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Orange County Superior Court — Department C15 (Hon. Yolanda V. Torres): General Policies and Procedures (rev. August 13, 2026)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment C15 (Hon. Yolanda V. Torres): General Policies and Procedures (rev. August 13, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of Orange; linked from the court's Unlimited Civil Courtroom Schedule & Requirements web application (https://voypubapps.occourts.org/civil-calendar), at https://www.occourts.org/directory/civil/limited-unlimited-civil/calendars/civil/genpolicy/strickroth/procedures.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Judge Yolanda V. Torres's general policies and procedures for Department C15 (Central Justice Center): remote versus in-person proceedings; calendar (order to show cause hearings, case management conferences, post-arbitration and review hearings Monday 8:45 a.m.; settlement conferences Friday 9:00 a.m.; default prove-ups Friday 10:00 a.m.; law and motion Monday 1:45 p.m.; trials Tuesday through Thursday; ex parte applications Tuesday through Thursday 8:30 a.m. on reservation by 10:00 a.m. the day before); general procedures; ex parte applications; law and motion; and trial procedures (issue conference and statement of compliance, motions in limine, jury selection, exhibits and demonstratives, depositions, witnesses, stipulations, jury instructions), with the department's conduct-in-trials rules and trial forms.

Applies to

California > Fourth Appellate District > Orange County > Superior Court of California, County of Orange > Department C15

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE JUDGE YOLANDA V. TORRES DEPARTMENT C15 CLERK: C. CORONA COURT ATTENDANT: J. TRAN CENTRAL JUSTICE CENTER 700 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE SANTA ANA, CA 92701 (657) 622-5215 www.occourts.org I. REMOTE VERSUS IN-PERSON PROCEEDINGS A. Remote Versus In-Person Proceedings: Non-evidentiary proceedings, meaning those where live, oral testimony is not expected (e.g., Law

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Orange — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: August 13, 2026
Last verified: September 29, 2026benchpath-ca-t3-orange-2026-09-29

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Orange build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-orange/dept/C15__directory__civil__limited-unlimited-civil__calendars__civil__genpolicy__strickroth__procedures.pdf (1431062 bytes, sha256 1dc63bbaffe57df8557e7c362323f57ee55e6cf8e0b34158ef7d8f4c61732c55; 12 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page numbers and the running footer “Revised 08/13/2026” removed as chrome, lines reflowed into the document's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) both pass. Pages 10–12: the forms attached to the policies (exhibit tags, an image of the court's form Statement of Compliance, Joint List of Anticipated Witness Trial Testimony), not transcribed; a bracketed note in the text says so. Attached to Judge Yolanda V. Torres: the document names the judicial officer, and the court's Judicial Officers page lists Judge Yolanda V. Torres in Department C15.