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Chapter 60.00 (Rules 60.1 and 60.3): court appointed professionals - the shared responsibility of the court and the County of Placer for appointing and paying professionals in criminal and civil cases, with the information on the court's website (60.1); and the appointment of minors' counsel in family law cases - the panel under CRC 5.240(d), applications on form FL-322 and Local Form PL-CW008 updated each year no later than December 31, the complaint procedure, and fees paid by one or both parties as agreed or allocated by the Court (60.3).
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60.00 COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL AND EXPERTS RULE 60.1 COURT APPOINTED PROFESSIONALS The court and the County of Placer have shared but divided responsibility for the appointment, assignment, and payment of various professionals in criminal and civil cases. Professional services include, but are not limited to, psychological or psychiatric evaluation, criminal investigation, and representation of indigent parties who are unable to employ counsel and who cannot be represented by the primary Public Defender firm or the appointment conflicts firm, or professionals who are otherwise appointed by court order. Information regarding court-appointed professionals, including application and appointment procedures, standards of experience and behavior, acceptable fees or expenses, and billing procedures, is available on the court’s website. [Effective 7/1/05; Amended 1/1/21] RULE 60.2 SUBSECTION DELETED [Effective 7/1/21] RULE 60.3 APPOINTMENT OF MINORS’ COUNSEL IN FAMILY LAW CASES [Renumbered 1/1/20] 1. Panel of Counsel Eligible for Appointment The Placer Superior Court has elected, pursuant to CRC 5.240(d), to create and maintain a panel of counsel meeting the minimum qualifications set forth in the Cal. Rules, who the Court may consider for appointment as counsel for minor children in family law proceedings. Attorneys wishing to be included in the Court’s panel must submit Judicial Council form FL-322 and an Application (Placer Court Local Form PL-CW008) to the Presiding Judge. Attorneys selected for the panel who are serving as counsel for minors or who wish to remain on the panel for future appointments must submit to the Presiding Judge an updated Judicial Counsel form FL-322 and an updated Application/Eligibility Declaration (Placer Court Local Form PL-CW008) each year no later than December 31. [Effective 7/1/19; Renumbered 1/1/20] 2. Complaint Procedure In a family law proceeding in which the Court has appointed counsel for minor children, any party or counsel or minor child may present a complaint about the performance of appointed counsel. The complaint must be in writing, filed and served on all counsel and self-represented parties, and a copy must be delivered to the judicial secretary for the Presiding Judge. The Presiding Judge shall respond to the complaint, either by setting the matter for hearing or by issuing a written response. [Effective 7/1/19; Renumbered 1/1/20] 3. Fees (Renumbered 7/1/19) Payment for Minor’s Counsel shall be by one or both parties as agreed or allocated by the Court after a noticed hearing. [Effective 7/1/19; Renumbered 1/1/20]
60.00 COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL AND EXPERTS RULE 60.1 COURT APPOINTED PROFESSIONALS The court and the County of Placer have shared but divided responsibility for the appointment, assignment, and payment of various professionals in criminal and civil cases. Professional services include, but are not limited to, psychological or psychiatric evaluation, criminal investigation, and representation of ind
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-10 (California T4 Placer build 2026-10-10) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-placer/docs/Local Rules of Court_Effective January 1 2026_FINAL_0.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “Superior Court of California, County of Placer Local Rules of Court Price: $20.00 Revision: January 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-10; 1566260 bytes, sha256 17cd12d45c63fb379e965d7c730b6e1f4d6629be9cb3cf233a810f15f977f9ac; 105 pages; this chapter PDF page 74) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) and its strike-out: the book is a redline in place - the changes of January 1, 2026 printed in bold, the deleted words struck through - so the struck runs are taken out as chrome and each card carries the rules in force; each of the nine chapters composed from its own pages (PDF pages 9 to 81; each chapter begins at the top of a new page), from its heading (“10.00 LOCAL RULES – GENERAL” to “RULE 100.0 APPELLATE DIVISION AND APPEALS”) to its last rule's history note: each page's running header (“SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PLACER”) and its page number removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's label and title (“RULE 10.1 SCOPE OF RULES FOR THE SUPERIOR COURT”) set as one line, as printed on one row; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-10.txt) lists 43 struck runs on 12 pages - the 8 chapter pages (16, 21, 32, 33, 44, 45, 53 and 57) read by eye, crop by crop, and 4 pages of Appendix A; 12 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: Rule 10.10(B)'s “C through E.” rejoined, five rule headings rejoined with their wrapped lines and notes, Rule 10.27(F)'s and two other history notes or lines set as printed, Rule 20.13(B)'s “the form for” spaced where the strokes took the spaces, Rule 30.3's “Alameda County” rejoined, and Rule 40.6's motion caption and promissory note signature block set row by row) and no same-character fix; the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold-line, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py) list candidates read one by one; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the purchase notice, the table of contents, the quick reference guide, Chapter 90.0 (a judge's vacation day: judicial administration, no card), the list of effective rules, the index and Appendix A (the local forms) belong to no card; Appendix B's four standing orders, scanned page images, are transcribed by eye and carded separately. Review note: Carried as printed: Rule 60.3's "Judicial Counsel form FL-322".
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.