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Meet and Confer Orders adopted for mandatory use (Appendix 8.5, Eff. 01/01/2018): the parties and/or attorneys ordered to peaceably contact each other immediately upon service and make at least one peaceable attempt to settle the issues before the hearing, with good faith, reasonable proposals in writing, by fax or e-mail, by telephone or in person; where child support or temporary spousal support is at issue, each party's printout of a DissoMaster™ or California Guideline Support calculator calculation before the hearing; immediate notice to the assigned judicial department if both parties agree the hearing is not necessary; on the date of the hearing, a second meet and confer and the exchange of all relevant documents, the court free to decline any document not exchanged; sanctions or other remedies for failure to meet and confer in good faith; and, where restraining orders are in effect, the orders not applying to the parties themselves, though each party's attorney must still meet and confer (California Family Code section 271; Rule 8.5).
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Appendix 8.5 MATTER OF (Last names, first names of parties) CASE NUMBER: MEET AND CONFER ORDERS (SEE PARAGRAPH 3 IF THERE ARE RESTRAINING ORDERS IN EFFECT) 1. a. The parties and/or attorneys are ordered to peaceably contact each other, immediately upon service of these papers, and to make at least one peaceable attempt to settle these issues, before the date of this hearing. b. Each party and/or attorney shall make good faith, reasonable proposals on all issues in the attached documents, and shall try to settle all of the issues. They shall do this in writing or by fax or e-mail, or by telephone, or in person. c. If the issues in the attached documents include child support, or temporary spousal support, each party shall prepare and give the other a printout of his or her proposed DissoMaster™ or the California Guideline Support calculator, https://www.cse.ca.gov/ChildSupport/cse/guidelineCalculator other computerized support calculation, before the date of the hearing. d. If the parties both agree that the scheduled hearing is not necessary, both parties or attorneys shall immediately notify the assigned judicial department, or the Court may impose sanctions upon one or both of the parties or attorneys. 2. a. On the date of the hearing, and in addition to any child custody recommended counseling about child custody issues on that same or prior date, the parties and/or their attorneys shall peaceably meet and confer a second time, and make reasonable, good faith efforts to settle the issues of this hearing. They shall exchange all relevant documents, updated DissoMaster™ or other computerized support calculation printouts if applicable, and other information, in good faith efforts to settle all issues of this hearing. They shall cooperate so as to clearly outline and efficiently present any unsettled issues to the court at the hearing. The court may, in its discretion, decline to consider any document or information that was not exchanged before the hearing. b. Failure to meet and confer in good faith may cause the hearing to be delayed, or postponed, or dropped from calendar, or the court may impose sanctions or other remedies upon one or both of the parties or attorneys. 3. These orders do not apply to the parties themselves if there are any restraining orders, from any court whatsoever, ordering one party to “not contact” or to “stay away” from any other party to this case, if such orders are still in effect at this time. Even if such “no contact” or “stay away” orders are in effect at this time, each party’s attorney must meet and confer with the other party’s attorney or the other party as stated in this Meet and Confer Order, and at the hearing the court may in its discretion order the parties themselves to meet and confer, under conditions that the court deems appropriate. NOTE: For DissoMaster™ or Xspouse™ calculations, consult with an attorney of your choice, or contact the Humboldt County Superior Court Family Law Facilitator’s Office and Self-Help Center located at 825 Fifth Street, Room 310, Eureka, CA 95501. AUTHORITY: California Family Code section 271; Rule 8.5 of the Humboldt County Superior Court Local Rules. Adopted for Mandatory Use Appendix 8.5, Eff. 01/01/2018
Appendix 8.5 MATTER OF (Last names, first names of parties) CASE NUMBER: MEET AND CONFER ORDERS (SEE PARAGRAPH 3 IF THERE ARE RESTRAINING ORDERS IN EFFECT) 1. a. The parties and/or attorneys are ordered to peaceably contact each other, immediately upon service of these papers, and to make at least one peaceable attempt to settle these issues, before the date of this hearing. b. Each party and/or a
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Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.