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Forty-Seventh General Order (effective July 1, 2022 and continuing until further notice; superseding the court's Forty-Fifth (45th) General Order after Assembly Bill 199, signed June 30, 2022, authorized remote criminal proceedings): the provisions of the 31st General Order rescinded, with notations - the 2022 Felony Bail Schedule in effect until subsequent Bail Schedules; pandemic social distancing no longer required; the indoor masking requirement lifted with the 42nd General Order; symptom screening questions about COVID-19 for all persons entering the courthouse, no one ill with symptoms of COVID-19 to appear, and those who are ill to contact the court; no changes to the noted calendars; the 39th General Order and SB 241 governing appearances in civil, family law and family support proceedings and oral arguments in the appellate department; in-custody defendants transported from CDCR or the Madera County Jail unless otherwise ordered; members of the public viewing criminal proceedings in-person or via Zoom; the self-help office open to the public with in-person appointments; the 40th General Order governing application submissions for ex parte relief; Family Court Services mediation services and investigative interviews conducted telephonically unless in-person is ordered (in-person child interviews excepted), and conservatorship investigations by video interview under section 1851 (a)(1) of the Probate Code; and criminal proceedings with the time for trial under Penal Code section 1382 not waived continued for good cause. Criminal remote appearances governed by Penal Code §977, §977.2, §977.3, §1043.5 and §1428.5 - the public appearing via Zoom or another approved platform, out-of-custody defendants not appearing remotely for arraignments, in-custody arraignments continuing by Zoom or other approved video conferencing, and Zoom links for witnesses directed by the court; each judicial officer retaining discretion to deviate upon a finding of good cause.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MADERA FORTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ORDER RE: MADERA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC & THE CONTINUING IMPACTS TO COURT OPERATIONS THIS ORDER SUPERSEDES THIS COURT’S FORTY-FIFTH (45TH) GENERAL ORDER On June 16, 2022, this court issued its Forty-Fifth (45th) General Order in response to necessary operational changes resulting from the April 30, 2022 sunset of the Chief Justice’s Emergency Orders, as well as the June 30, 2022 sunset of Judicial Council Emergency Rules 3 and 5, which provided the authority to conduct remote criminal proceedings. On June 30, 2022, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 199, which, among other items, authorizes remote criminal proceedings. Accordingly, I hereby issue the following general orders, effective July 1, 2022 and continuing thereafter until further notice: 1. That the provisions of the 31st General Order are rescinded, with the following notations, exceptions, or subsequently issued General Orders: a. Item 1 (the 2022 Felony Bail Schedule is in effect until the issuance of subsequent Bail Schedules). b. Item 2 (as noted, pandemic social distancing is no longer required). c. Item 3 (this court’s indoor masking requirement was lifted with the 42nd General Order). d. Item 4 (COVID-19 Symptom Screening will continue) – please see the following: i. All persons entering the Madera County Superior Court will be required to answer symptom screening questions about the presence of symptoms related to COVID-19. ii. The court requests that no one who is ill with symptoms of COVID-19 appear at the courthouse. iii. Those who are ill, including attorneys, litigants and justice partners, should remain at home or in a location away from the courthouse. If you have a matter on calendar, or if entry is not granted based on responses to the symptom screening questions, you should contact the court and advise that you will not be appearing due to illness or the potential exposure to illness. e. Item 5 (there will be no changes to the noted calendars). f. Item 6 (the 39th General Order and SB 241 govern appearances in civil, family law and family support proceedings). g. Item 7 (inmate transport) – please see the following: i. In-custody defendants will be transported to the courthouse from CDCR or the Madera County Jail unless otherwise ordered by the court. h. Item 8 (public viewing of criminal proceedings will continue) – please see the following: i. For criminal proceedings, members of the public may appear in-person or via Zoom. i. Item 9 (self-help office) – please see the following: i. The self-help office is open to the public and will continue in-person appointments. When operationally feasible, the use of remote technology is authorized as an alternative to in-person appointments. j. Item 10 (the 40th General Order governs application submissions for ex parte relief). k. Item 11 (the 39th General Order and SB 241 govern oral arguments in the appellate department). l. Item 12 (all mediation services and investigative interviews) – please see the following: i. All mediation services and investigative interviews to be provided by Family Court Services shall be conducted telephonically unless in-person mediation or interview is specifically ordered by the court. The exception to this restriction shall be in-person child interviews which will be conducted as required by statute, or as requested by the assigned Child Custody Recommending Counselor. Pursuant to provisions of section 1851 (a)(1) of the Probate Code, the court investigator may conduct conservatorship investigations as required by sections 1850 and 1851 of the Probate Code by means of a video interview of the conservatee, in lieu of visiting the conservatee. This order is necessary for the health and safety of the investigator, the conservatee, the caregivers, and the public, and to prevent harm to the conservatee. m. All criminal proceedings in which the time for commencement of trial, provided for in Penal Code section 1382, has not been waived may be continued for good cause, as determined by the judicial officer, and/or as authorized by any continuation order of the Chief Justice. 2. Criminal remote appearances shall be governed by Penal Code §977, §977.2, §977.3, §1043.5 and §1428.5, with the following exceptions, notations or advisements: a. As noted in item h. i. above, the public may appear remotely via Zoom or other video conferencing platform approved by the court. b. Out-of-custody defendants shall not appear remotely for arraignments. c. Normal, daily criminal arraignments for in-custody defendants shall continue by Zoom or other method of video conferencing approved by the court. d. Due to the waiver/consent requirements outlined in §977.3, witnesses will not be able to independently request a Zoom appearance link through the Court’s website. Instead, access to such links will be directed by the court. Each judicial officer retains discretion to deviate from the foregoing orders upon a finding of good cause. DATED: July 1, 2022 Presiding Judge of the Superior Court
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MADERA FORTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ORDER RE: MADERA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC & THE CONTINUING IMPACTS TO COURT OPERATIONS THIS ORDER SUPERSEDES THIS COURT’S FORTY-FIFTH (45TH) GENERAL ORDER On June 16, 2022, this court issued its Forty-Fifth (45th) General Order in response to necessary operational change
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-15 (California T4 Madera build 2026-10-15) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-madera/docs/general/47th-general-order-presiding-judge-operational-changes-incl-remote-appearances-ab-199-supersedes.pdf (666469 bytes, sha256 56a9db18579a74861e9a92f17df024184b3519eb2ab14b721713e1d2e4f856a5; 3 pages, each a scanned page image with an invisible OCR text layer - not the card's source): read on the page images rendered at 200 dpi (vision/img/go47-p01.png to go47-p03.png) and checked against a RapidOCR reading of the images (at 200 dpi) and the file's own invisible OCR text layer for the same pages, never published: of the transcription's 814 words, 20 6-word windows were not found in a reading, in 4 spans - 2 spans split into consecutive pieces each found (page breaks, where the readings have the footer title “FORTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ORDER”) and 2 spans read again on the page images and found as transcribed (vision/check-log.txt; evidence/vision-check-2026-10-15.log, evidence/vision-explain-2026-10-15.log). Not part of the text: the pleading paper's line numbers 1 to 28 in the left margin of every page, the page numbers and the footer title “FORTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ORDER”, the handwritten signature above the printed title, and the rules and borders. The transcription's closing note, which describes the pages, is not published. Review note: Two later general orders change this one. The Fifty-First General Order (effective April 3, 2023; held) ends item 1.d.i - persons entering the courthouse “will no longer be required to answer screening questions about the presence of symptoms related to COVID-19” - and keeps the order's other provisions in effect. The Fifty-Second General Order (effective July 1, 2023; carded) supersedes the remote appearance provisions for civil proceedings in all previous General Orders, including related provisions of the 47th, governs remote appearances in civil proceedings by SB 133, and keeps in effect the provisions of the 47th and 51st General Orders it does not amend. The court's home page says AB 170 extends the legislative provisions authorizing remote technology for certain proceedings “through December 31, 2026”.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.