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A family law guide to the Judicial Council forms: to appear remotely at an in-person evidentiary hearing or trial (RA-010 Notice of Remote Appearance, served on all parties, and RA-020); to oppose a remote evidentiary hearing or trial (RA-015, rule 3.672(h)(3), and RA-020); to appear in person at a remote non-evidentiary hearing; and how to submit the forms, including by e-filing as one PDF.
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Superior Court of California County of Orange Family Law UPDATE – REMOTE & IN PERSON HEARINGS Do you have an in-person evidentiary (a proceeding with oral testimony) hearing or trial scheduled and would like to appear remotely? California Rules of Court and Code of Civil Procedures allows for parties to submit notice of intent to appear remotely for evidentiary hearings and trials. ✓ Complete Judicial Council form RA-010 Notice of Remote Appearance. You must serve all parties with this form. o Page 3 of the form has instructions ✓ Complete Judicial Council form RA-020 Order Regarding Remote Appearance. ✓ Submit the forms to the court o Filing information can be found on the court’s website, click this link o If you need Self Help Assistance, click this link **Please allow adequate time if you submit by the US mail. **E-filing: updates are being made to the e-filing program however, you may submit the Notice of Remote Appearance and Order Regarding Remote Appearance (as one PDF) by using filing code Notice-Hearing and in the comments/filing description field you MUST input the wording Notice of Remote Appearance to ensure your document is processed timely. Failure to follow this procedure will cause delays in your document being processed by staff and sent to the courtroom. Do you want to oppose a remote evidentiary (a proceeding with oral testimony) hearing or trial? California Rules of Court, rule 3.672(h)(3) state in response to notice of remote proceeding for an evidentiary hearing or trial by a party or the court and/or to obtain a court order for in-person appearance, a party may submit their opposition and serve the other parties and the court. ✓ Complete Judicial Council form RA-015 Opposition to Remote Proceeding at Evidentiary Hearing or Trial ✓ Complete Judicial Council form RA-020 Order Regarding Remote Appearance. ✓ You must serve all parties with this form o Page 2 of the form has instructions ✓ Submit the form to the court o Filing information can be found on the court’s website, click this link o If you need Self Help Assistance, click this link **Please allow adequate time if you submit by the US mail. **E-filing: updates are being made to the e-filing program however, you may submit the Opposition to Remote Proceeding at Evidentiary Hearing or Trial and Order Regarding Remote Appearance (as one PDF) by using filing code Notice-Hearing and in the comments/filing description field you MUST input the wording Opposition to Remote Proceeding to ensure your document is processed timely. Failure to follow this procedure will cause delays in your document being processed by staff and sent to the courtroom. Do you have a remote non-evidentiary hearing and would like to appear in-person? Orange County Superior Court approved a local form for parties to submit a notice of intent to appear in person for a non-evidentiary hearing. ✓ Complete Orange County Local form L-0784 Notice of Intent to Appear in Person for Non-Evidentiary Hearing ✓ Complete Judicial Council form RA-020 Order Regarding Remote Appearance. ✓ You must serve all parties with this form ✓ Submit the form to the court o Filing information can be found on the court’s website, click this link o If you need Self Help Assistance, click this link **Please allow adequate time if you submit by the US mail. **E-filing: updates are being made to the e-filing program however, you may submit the Notice of Intent to Appear in Person for Non-Evidentiary Hearing and Order Regarding Remote Appearance (as one PDF) by using filing code Notice-Hearing and in the comments/filing description field you MUST input the wording Notice of Intent to Appear in Person to ensure your document is processed timely. Failure to follow this procedure will cause delays in your document being processed by staff and sent to the courtroom.
Superior Court of California County of Orange Family Law UPDATE – REMOTE & IN PERSON HEARINGS Do you have an in-person evidentiary (a proceeding with oral testimony) hearing or trial scheduled and would like to appear remotely? California Rules of Court and Code of Civil Procedures allows for parties to submit notice of intent to appear remotely for evidentiary hearings and trials. ✓ Complete Judi
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3 verbatim requirements on remote appearances in CALEB S. JOHNSTON's division.
6 verbatim requirements on remote appearances in MICHAEL G. KAPLAN's division.