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Orange County Superior Court — Department C20 (Hon. Theodore R. Howard): General Information (rev. February 19, 2026)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment C20 (Hon. Theodore R. Howard): General Information (rev. February 19, 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/system/files/civil/howardprocedures.pdf, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Judge Theodore R. Howard's general information for Department C20 (Central Justice Center): trials Monday through Wednesday 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (deliberations may continue Thursday and Friday); law and motion Thursday 1:30 p.m. with tentative rulings posted Wednesday; one remote mandatory settlement conference each Friday 8:30 a.m. before a temporary judge; case management, order to show cause, post-arbitration review, status conferences and default prove-ups on Fridays; ex parte applications Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. on reservation before noon the day before.

Applies to

California > Fourth Appellate District > Orange County > Superior Court of California, County of Orange > Department C20

Source of truth

Superior Court of California County of Orange County HONORABLE THEODORE R. HOWARD DEPARTMENT C20 CLERK: Becky Chumpitazi COURT ATTENDANT: Suzanne Vivas CENTRAL JUSTICE CENTER 700 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE SANTA ANA, CA 92701 (657) 622-5220 www.occourts.org GENERAL INFORMATION • Trials - Monday through Wednesdays from 9:00 AM to 4:15 PM. Jury deliberations may occur on Thursdays and Fridays. Court will no

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Orange — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: February 19, 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/C20__system__files__civil__howardprocedures.pdf (211941 bytes, sha256 9a3edcbca1853a49ed96fc2977d5381059f63a2509735456dbe35c83cfa1a1ff; 2 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page numbers and the running footer “Revised 2/19/26” 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. Attached to Judge Theodore R. Howard: the document names the judicial officer, and the court's Judicial Officers page lists Judge Theodore R. Howard in Department C20.