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Chapter 12 (Rule 12.1): the duties of the family law facilitator in addition to those of the Family Law Facilitator Act - meeting with litigants to mediate issues of child support, spousal support and maintenance of health insurance (actions in which one or both parties are unrepresented by counsel to have priority), drafting stipulations, at the court's request to review the paperwork, examine documents, prepare support schedules and advise the judge whether the matter is ready to proceed, assisting the clerk in maintaining records, preparing formal orders in cases where both parties are unrepresented, and serving as a special master unless the facilitator has served as a mediator in the case (12.1(A)); and, if staff and other resources are available, assisting the court with research and developing programs for bar and community outreach (12.1(B)).
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CHAPTER 12 FAMILY LAW FACILITATOR RULES RULE 12.1 ADDITIONAL FACILITATOR DUTIES (A) In addition to the duties designated by the Family Law Facilitator Act, the duties of the family law facilitator may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Meeting with litigants to mediate issues of child support, spousal support, and maintenance of health insurance, subject to §10012 of the Family Code. Actions in which one or both of the parties are unrepresented by counsel shall have priority. (2) Drafting stipulations to include all issues agreed to by the parties, which may include issues other than those specified in Section §10003 of the Family Code. (3) If the parties are unable to resolve issues with the assistance of the family law facilitator, prior to or at the hearing, and at the request of the court, the family law facilitator shall review the paperwork, examine documents, prepare support schedules, and advise the judge whether or not the matter is ready to proceed. (4) Assisting the clerk in maintaining records. (5) Preparing formal orders consistent with the court’s announced order in cases where both parties are unrepresented. (6) Serving as a special master in proceedings and making findings to the court unless they have served as a mediator in that case. (B) If staff and other resources are available and the duties listed in subdivision (A) have been accomplished, the duties of the family law facilitator may also include the following: (1) Assisting the court with research and any other responsibilities which will enable the court to be responsive to the litigants’ needs. (2) Developing programs for bar and community outreach through day and evening programs, videotapes, and other innovative means that will assist unrepresented and financially disadvantaged litigants in gaining meaningful access to family court. These programs shall specifically include information concerning underutilized legislation, such as expedited child support orders and preexisting, court-sponsored programs such as appointment of attorneys for children. (Rule 11.1 renumbered rule 12.1 July 1, 2005; adopted July 1, 2001; amended July 1,2017).
CHAPTER 12 FAMILY LAW FACILITATOR RULES RULE 12.1 ADDITIONAL FACILITATOR DUTIES (A) In addition to the duties designated by the Family Law Facilitator Act, the duties of the family law facilitator may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Meeting with litigants to mediate issues of child support, spousal support, and maintenance of health insurance, subject to §10012 of the Family Co
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Mono build 2026-10-12) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-mono/docs/local-rules/mono-court-local-rules-07012024.pdf (the court's rule book, its first page “SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF MONO RULES OF COURT TABLE OF CONTENTS”, as fetched 2026-10-12; 455801 bytes, sha256 7f13a67fbb3fef43a5fe9d7498b9776918dc4cab18d4f48e7e26367beae07f5b; 39 pages; this chapter PDF pages 31 to 32, printed pages 31 to 32) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the rules (PDF pages 5 to 34, printed with the same numbers) composed as one text and cut at the fourteen chapter headings - “CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTORY” and “CHAPTER 2. ADMINISTRATION OF THE COURTS; FAIRNESS; COURTROOM DECORUM”, then “CHAPTER 3” to “CHAPTER 14” each on a line of its own above the chapter's title - each matched once at a line start (a chapter may begin mid-page); the book's title lines atop page 5 (“SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF MONO”, “LOCAL”, “RULES”) set before Chapter 1 and in no card; the running header of every page (“Superior Court of California” at the left, “County of Mono” at the right, named) and the page number at its foot (“5”, named and a whole line in its band) removed as chrome - 90 chrome lines; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's number and title (“RULE 3.10 STIPULATION REGARDING CALENDARED MATTERS”), each numbered subrule of Rules 4.10 and 4.11 (“4.10.2 DUTIES OF COUNSEL PRIOR TO CONFERENCE”), each lettered or numbered subdivision and each history line (“(Effective July 1, 2001).”) starting a line and each chapter heading on a line of its own; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-12.txt) finds no struck run on the book's 39 pages; no table on the rule pages; 4 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: Rule 4.7(A)(2)'s “(180)” and Rule 5.1(E)(3)'s “(d)”, which the reflow took for labels, rejoined to their sentences; Rule 4.8's “Pretrial” / “Conference” rejoined; Rule 2.8's sentence “Bailiffs will remove any person from court who violates this rule.”, a paragraph of its own on the page, set apart from subdivision a.); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-12b.txt and review/book-audits-after-fixes-2026-10-12.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py) - the rest kept as printed (the four blank lines printed inside sentences of Rules 3.2, 4.2(B), 4.3 and 4.10.3, joined as the sentences run; the headings and lists the false-break audit names; Rule 7.1(A)(1) on one line); the book's own spellings and spacing kept (Rule 1.1's history “(Effective July I, 200 1, ...)”, “NATURAL DISATERS”); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The table of contents (PDF pages 1 to 4), the alphabetical index (Appendix A, 35 to 38) and page 39 (headed “APPENDIX B” and “LIST OF LOCALL FORMS”, otherwise blank) belong to no card.
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.