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Commissioners Laurie Burns (L51) and Jessica Paulson-Duffy (L54): Income and Expense Declarations with attachments submitted to DCSS within 90 days and exchanged 72 hours before the hearing; hearings by Zoom beginning 8:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.; who is admitted; participants on camera; no recording; timeliness and attire; conduct at the hearing; interpreters and ADA accommodations; and preparing, marking and maintaining electronic evidence and exhibits.
California > Fourth Appellate District > Orange County > Superior Court of California, County of Orange > Departments L51 and L54
Chambers of 341 The City Drive S. LAURIE BURNS PO Box 14169 Orange, CA COMMISSIONER 92863-1569 JESSICA PAULSON-DUFFY L51 Phone: (657) 622-5551 L54 Phone: (657) 622-5554 COMMISSIONER LAMOREAUX JUSTICE CENTER RULES FOR COURT CHILD SUPPORT UNIT / DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES REMOTE HEARINGS IN DEPT L51 AND L54 1. All parties must have submitted to DCSS an Income and Expense (FL-150) declaration within the last 90 days, including current paystubs, the most recent tax return, or profit and loss. 2. DCSS will provide the Income and Expense declaration and attachments to the Court and the other party at least 72 hours prior to the hearing. If the requesting party fails to provide an Income and Expense declaration to DCSS at least 72 hours prior to the hearing, the Court may take the matter off calendar pursuant to Local Rule 702. a. All hearings will be conducted via Zoom. Please use your full legal name as your Zoom username. Links to the remote hearing are located on the Court's public website: (www.occourts.org), Divisions, Family Law, click here to appear for family law remote hearings: (https://www.occourts.org/family-law-video-appearances ), select department to enter the remote hearing. You will be placed in a waiting room until the hearing begins. b. The host will begin the remote hearings at 8:45 a.m. for the morning sessions and at 1:45 p.m. for the afternoon sessions. Matters will not be called until all parties are ready to proceed. 3. Prior to the hearing date, it will be necessary for participants to have access to Zoom on their electronic devices (computers, cell phones, or laptops). All participants must test functionality prior to their hearing date. Zoom does not require special hardware or software. Parties may contact DCSS for assistance. a. Only parties, counsel, DCSS staff, DCSS attorneys, witnesses, and the Judicial Officer will be admitted to the hearing. b. All parties, counsel, DCSS attorney, and any witnesses must be able to be seen on camera and heard by all other parties c. Attorneys, parties, witnesses, and any third parties are not permitted to record the proceeding. Recording of any kind may run afoul of existing Penal Code statutes. In the event that a party/counsel/witness unlawfully records the proceedings in violation of Cal. Pen. Code Sec. 632, or any other section, the Family Law Supervising Judge will forward the matter to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution. 5. Parties must be on time for the hearing or risk having the hearing proceed without them or being taken off calendar. a. All other pertinent Statutes and Rules will apply to the hearing. b. Business casual or business attire is appropriate dress for parties, counsel, and witnesses. c. All participants must be seen on camera and heard by all other participants. d. During the hearing, parties that are not testifying should have their microphones muted unless they are speaking. e. Parties and witnesses should be in a private space and provide their full attention to the court proceedings during testimony. Witnesses may not refer to any documents or electronic materials during their testimony, without the express permission of the court. , other than copies of exhibits already provided to the Court and opposing parties. f. If they are in separate locations, attorneys and parties may communicate privately via text or email during the hearing, provided, however, parties may not communicate with counsel while they are testifying. g. No one may communicate with witnesses privately during the hearing without the Court's permission. h. Participants should ask to sign off before signing off to make sure they do not have any other issues to resolve. i. The attorney is responsible for a client’s behavior while participating. An attorney’s client will not be allowed to speak unless prompted by the court. j. Court reserves the right to order an in-person hearing for any reason. This may include poor internet connection or other interference with the court’s ability to observe and hear participants, the existence of distractions, third parties, or inappropriate review of materials during the hearing. 6. Conduct at Hearing a. Participants must not speak out of turn or over one another. b. The Court will start the hearing, and DCSS will present the agreed-upon factors to the court, as well as identify the contested issues. c. Disturbances will not be tolerated. 7. Interpreters & ADA Accommodations a. Parties must inform DCSS 1 week prior to the hearing if an interpreter is needed. b. ADA Accommodation forms (MC-410) are to be submitted 1 week prior to the hearing. 8. Evidence a. Preparing Electronic Evidence i. ALL parties and attorneys and DCSS will have electronic copies of ALL anticipated exhibits prior to beginning the hearing. ii. All exhibits must be exchanged with the other party/counsel, and DCSS. DCSS must send any such exhibits to the Court, at least 1 week prior to the scheduled remote hearing. iii. Documents/exhibits beyond the Income and Expense Declaration must be available on the Electronic Evidence Portal or as attachments to a filed Exhibit List. iv. Admissibility and authentication of documents and other evidence will be considered as it is otherwise handled in person. v. If there are any potential rebuttal documents that need to be submitted during the hearing, litigants may do so, but, when possible, they need to scan those documents into their computer prior to the hearing. This will mean that they are available and ready to forward to the other party, to DCSS and their counsel, to the witness, and to the Court vi. To the extent necessary, any objections should be kept to a minimum. Counsel, or self-represented litigants, must simply state “Objection” and wait to be recognized by the Court. This is NOT an invitation for a speaking objection; simply the legally recognized objection is all that is needed. b. Mark and maintain exhibits i. The Court Clerk remains responsible for maintaining the official record of admitted exhibits. ii. All parties and attorneys must pre- tag every anticipated exhibit. iii. The original exhibits will be maintained through the duration of the hearing in the event that the Court has a need to review the originals for ruling on any objections. iv. At the end of the proceeding, parties will be requested to stipulate to return the exhibits, upon which time the Clerk would be formally relieved of having to maintain the official copies. v.4
Chambers of 341 The City Drive S. LAURIE BURNS PO Box 14169 Orange, CA COMMISSIONER 92863-1569 JESSICA PAULSON-DUFFY L51 Phone: (657) 622-5551 L54 Phone: (657) 622-5554 COMMISSIONER LAMOREAUX JUSTICE CENTER RULES FOR COURT CHILD SUPPORT UNIT / DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES REMOTE HEARINGS IN DEPT L51 AND L54 1. All parties must have submitted to DCSS an Income and Expense (FL-150) declarati
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