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Rule 9 (subdivision A): a petition for court approval of a compromise or covenant not to sue under Probate Code section 2504 or 3500, verified by the petitioner and to comply with California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1384, Rules 7.950 – 7.955, and to include the name, birth date, age, and sex of the minor or incompetent person, the nature and extent of the injury, a doctor’s report, the facts and circumstances, full disclosure of the reasonableness of the compromise, the present cash value of a structured settlement, a summary of medical expenses, the name and address of the depository, and the amount of attorneys’ fees requested (a reasonable fee standard, expenses of litigation separately itemized and not included in the “amount recovered”) (9(A)); and a petition for withdrawal of funds verified by the guardian, conservator, or trustee and by a competent minor at least 12 years of age, to contain the current age of the minor, the current amount on deposit and the amount and purpose of the withdrawal (9(A)).
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RULE OF COURT NO. 9 MINORS AND INCOMPETENTS COMPROMISE A. A petition for court approval of a compromise or covenant not to sue pursuant to Probate Code section 2504 or 3500 shall be verified by the petitioner and must comply with California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1384, Rules 7.950 – 7.955, and shall include: (1) The name, birth date, age, and sex of the minor or incompetent person; (2) The nature and extent of the injury giving rise to the claim with sufficient particularity to inform the court whether such injury is permanent or temporary; (3) A doctor’s report containing a diagnosis of the injury, a current report of present condition, and prognosis for future medical care; (4) The facts and circumstances out of which the claim or injury arose, including the time, place, and persons involved; (5) A full disclosure of all information concerning the reasonableness of the proposed compromise of covenant not to sue, including the amounts, if any, paid or to be paid to other claimants; (6) If the settlement is structured, the present cash value of the settlement; (7) A summary of all medical expenses paid or owing to each health care provider, and the source of any payments; (8) If the money is to be deposited in an account subject to withdrawal only upon order of the court, the name, and address of the depository; and (9) The amount of attorneys’ fees requested. The court will use a reasonable fee standard when approving and allowing the amount of attorney’s fees payable from money or property paid or to be paid for the benefit of a minor or a person with a disability. In computing fees, the expenses of litigation to be reimbursed shall not be included in the “amount recovered” for the purpose of fixing fees. Such expenses of litigation shall be separately itemized. Except in cases of hardship, parents should pay their proportionate share of attorneys’ fees and costs. (10) Petition for withdrawal of funds. A petition for withdrawal of money deposited in a bank, trust company, or savings and loan association on behalf of a minor or incompetent person shall be verified by the guardian, conservator, or trustee and, in the case of a competent minor, by such minor if the minor is at least 12 years of age. The petition for withdrawal shall contain the current age of the minor, the current amount on deposit, the amount and purpose of the present withdrawal. (Effective 7/1/00, as amended 7/1/06, 7/1/23)
RULE OF COURT NO. 9 MINORS AND INCOMPETENTS COMPROMISE A. A petition for court approval of a compromise or covenant not to sue pursuant to Probate Code section 2504 or 3500 shall be verified by the petitioner and must comply with California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1384, Rules 7.950 – 7.955, and shall include: (1) The name, birth date, age, and sex of the minor or incompetent person; (2) The nature
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Lassen build 2026-10-12) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-lassen/docs/local-rules/local-rules-court-effective-july-1-2026.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LASSEN LOCAL RULES OF COURT Effective July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-12; 902440 bytes, sha256 b04136070555eb679f27e6020412087f261a95fe203b285fa7225070791bc2b4; 112 pages; this rule PDF pages 54 to 55, printed pages 54 to 55) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the rules (PDF pages 5 to 100, printed 5 to 100) composed as one text and cut at the nineteen headings “RULE OF COURT NO. 1” to “RULE OF COURT NO. 19”, each matched once as a whole line (a rule may begin mid-page); the running header of every page (“Superior Court of California, County of Lassen”) and its running footer (“Local Rules of Court”, “Rev. 7/1/26”, “www.Lassen.Courts.CA.gov” and the page number), each named and a whole line in its band, removed as chrome - 480 chrome lines; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's heading and title, each numbered rule (“6.1 TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE RULE.”), each lettered or numbered subdivision starting a line, a line in capitals ending its paragraph, and each history line (“(Effective ...)”) on a line of its own; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-12.txt) finds no struck run on the book's 112 pages; no table on the rule pages; 9 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: Rule 1's “At-Issue” / “Memorandum” sentence rejoined; Rule 7(B)'s excepted case types set row by row, their cells left to right; Rule 15.7(c)'s complaint addresses and Rule 19.3(g)'s claims address each set one printed line to a line; two pairs of Rule 19.4(a)'s fee lines set apart); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-12.txt and review/book-audits-after-fixes-2026-10-12.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py) - the rest kept as printed (list items without closing punctuation, the run-in bold headings of Rule 19.4(b) and (d), the “OR” lines between alternatives); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover (PDF page 1), the table of contents (2 to 4), the alphabetical subject index (101 to 110) and the two appendices of local forms (111 and 112) belong to no card. Review note: Carried as printed: Rule 9(A)(5) “the proposed compromise of covenant not to sue”.
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.