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Madera County Superior Court Local Rules of Court (effective January 1, 2026) — Division 10, Remote Hearings and Appearances (Including Domestic Violence and Gun Violence Hearings) (Rules 10.1.1 to 10.1.5)

High confidence· verified October 15, 2026Remote / Zoom HearingsDivision 10, Remote Hearings and Appearances (Including Domestic Violence and Gun Violence Hearings) (Rules 10.1.1 to 10.1.5), Superior Court of California, County of Madera Local Rules of Court (adopted and effective January 1, 2026; the version in effect July 1, 2026); the court's Local Rules page (https://www.madera.courts.ca.gov/general-information/local-rules) links the book (“Madera Superior Court Local Rules”, 135 pages) at https://www.madera.courts.ca.gov/system/files/local-rules/final-madera-superior-court-local-rules-effective-january-1-2026-july-1-2026.pdf, fetched 2026-10-15.

Summary

Division 10: remote hearings and appearances under California law and the California Rules of Court on the platform at the discretion of the court, a party or a witness may appear remotely at the hearing on a petition for a domestic violence restraining order or a gun violence restraining order, with instructions and a dedicated telephone number posted on the court's website (10.1.1 to 10.1.5)

Applies to

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

Requirement

DIVISION 10 REMOTE HEARINGS AND APPEARANCES (INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE HEARINGS) Chapter 1 Remote Hearings and Appearances Generally 10.1.1 General Remote Hearings and Appearances. The court shall abide by California law, the California Rules of Court, as well as judicial discretion, when conducting remote hearings and appearances. (Effective 7/1/23) 10.1.2 Technology. The technological platform on which remote hearings and appearances are conducted shall be at the discretion of the court. (Effective 7/1/23) 10.1.3 Remote Appearance for Domestic Violence and Gun Violence Petition Hearings. A party or a witness may appear remotely at the hearing on a petition for a domestic violence restraining order or a gun violence restraining order. (Effective 7/1/23) 10.1.4 Remote Appearance Instructions for Domestic Violence and Gun Violence Hearings. The court shall prominently post on the homepage of its website instructions on how a party or a witness can request to appear remotely for hearings conducted pursuant to subchapter 10.1.3. (Effective 7/1/23) 10.1.5 Court Telephone Number. The court shall prominently post on the homepage of its website a dedicated telephone number to the Court Services Division for the public to call at least 30 minutes before the start of the court session at which the hearing will take place, and during the court session. (Effective 7/1/23)

Source of truth

DIVISION 10 REMOTE HEARINGS AND APPEARANCES (INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE HEARINGS) Chapter 1 Remote Hearings and Appearances Generally 10.1.1 General Remote Hearings and Appearances. The court shall abide by California law, the California Rules of Court, as well as judicial discretion, when conducting remote hearings and appearances. (Effective 7/1/23) 10.1.2 Technology. The techn

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Madera — local rules (Judicial Council index listing)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 23, 2026
Effective date: January 1, 2026
Last verified: October 15, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-madera-2026-10-15

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-15 (California T4 Madera build 2026-10-15) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-madera/docs/local-rules/final-madera-superior-court-local-rules-effective-january-1-2026-july-1-2026.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF MADERA LOCAL RULES OF COURT ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026 (Version remains in effect July 1, 2026)”, as fetched 2026-10-15; 917952 bytes, sha256 09e571d1d3d274fb9327738b46ba46823820c85e97926c20e3350d7c5ac18500; 135 pages; this part PDF pages 117 to 118, page numbers 117 to 118) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the rules (PDF pages 18 to 118) composed as one text and cut at the division headings, and in Divisions 2, 4 and 5 at a chapter heading (“Chapter 7 Telephone Hearings in Selected Departments Using CourtCall System.”, “Chapter 2 Traffic Matters”, “Chapter 2 Juvenile Dependency Cases -Appointment of Counsel”), each matched once as a whole line; every page's three-line running head (“Superior Court of California”, “County of Madera”, “Local Rules of Court”, named) and page number (“18” to “118”, named) removed as chrome - 404 chrome lines; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule number and lettered or numbered subdivision starting a line; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-15.txt) finds no struck run in the book; the SymbolMT font's trademark sign after “CourtCall” in Rule 2.7.2(c) and “COURTCALL” in Rule 2.7.4 (PDF pages 44 and 45), a private-use code point in the text layer, read as the “™” it prints (the composer's glyph map, applied to the text and the proof's layer alike); 6 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: two rule numbers cited at a line's head - “1.6.9” and “7.1.7” - rejoined to their sentences, Rule 1.3.1(i)'s “1.3.1(a)-(h)” rejoined, the end of Rule 1.6.4's fee table and the paragraph after it split, a row of Rule 1.6.7's fee schedule split from the next row's label, and Rule 4.2.10(f)'s mailing address split into its lines); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, false-break, structural-break and row-join audits (review/book-gap-audit-2026-10-15.txt, review/book-short-lines-2026-10-15.txt, review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-15.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py) - the rest kept as printed; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover with the judges of the court (PDF page 1), the instructions for filing (2), the table of contents (3 and 4), the list of effective rules (5 to 17), the index (119 and 120) and the lists of local forms (121 to 135) belong to no card.