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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).
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA DATE: AUGUST 11, 2026 JUDGE: HON. CHRISTOPHER R. BOWEN DEPARTMENT 1 COURT CLERK: CAROLINE RUARO UNREPORTED FIRST AMENDED STANDING ORDER 4.3 RE: COURT REPORTERS IN FAMILY LAW CASES The Court has provided reporters in Family Law cases generally since July 1, 2019, and amended its Local Rule 2.52 and 2.53 accordingly. These reporters are not officially assigned to specific departments but are assigned based on need. Due to the urgent need for the Court to have the ability to reassign reporters to meet statutory and constitutional mandates in other types of cases, IT IS ORDERED as follows: 1. The Court may move reporters from Family Law to perform reporting services in other court departments, except for those Family Law cases where a reporter is required by statute or case law. 2. Parties in Family Law proceedings in which court reporters will not be provided may provide their own as set forth in Local Rule 2.52. 3. Nothing in this order shall be interpreted to prohibit a judge from ordering electronic recording for an indigent litigant, consistent with the rights set forth in Family Violence Appellate Project v. Superior Courts (August 10, 2026, S288176), when a court reporter is unavailable. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: August 11, 2026 HON. CHRISTOPHER R. BOWEN Presiding Judge of the Superior Court Contra Costa County
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA DATE: AUGUST 11, 2026 JUDGE: HON. CHRISTOPHER R. BOWEN DEPARTMENT 1 COURT CLERK: CAROLINE RUARO UNREPORTED FIRST AMENDED STANDING ORDER 4.3 RE: COURT REPORTERS IN FAMILY LAW CASES The Court has provided reporters in Family Law cases generally since July 1, 2019, and amended its Local Rule 2.52 and 2.53 accordingly. The
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-08 (California T4 Contra Costa build 2026-10-08) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-contra-costa/docs/general/combined-standing-orders-8-11-2026.pdf (the court's “Appendix A: Standing Orders”, “Revised August 11, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-08; 14177357 bytes, sha256 50e61603361f0c413700512b6bb1a4d78d849a061bcc1e6d3ec3dcb30fda7c49; 48 pages, scanned) - Standing Order 4.3, PDF page 43: read on the page images rendered at 200 dpi, each doubtful mark on a crop at 400 dpi; checked against three machine readings never published (RapidOCR on each whole page, the file's own text layer where a page has one, RapidOCR on each printed line): every 6-word window of the transcription looked up and each span no reading holds read again on the page image (vision/check-log.md). The compilation's label, the clerk's filed stamps, the signatures and the pleading paper's line numbers are not part of the text; the transcription's closing note, which describes them, is not published. Review note: The clerk's name in the filed stamp is blurred and not transcribed; "Superior Courts" and "Local Rule 2.52 and 2.53" are so printed.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.