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Division 9: court personnel, judicial officers, officers and employees (9.1.1 to 9.1.5); the appointment and functions of the Court Executive Officer (9.2.1 and 9.2.2); the Chief Probation Officer (9.3.1 and 9.3.2); and the Director of Family Court Services and Facilitator - mediations, evaluations and investigations, the simultaneous release of reports, the Facilitator's services to Self-Represented Litigants, and the grievance procedure for complaints to the Presiding Judge (9.4.1 to 9.4.7)
California > Fifth Appellate District > Madera County > Superior Court of California, County of Madera
DIVISION 9 COURT PERSONNEL Chapter 1 General Provisions. 9.1.1 Definition. All persons appearing on the payroll of the Superior Court as permanent, full-time employees and any additional full-time employees assigned to the Superior Court, but appearing on the payroll of a separate budget unit, shall be considered Superior Court personnel. (Effective 7/1/08) 9.1.2 Judicial Officers. A person elected or appointed to the office of Judge of the Superior Court or a person appointed as Court Commissioner shall be considered judicial personnel. (Effective 7/1/08) 9.1.3 Officers. The Court Executive Officer, the Staff Attorney, the Facilitator and the Director of Family Court Services are officers of the Court. (Effective 7/1/08) 9.1.4 Employees. All Superior Court personnel who are neither Judges nor Court Officers and who are not employed by contract (which includes per diem interpreters and per diem reporters not permanently appointed by a Judge of the Court) shall be considered Court employees. (Effective 7/1/08) 9.1.5 Assigned Court Personnel. Personnel assigned to the Court by other agencies (i.e. bailiffs) are Superior Court Personnel. Such persons shall be assigned to any such departments as may be designated by the Presiding Judge. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as in any way affecting the power of the employing agency to transfer such personnel away from the Superior Court. (Effective 7/1/08) Chapter 2 Court Executive Officer. 9.2.1 Appointments. The Presiding Judge shall appoint a Court Executive Officer who shall serve at the pleasure of a majority of the Judges of the Court. (Effective 7/1/08) 9.2.2 Functions. The Court Executive Officer shall organize and administer the non-judicial activities of the Court. Subject to the supervision and direction of the Presiding Judge, the Court Executive Officer shall: (a) Supervise and assign work to the staff that serves the Judges in the execution of the Court’s business. (b) Provide necessary administrative direction in the dispatch of judicial business, particularly in calendar management. (c) Manage all personnel functions for non-judicial employees. (d) Manage facilities and procurement functions. (e) Prepare and administer the Court’s budget. (f) Direct statistical data analysis and prepare statistical studies. (g) Direct the development, implementation, and maintenance of data processing efforts. (h) Monitor the performance of the organization and take actions necessary to ensure that the operations are conducted according to the plans. (i) Act as the Clerk of the Court, and serve as a liaison for the Court with the Judicial Council, Board of Supervisors, and the County Administrative Officer. (j) Develop and recommend innovations, modify non-judicial and administrative policies and procedures, and propose modifications to court rules. (k) Provide administrative support to the Grand Jury in budgeting, supervising staff support, and managing facilities, procurement, and office operations. (l) Select, qualify, and summon jurors for all jury trials in the Court. (m) Supervise and direct all jury system staff and activities. (n) Provide all management services for the jury system. (o) Perform other tasks as directed by the Court. (Effective 7/1/08, section (f) amended 1/1/15) Chapter 3 Chief Probation Officer. 9.3.1 Selection. The Chief Probation Officer shall be appointed as provided by the applicable statutes and County ordinances. The Judges of the Superior Court shall assist in the selection process. The Chief Probation Officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Court. (Effective 7/1/08) 9.3.2 Functions. The Chief Probation Officer shall: (a) Formulate departmental policy. (b) Direct the probation services provided by the department including but not limited to juvenile intake and detention control, adult and juvenile investigation, reports and supervision, special court services, and related programs. (c) Direct the fiscal, personnel, budget and other administrative functions of the department. (d) Direct the development and use of professional skills in probation casework provided to adults and juveniles and in the maintenance of adequate standards of service. (e) Direct the development and administration of the department’s detention and treatment facilities for the custody, care and rehabilitation of juveniles. (f) Direct the medical, psychiatric, dental and nursing care programs provided to juveniles placed in detention facilities and foster homes. (g) Direct the research activities of the department. (h) Coordinate the work of the Probation Department with various segments of the justice system including, but not limited to Police Departments, the Sheriff’s Office, Public Defender, District Attorney, and the Court. (i) Maintain public relations with other County departments, other jurisdictions, social welfare agencies, civic groups and the public, and interpret the objectives and progress of the department. (j) Work with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission in establishing and coordinating services provided to juveniles. (k) Recommend the adoption, enactment, and amendment of County ordinances, resolutions, regulations and state statutes to promote the effective, efficient and economical administration of the department. (l) Direct the development of changes in organization, staffing, work processing, and management information systems to increase effectiveness and efficiency, and to reduce administrative costs. (m) Make periodic reports to the Court and to the Board of Supervisors regarding the accomplishments of the department. (n) The Chief Probation Officer shall serve, when appropriate and pursuant to court order, as guardian or conservator of wards of the Court. (Effective 7/1/08) Chapter 4 Director of Family Court Services and Facilitator 9.4.1 Appointment. The Judges shall appoint the Director of Family Court Services and Facilitator. (Effective 7/1/08) 9.4.2 Functions-Family Court Services. The duties of the Director of Family Court Services shall include, but are not limited to: (a) Conducting mediations (in family law and juvenile dependency), child custody evaluations/investigations, probate investigations, petitions relating to adoption and declaring minor’s free from parental control, investigating all other related family law matters, locating guardians and conservators, and investigating all other matters referred by the Court as needed. (b) Acts as a liaison between Family Court Services, Family Law Court, Probate Court, and Juvenile Dependency Court. (c) Acts as a liaison between the Family Law Court and Probate Court regarding Child Welfare Services investigation information. Coordinates Child Protective Services reports ordered by the Family Law and Probate Courts. (d) Verifies the qualifications of Professional Visitation Providers and obtains information regarding community resources available to children and families. (e) Implements directives received from Judicial Officers and Court Administration and serves all Family Law, Probate, and Juvenile Dependency departments as needed. (f) Maintains compliance with all applicable state and federal mandates regarding domestic violence, Indian Child Welfare Act, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and implements mandated legislative changes in all Family Law and Probate case types. (Effective 7/1/08, amended 1/1/13, 7/1/23) 9.4.3 [Deleted 1/1/13] 9.4.4 Simultaneous Release of Reports. No Child Custody Evaluator may provide information regarding final recommendations prior to the release of the final report. No Child Custody Evaluator will divulge final recommendations to either party or his or her attorney, separately. Final recommendations will be made available in written form to all parties and their attorneys simultaneously. (Effective 7/1/08, amended 1/1/13) 9.4.5 Functions - Facilitator. The office of the Family Law Facilitator oversees the Family Law Facilitator/Self Help Center shall provide the following services to Self-Represented Litigants: (a) Distributing, completing and reviewing judicial council forms establishing, modifying and enforcing parentage and child support. (b) Preparing child support schedules based upon statutory guidelines. (c) Preparing spousal support schedules based upon statutory guidelines. (d) Distributing family law judicial council forms, including Domestic Violence Prevention Restraining Orders, and civil judicial council forms related to Civil Harassment Restraining Orders, Elder Abuse Restraining Orders, Unlawful Detainer actions, small claims, Name Change, probate Guardianship of the Person, Conservatorship, and limited decedent’s estates. (e) . Reviewing judicial council forms for completeness. (f) Providing educational materials to parties concerning the Court’s process and presenting their case. (Effective 7/1/08, amended 7/1/23, 1/1/26) 9.4.6 Grievance Procedure Relating to Family Court Services, Child Custody Recommending Counseling and/or Facilitator. The following procedure shall be observed with regard to complaints about Family Court Services, Child Custody Recommending Counseling or Facilitator: (a) A complaint received on the conduct of individual or individuals shall be directed to the Presiding Judge or to a person designated by the Presiding Judge for the purposes of handling such complaints. When a complaint is not in writing, the Presiding Judge may require that the complainant reduce the complaint to writing, or may direct a written memorandum be made of the complaint. (b) The Presiding Judge or such person as the Presiding Judge may appoint shall investigate the complaint. If the complaint is frivolous or unfounded on its face, the complaint may be disposed of without further action. (c) If the Presiding Judge, or the Presiding Judge’s designee, determines the complaint has possible validity, the matter shall be reviewed promptly. A copy of the complaint shall be provided to the individual being complained of, who shall be allowed an opportunity to respond. A preliminary inquiry may be terminated if the complaint is found to be lacking in merit or if an acceptable explanation is offered. (d) When the preliminary inquiry indicates that the complaint is not minor in nature and appears to have validity, or there is good cause (including other complaints), the Presiding Judge may act upon the allegation including appointing a committee of judges to conduct further investigation if deemed necessary, or the Presiding Judge’s designee may recommend that the Presiding Judge appoint a committee of Judges to conduct further investigation if believed necessary or may recommend any other action deemed necessary. The individual complained of shall be presented with a written statement of allegations and provided an opportunity to respond either orally or in writing. (e) At the conclusion of the investigation, the committee shall make such report and recommendations as it deems fit for action by the Court. (f) The Court shall inform the complainant of the disposition of the complaint. (Effective 7/1/08, amended 1/1/13) 9.4.7. Confidentiality of Communications and Reports. All communications and reports made pursuant to Rule 9.4.6 shall be deemed confidential, except communications under 9.4.6(f). (Effective 7/1/08)
DIVISION 9 COURT PERSONNEL Chapter 1 General Provisions. 9.1.1 Definition. All persons appearing on the payroll of the Superior Court as permanent, full-time employees and any additional full-time employees assigned to the Superior Court, but appearing on the payroll of a separate budget unit, shall be considered Superior Court personnel. (Effective 7/1/08) 9.1.2 Judicial Officers. A person electe
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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.