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Designated staff of the Probate and Mental Health Divisions may affix the facsimile signature of the Supervising Judge or designee to nine listed documents, among them orders appointing probate referees, ex parte petitions for final discharge, patient medication capacity appeals, orders for release of patient records, orders for CARE Act reports and notices appointing the Public Defender.
California > Second Appellate District > Los Angeles County > Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles > Mental Health
2023-SJ-008-00 [File stamp: FILED, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, NOV 03 2023, David W. Slayton, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, By: A. Esparza, Deputy] SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES IN THE MATTER OF THE COURT’S PERMISSION TO AFFIX ITS FACSIMILE SIGNATURE TO SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS STANDING ORDER PROBATE AND MENTAL HEALTH DIVISIONS’ DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY Designated members of court staff in the Probate and Mental Health Divisions are hereby authorized to affix the facsimile signature of the Supervising Judge of the Probate and Mental Health Divisions or their designee to the following documents: 1. Application and Order Appointing Probate Referee (Los Angeles Superior Court form number PRO 001); 2. Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge and Order (Judicial Council of California form numbers DE-295 and GC-395); 3. Patient Appeal-Medication Capacity – WIC §5334(e)(1) (Los Angeles Superior Court form number MH 021); 4. Patient Request for a Petition; Order Appointing Public Defender; Notice of Personal Service (Los Angeles Superior Court form number MH 010); 5. Petition for Rehearing; 6. Order for Release of Patient Records – WIC §5328 (Los Angeles Superior Court form number MH 050); 7. Order for CARE Act Report (Judicial Council of California form number CARE-105); 8. Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Los Angeles Superior Court form number MH 002); and 9. Notice of Hearing and Order Appointing Public Defender – WIC §5270.70 (Los Angeles Superior Court form number MH 053). IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this Standing Order is effective immediately and is to remain in effect until otherwise ordered by the Probate and Mental Health Supervising Judge and/or Presiding Judge. DATED: November 3, 2023 BRENDA PENNY Supervising Judge, Probate and Mental Health Divisions STANDING ORDER RE DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY PROBATE AND MENTAL HEALTH DIVISIONS
2023-SJ-008-00 [File stamp: FILED, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, NOV 03 2023, David W. Slayton, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, By: A. Esparza, Deputy] SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES IN THE MATTER OF THE COURT’S PERMISSION TO AFFIX ITS FACSIMILE SIGNATURE TO SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS STANDING ORDER PROBATE AND MENTAL HEALTH DIVISIONS’ DELE
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Los Angeles build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-los-angeles/general-orders/LIBOPSMentalHealth-22-StandingOrderReCourtsPermissionToAffixItsFacsimileSignatureToSpecificDocuments.pdf (153784 bytes, sha256 97e638b465830c2c9cbcf84cd784688e500ba0ab931fcc31f60961df889581d2; 2 pages) - the court's own posted PDF, a page scan: transcribed by eye from the rendered page images (200 dpi), every page read against the image; a local machine reading (RapidOCR) served only as a second reader, every six-word window of the transcription looked up in it and every miss checked on the page; the clerk's file stamp in one bracketed line, handwritten or stamped fills in place with a bracketed note, a running footer transcribed once, pleading line numbers and fill marks omitted; a signature itself is not transcribed.
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.