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Madera County Superior Court — Fifty-Second General Order: Remote Appearances in Civil Proceedings

High confidence· verified October 15, 2026Remote / Zoom HearingsFifty-Second General Order: Remote Appearances in Civil Proceedings, Superior Court of California, County of Madera; posted on the court's 52nd General Order of Presiding Judge Ernest LiCalsi - Remote Appearances in Civil Cases page (https://www.madera.courts.ca.gov/news/52nd-general-order-presiding-judge-ernest-licalsi-remote-appearances-civil-cases) at https://www.madera.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/fifty-second-general-order-remote-appearances-civil-proceedings.pdf, fetched 2026-10-15.

Summary

Fifty-Second General Order of the Madera County Superior Court (effective July 1, 2023), issued after Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 133 on June 30, 2023, which among other items authorizes remote appearances in civil proceedings through December 31, 2025: the order supersedes the remote appearance provisions for civil proceedings in all previous General Orders, including related provisions outlined in the 31st, 39th, 45th, and 47th General Orders; remote appearances in civil proceedings are governed by SB 133; and any provisions of the 47th and 51st General Orders not amended by it remain in effect.

Applies to

California > Fifth Appellate District > Madera County > Superior Court of California, County of Madera

Requirement

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MADERA FIFTY-SECOND GENERAL ORDER OF THE MADERA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT REMOTE APPEARANCES IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS On June 30, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 133, which, among other items, authorizes remote appearances in civil proceedings through December 31, 2025. In response to this new legislation, I HEREBY FIND AND ORDER THAT: 1. This General Order supersedes the remote appearance provisions for civil proceedings in all previous General Orders, including related provisions outlined in the 31st, 39th, 45th, and 47th General Orders; and 2. Remote appearances in civil proceedings shall be governed by SB 133. THIS ORDER IS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023 and any provisions of the 47th and 51st General Orders not amended herein remain in effect. DATED: July 1, 2023 Presiding Judge of the Superior Court

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MADERA FIFTY-SECOND GENERAL ORDER OF THE MADERA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT REMOTE APPEARANCES IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS On June 30, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 133, which, among other items, authorizes remote appearances in civil proceedings through December 31, 2025. In response to this new legislation, I HEREBY FIND AND O

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Madera — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked October 23, 2026
Effective date: July 1, 2023
Last verified: October 15, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-madera-2026-10-15

Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-15 (California T4 Madera build 2026-10-15) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-madera/docs/general/fifty-second-general-order-remote-appearances-civil-proceedings.pdf (48481 bytes, sha256 e98dd246f5cc6479bfc97f208da5251a5accfc68fc5e865ca9f4dad984430990; 1 page, a scanned page image with no text layer - not the card's source): read on the page image rendered at 200 dpi (vision/img/go52-p01.png) and checked against a RapidOCR reading of the image (at 200 dpi), never published - the file has no text layer: of the transcription's 141 words, 20 6-word windows were not found in the reading, in 1 span - 1 span read again on the page image and found as transcribed (vision/check-log.txt; evidence/vision-check-2026-10-15-go52.log, evidence/vision-explain-2026-10-15-go52.log). Not part of the text: the pleading paper's line numbers 1 to 28 in the left margin, the footer title “FIFTY-SECOND GENERAL ORDER” and its rule, the handwritten signature above the printed title, and the margin and signature rules. The transcription's closing note, which describes the page, is not published. Review note: The order recites that SB 133 authorizes remote appearances in civil proceedings through December 31, 2025. The court's home page says the court “continues to offer remote appearances in civil matters” under AB 170, which extends the legislative provisions authorizing the use of remote technology for certain proceedings “through December 31, 2026”. The order supersedes the civil remote appearance provisions of the Forty-Seventh General Order (carded), whose card notes it.