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Rule 8 (Rules 8.1 to 8.10): the court adopts the guidelines for the Court Appointed Special Advocate Programs (CASA) of Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 100-109, 356.5, California Rule of Court 5.655 and the policy and procedures manual of the Plumas County program, Special Advocates trained by and to function under CASA, which shall report regularly to the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court (8.1); Special Advocates serve at the pleasure of the court, their functions to support the child, to communicate the child’s needs and desires to the Court in written reports and recommendations, to explore potential resources and to coordinate efforts with the case manager and the child’s attorney (8.2); each Special Advocate sworn in by a Judge or Court Commissioner (8.2(b)); the duties set in the order of appointment (8.2(c)); the order of appointment granting the authority to review specific relevant documents and interview parties (8.3(a)); the same legal right to records relating to the child as a case manager, no consent from the parent or guardian necessary (8.3(b)); a Special Advocate a mandated child abuse reporter (8.3(c)); ongoing, regular communication among the Special Advocate, case manager, child’s attorney, attorneys for the parents, relatives, foster parents, and any therapist (8.3(d)); the moving party shall provide the Special Advocate timely notice of any motions (8.4); a Special Advocate’s matters should be granted priority on the Court’s calendar whenever possible (8.5); a special advocate shall regularly visit the child and monitor the case until dependency is dismissed (8.6); the Special Advocate’s appointment may be continued in the family law proceeding under Welfare and Institutions Code 362.4 (8.7); the right to be present and be heard at all Court hearings, not a party, amicus curiae status at the Court’s discretion (8.8); CASA reports submitted to the Court at least 5 Court days prior to the hearing, CASA to serve a copy of the report on the parties at least 2 Court days prior (8.9); and resignation or removal under Rule 5.655(j) (8.10).
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RULE 8. COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM (CASA) 8.1 ADOPTION OF COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM. The court hereby adopts the guidelines for the Court Appointed Special Advocate Programs (CASA) set forth in Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 100-109, 356.5 ,and California Rule of Court 5.655 as well as the policy and procedures manual of the Plumas County Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, as a Local Rule of Court applicable to CASA, and the guidelines are incorporated herein by reference. The Court may appoint Special Advocates to represent the interests of dependent children. In order to qualify for appointment, the Special Advocate must be trained by, and function under, the auspices of CASA, formed and operating under the guidelines established by the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association. CASA shall report regularly to the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court with evidence that it is operating under the guidelines established by the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association and the California State Guidelines for Child Advocates. (Effective 7/1/03) 8.2 SPECIAL ADVOCATES Special Advocates serve at the pleasure of the court having jurisdiction over the proceeding in which the Special Advocate has been appointed. (a) Functions of Special Advocates. In general, a Special Advocate’s functions are: (1) To support the child throughout the Court proceedings; (2) To establish a relationship with the child to better understand his or her particular needs and desires; (3) To communicate the child’s needs and desires to the Court in written reports and recommendations; (4) To identify and explore potential resources that will facilitate early family reunification or alternative permanency planning; (5) To provide continuous attention to the child’s situation to ensure that the Court’s plan for the child is being implemented; (6) To communicate and coordinate efforts with the case manager (probation officer or social worker) to the fullest extent possible; (7) To communicate and coordinate efforts with the child’s attorney to the fullest extent possible; and, (8) To represent the interests of the child in other judicial or administrative proceedings. (b) Sworn Officer of the Court. A Special Advocate is an officer of the Court and is bound by these rules. Each Special Advocate must be sworn in by a Judge or Court Commissioner before beginning his or her duties and shall subscribe to a written oath. (c) Specific Duties. In its initial Order of Appointment, and thereafter in subsequent orders as appropriate, the court may set forth the Special Advocate’s duties in each case, including interviewing and observing the child and other appropriate individuals, reviewing appropriate records and reports, consideration of visitation rights for the child’s grandparents and other relatives, and reporting back directly to the court. (Effective 7/1/03) 8.3 RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO SPECIAL ADVOCATES (a) To Accomplish Appointment. To accomplish the appointment of a Special Advocate, the Judge or Commissioner making the appointment shall sign an order granting the Special Advocate the authority to review specific relevant documents and interview parties involved in the case, as well as other persons having significant information relating to the child to the same extent as any other officer appointed to investigate proceedings on behalf of the court. (b) Access to Records. A Special Advocate shall have the same legal right to records relating to the child he or she is appointed to represent as any case manager (social worker or probation officer) with regard to records pertaining to the child held by any agency, school, organization, division or department of the State, physician, surgeon, nurse, other health care provider, psychologist, psychiatrist, mental health provider or law enforcement agency. The Special Advocate shall present his or her identification as a Court-appointed Special Advocate to any such record holder in support of his or her request for access to specific records. No consent from the parent or guardian is necessary for the Special Advocate to have access to any records relating to the child. (c) Report of Child Abuse. A Special Advocate is a mandated child abuse reporter with respect to the case to which he or she was appointed. (d) Communication. There shall be ongoing, regular communication concerning the child’s best interests, current status, and significant case developments, maintained among the Special Advocate, case manager, child’s attorney, attorneys for the parents, relatives, foster parents, and any therapist for the child. (d) Communication. There shall be ongoing, regular communication concerning the child’s best interests, current status, and significant case developments, maintained among the Special Advocate, case manager, child’s attorney, attorneys for the parents, relatives, foster parents, and any therapist for the child. (Effective 7/1/03) 8.4 RIGHT TO TIMELY NOTICE The moving party shall provide the Special Advocate timely notice of any motions concerning a child for whom a Special Advocate has been appointed. (Effective 7/1/03) 8.5 CALENDAR PRIORITY In light of the fact that a Special Advocate renders a volunteer service to children and the Court, matters on which they appear should be granted priority on the Court’s calendar whenever possible. (Effective 7/1/03) 8.6 VISITATION THROUGHOUT DEPENDENCY A special advocate shall regularly visit the child to whose case he or she has been appointed. The advocate shall monitor the case as appropriate until dependency is dismissed. (Effective 7/1/03) 8.7 FAMILY LAW ADVOCACY Should the Court dismiss dependency and create family law orders pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code 362.4, the Special Advocate’s appointment may be continued in the family law proceeding, in which case the Court, by specific Order, shall set forth the nature, extent and duration of the Special Advocate’s duties in the family law proceeding. (Effective 7/1/03) 8.8 RIGHT TO APPEAR A Special Advocate shall have the right to be present and be heard at all Court hearings and shall not be subject to exclusion by virtue of the fact that he or she may be called to testify at some point in the proceedings. A Special Advocate shall not be deemed to be a “party” as described in Title 3 of Part II of the Code of Civil Procedure. However, the Court, at its discretion, has the authority to grant the Special Advocate amicus curiae status, which includes the right to appear with counsel. (Effective 7/1/03) 8.9 DISTRIBUTION OF CASA REPORTS (a) CASA reports shall be submitted to the Court at least 5 Court days prior to the hearing. (b) CASA shall serve a copy of the report on the parties to the case including, but not limited to: attorney for the Department of Social Services; Attending case Social Worker; Child’s Attorney; Parents’ attorney; Child (via Foster Family Agency); ICWA Representative (if applicable); and, de facto Parents. (c) CASA shall serve a copy of the report on the parties entitled to receive a copy of the report at least 2 Court days prior to the hearing. (Effective 7/1/03, Amended 7/1/08) 8.10 RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF SPECIAL ADVOCATE A Special Advocate may resign from an individual case or the CASA program or may be removed from an individual case in accordance with California Court Rules of Court, Rule 5.655(j). (Effective 7/1/03)
RULE 8. COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM (CASA) 8.1 ADOPTION OF COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM. The court hereby adopts the guidelines for the Court Appointed Special Advocate Programs (CASA) set forth in Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 100-109, 356.5 ,and California Rule of Court 5.655 as well as the policy and procedures manual of the Plumas County Court Appointed Specia
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Plumas build 2026-10-12) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-plumas/docs/local-rules/local-rules-2026.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF PLUMAS LOCAL RULES OF COURT Effective July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-12; 1224627 bytes, sha256 3c2cc28bf533a918211db4c6240c158fce01c5569c8c175b91dbd61eb2fa07f2; 100 pages; this rule PDF pages 68 to 71, printed pages 59 to 62) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the rules (PDF pages 10 to 88, printed 1 to 79) composed as one text and cut at the twelve rule headings - “RULE OF COURT NO. 1 GENERAL RULES”, “RULE OF COURT NO. 2 CIVIL LAW AND MOTION MATTERS”, “RULE 3. CASE MANAGEMENT” to “RULE 12. MISCELLANEOUS” (“Rule 11. Unlawful Detainers” as printed), each matched once as a whole line, each rule beginning a page - and Appendix “B”, the Appellate Division Local Rules (PDF pages 96 to 100), composed apart; the running header of every page (“Superior Court of California, County of Plumas”) and its page number (“1”; “Appendix “B” - 1”), each named and a whole line in its band, removed as chrome - 158 and 10 chrome lines; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's heading, each numbered sub-rule (“1.4 TIMELY APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL AND REQUIRED NOTIFICATION:”), each lettered or numbered subdivision starting a line, a line in capitals ending its paragraph, and each history line (“(Effective ...)”, “(Amended ...)”) on a line of its own; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-12.txt) finds no struck run on the book's 100 pages; 20 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: five lines rejoined - the two-line headings of Rule 3.7 and Rule 8, Rule 3.7(f)'s line wrapped inside its paragraph, and Rule 4.3(1)'s run-in list and Rule 10.6(6)'s reference wrapped at “(3)” and “(e)”, which the reflow took for labels; fifteen lines set apart - a row of Rule 4.3(2)'s trial binder table, three of Rule 6.17(b)(4)'s bulleted issues, Rule 10.2's excepted case categories one a line, row by row, left to right, and a Rule 12.3 addressee's heading from the next address); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-12.txt and review/book-audits-after-fixes-2026-10-12.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py) - the rest kept as printed (the lines ending at the court's web address, the run-in bold headings of Rules 5.3(c)(4) and 6.15(a), Rule 12.3's “To:” labels, the binder rows' stray words, the inner labels of Rules 1.9(g) and 6.15(c), Rule 12.3's two “(a)”); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover (PDF page 1), the table of contents (2 to 9, printed i to viii), the index (89 to 94, printed A to F) and Appendix “A” (the Certification of Attorney Competency form, 95) belong to no card.
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.