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Contra Costa County Superior Court — Department 2 (Judge Gina Dashman) Best Practices and Pre-Trial Orders (updated August 7, 2026)

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 2 (Judge Gina Dashman) Best Practices and Pre-Trial Orders (updated August 7, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa; posted on the court's Department 2 Information page (https://contracosta.courts.ca.gov/department-2-information) at https://contracosta.courts.ca.gov/system/files/family-law/pre-trial-orders-and-best-practices-dept-2.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

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.

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California > First Appellate District > Contra Costa County > Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa > Department 2

Source of truth

BEST PRACTICES AND PRE-TRIAL ORDERS FOR DEPARTMENT 2 THE HONORABLE GINA DASHMAN FAMILY LAW DIVISION Dept02@contracosta.courts.ca.gov Department phone: 925-608-1102 UPDATED 8/7/26 Remote and in-person appearances: Parties may appear in person or remotely for short cause matters. Parties do not need to submit written requests to appear remotely. If remote access is attempted, the court may require i

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: August 7, 2026
Last verified: October 8, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-contra-costa-2026-10-08

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 Contra Costa build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-contra-costa/docs/family-law/pre-trial-orders-and-best-practices-dept-2.pdf (256137 bytes, sha256 e667b5a9b7307c2aa35fe38157fb8c396398010c2cf3048afeb211f552daa2a4; 5 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running headers or footers removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the document's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. Attached to Judge Gina Dashman: the card is Department 2's, where the court's Directory of Judicial Departments (effective September 14, 2026) seats Judge Gina Dashman.