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Standing Order 2021-03 (effective May 5, 2021; incorporating Standing Orders 2015-04 and 2018-06), the authorized rates for court-ordered and court-appointed services: criminal court-appointed attorneys (Pen. Code § 987.2) $125 per hour; investigators $ 45 per hour; experts not to exceed $200 per hour; psychological/psychiatric exams $600 per exam; psychologist/psychiatrist exams under Pen. Code §§ 1016(6), 1017, 1026 and 1027 as ordered by the Judicial Officer; juvenile delinquency representation $125 per hour; juvenile dependency representation $100 per hour; minor's counsel $125 per hour; travel at the IRS Standard Mileage Reimbursement Rate; additional expenses by order of the Court; and claims submitted under the applicable Merced County resolution, Superior Court policy, or order of the Court.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF MERCED 627 W. 21st Street Merced, CA 95340 AMENDED STANDING ORDER #2021-03 EFFECTIVE MAY 5, 2021 Standing Order #2021-03 incorporates Standing Order #2015-04 and Standing Order #2018-06 and shall replace said standing orders. AUTHORIZED RATES FOR COURT-ORDERED SERVICES The Superior Court of California, County of Merced authorizes the following fee rates for court-ordered and court-appointed services. Additional expenses may be authorized by order of the Court. SERVICE FEE Criminal Court Appointed Attorney (Pen. Code § 987.2) $125 per hour Investigators (Pen. Code § 987.2; Fam. Code §§ 3151, 7863) $ 45 per hour Experts-hourly rate not to exceed (W&I §§ 6602, 6603, 6605; Evid. Code § 730) $200 per hour Psychological/Psychiatric Exams (Pen. Code §§ 1368, 1369, 1370, 288.1; W&I §§ 5150, 5303.1) $600 per exam Psychologist/Psychiatrist Exams (Pen. Code §§ 1016(6), 1017, 1026, 1027) As ordered by the Judicial Officer Juvenile Delinquency Representation (W&I §§ 707, 741) $125 per hour SERVICE FEE Juvenile Dependency Representation (W&I § 300) $100 per hour Minor’s Counsel (Fam. Code §§ 3150, 7863; Prob. Code § 1470) $125 per hour Travel Expenses IRS Standard Mileage Reimbursement Rate All claims must be submitted in accordance with the applicable Merced County resolution, Superior Court policy, or order of the Court. DONALD J. PROIETTI PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF MERCED 627 W. 21st Street Merced, CA 95340 AMENDED STANDING ORDER #2021-03 EFFECTIVE MAY 5, 2021 Standing Order #2021-03 incorporates Standing Order #2015-04 and Standing Order #2018-06 and shall replace said standing orders. AUTHORIZED RATES FOR COURT-ORDERED SERVICES The Superior Court of California, County of Merced authorizes the following fee rates for c
Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-15 (California T4 Merced build 2026-10-15) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-merced/docs/general/standing-order-07072026.pdf (11638206 bytes, sha256 3a64db27e5391b6e9054feb5caef786433c02e5204366a95c135937e05e1630f; the compilation “ACTIVE STANDING ORDERS 2006 to Present”, linked as “All Current Standing Orders”; 70 pages - 36 covered by scanned page images (each with a machine reading laid with it - not a card's source), 34 born-digital (one font of the juvenile competency protocol's pages draws its characters shifted)); this order the compilation's pages 34 and 35, born-digital pages: read on the page images rendered at 200 dpi (vision/img/so-p34.png to so-p35.png), transcribed with the compilation's pages 31 to 44 and checked against a RapidOCR reading of the images (at 200 dpi) and the file's own text layer for the same pages, never published: of the transcription's 2941 words, 75 6-word windows were not found in a reading, in 20 spans - 20 spans split into consecutive pieces each found (a page break, a letterhead or signature block the readings interleave, or the readings' line order) (vision/check-log.txt; evidence/vision-check-2026-10-15.log, evidence/vision-explain-2026-10-15.log). Not part of the text: the compilation's page stamps (“N of 70”) and, where printed, the court's seal, the letterhead's upper-right block, the signature, the running footers and the order's distribution list (cc:), never content (taken out by build/normalize_transcripts.py; the transcriber's file is kept in custody). The transcription's closing note, which describes the pages, is not published. Review note: The order's page footers print its amendment date, June 23, 2021, left out of the text as footers.
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.