138be6325b17ef30f7dc9f54f22da36046e1868cb01379b40; 1 page) - the court's own posted PDF, a scan with no text layer: transcribed from the rendered page images, every page read against the image; a machine reading (RapidOCR) was used only as a second reader for a word-level diff, every difference classified; every quotation mark, apostrophe, dash and bracket checked in full-resolution crops; the court seal and the signature are bracketed. The court posts the file as “2025-25-court-reporters-family-law-cases.pdf”; the document is Directive No. 2026-25, issued January 27, 2026. It refers to General Directive 2026-24, which General Directive 2026-24A (issued September 9, 2026) replaced and rescinded. Printed irregularities are kept as printed.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.