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Related family law cases: when a new family law case relates to a pending domestic violence or other family law case, all related cases are assigned to the judicial officer hearing the case of broader jurisdiction (California Rules of Court, rules 5.440 and 3.300), subject to Shriver domestic violence assignments. 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 DIRECT ASSIGNMENT OF FAMILY LAW CASE TO DEPARTMENT HEARING RELATED FAMILY LAW CASE OF BROADER JURISDICTION GENERAL ORDER OF THE PRESIDING DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 010126-19 THIS COURT FINDS AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: In accordance with California Rules of Court (“CRC”), rule 5.440, which directs courts to identify cases related to a pending family law case to avoid issuing conflicting orders and make effective use of court resources, and CRC, rule 3.300, which requires, in family law proceedings, the Presiding Judge and/or his or her designee to determine whether related cases should be ordered related and, if so, to which judge or department they should be assigned, the court orders that upon filing of a new family law case that relates to a pre-existing domestic violence or other family law case, all related cases will be assigned to the judicial officer hearing the case of broader jurisdiction. The court finds the factual and legal issues raised within domestic violence and other family law cases involving the same parties are inherently and integrally related to each other, meeting the requirements of a related case under CRC, rule 3.300(a), and requiring the cases to be assigned to the same judicial officer. Notwithstanding the above, certain domestic violence restraining order cases in the Central and North County Divisions may be assigned to a designated Shriver Domestic Violence Judge. This order shall become effective on January 1, 2026, and expire on December 31, 2026, unless otherwise ordered by this court. 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 DIRECT ASSIGNMENT OF FAMILY LAW CASE TO DEPARTMENT HEARING RELATED FAMILY LAW CASE OF BROADER JURISDICTION GENERAL ORDER OF THE PRESIDING DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 010126-19 THIS COURT FINDS AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: In accordance with Californi
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-28 (California T3 San Diego build) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-san-diego/go/general_order_010126-19.pdf (69492 bytes, sha256 94ed232d27d8e2680d5006c25b39ec4db3f246bf0e74ccb863e545a69fd7eb8d; 2 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. 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.