Transfer of proceedings involving the Department of Child Support Services: Title IV-D commissioners may transfer matters between Title IV-D departments; cases where both parties (or one party, the other living outside the county) reside in the North County filing area go to the North County Division; e-filed DCSS documents may use either division's address. In effect for 2026.
California > Fourth Appellate District > San Diego County > Superior Court of California, County of San Diego
[File stamp: FILED, Clerk of the Superior Court, DEC 31 2025, By: G. Arce-Barraza, Deputy] THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IN RE TRANSFER OF PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES GENERAL ORDER OF THE PRESIDING DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 010126-13 In accordance with the authority vested in the Presiding Judge under California Rules of Court, rule 10.603, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 1. All Title IV-D Child Support Commissioners are authorized to order the transfer of actions, proceedings, and/or hearings involving the Department of Child Support Services to any other Title IV-D department and/or division of this court. 2. All actions and/or proceedings involving the Department of Child Support Services and in which both parents/parties reside in the North County filing area are hereby transferred to the North County Division for all purposes. 3. All actions and/or proceedings involving the Department of Child Support Services and in which one parent/party resides in the North County filing area and the other parent/party resides outside of the County of San Diego are hereby transferred to the North County Division for all purposes. 4. All Title IV-D Child Support Commissioners are authorized to order the transfer of actions and/or proceedings involving the Department of Child Support Services to the North County Division where at least one parent/party resides in the North County filing area, and where good cause is shown. 5. All Title IV-D Child Support Commissioners are authorized to order the transfer of actions and/or proceedings involving the Department of Child Support Services to the North County Division when there is a finding of good cause for ordering such transfer, regardless of whether one or both parents/parties reside in the North County filing area. 6. Notwithstanding this order, all documents electronically filed by the Department of Child Support Services may use either the North County or Central Division address. This order shall become effective on January 1, 2026, and expire on December 31, 2026, unless otherwise ordered by this court. Service of this order is ordered on the Department of Child Support Services. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: December 31, 2025 [signature] HONORABLE MAUREEN F. HALLAHAN PRESIDING JUDGE
[File stamp: FILED, Clerk of the Superior Court, DEC 31 2025, By: G. Arce-Barraza, Deputy] THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IN RE TRANSFER OF PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES GENERAL ORDER OF THE PRESIDING DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 010126-13 In accordance with the authority vested in the Presiding Judge under California Rules of Court, rule
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-28 (California T3 San Diego build) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-san-diego/go/general_order_010126-13.pdf (130059 bytes, sha256 6f0cbb60e17650fb2d379f9d0ba804ab833175090cbec5d6e953ee928725ec74; 3 pages) - the court's own posted PDF, a scan with no usable text layer: transcribed from the rendered page images, every page read against the image; a machine reading (RapidOCR) was used only as a second reader for a word-level diff; every quotation mark, apostrophe, dash and section sign checked in full-resolution crops; pleading line numbers and “///” fill marks omitted; the file stamp and signature bracketed. Page 3 of the PDF is the clerk's certificate of service by mail, a service record not transcribed on this card. Printed irregularities are kept as printed.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.