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San Francisco County Superior Court — Notice: New Family Law Department 405A at the Civic Center Courthouse (effective October 1, 2024)

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Judge PreferencesNotice: New Family Law Department 405A at the Civic Center Courthouse (effective October 1, 2024), Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco; posted on the court's Unified Family Court page (https://sf.courts.ca.gov/divisions/unified-family-court) at https://sf.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/notice-dept-405a.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Effective October 1, 2024, Judge Carolyn Gold assigned to Department 405A: domestic violence restraining order requests not involving children (Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. for married parties, Friday at 9:00 a.m. for unwed parties, and trials as set); family law discovery requests for order (Fam. Code § 6309), on the 1st and 3rd Fridays at 1:30 p.m.; Family Centered Case Resolution calendars (status conferences Monday at 10:00 a.m.; 18 Month Review Hearings and 3-Year and 5-Year Dismissal calendars on the 2nd and 4th Monday in the afternoon); readiness calendars Monday at 9:00 am, with the case remaining assigned to 403 or 404; default and uncontested judgment review and prove-up hearings; and other matters as assigned.

Applies to

California > First Appellate District > San Francisco County > Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco > Department 405A

Source of truth

Superior Court of California County of San Francisco UNIFIED FAMILY COURT - NOTICE - NEW FAMILY LAW DEPARTMENT AT CIVIC CENTER COURTHOUSE Effective October 1, 2024, Judge Carolyn Gold will be assigned to Department 405A within the Unified Family Court at the Civic Center Courthouse located at 400 McAllister Street, San Francisco. The following matters are assigned to Department 405A: • Domestic Vi

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: October 1, 2024
Last verified: October 8, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-san-francisco-2026-10-08

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 San Francisco build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-san-francisco/docs/general/notice-dept-405a.pdf (276990 bytes, sha256 8abc7ede2d4b3a17cf1829d88742cfe391120eecc691325883f25527715f4479; 1 page) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running headers or footers removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the document's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. Documented settings (whitespace-only or same-character changes; the proofs hold): the page read in two columns (the sidebar left of x = 151 pt); the notice set first, then the purpose statement printed across the foot, then the sidebar one printed line to a line (the same characters); three “o” sub-bullets set on their own lines (whitespace fixes). Attached to Judge Carolyn Gold: the card is Department 405A's, where the court's Judicial Assignment page (effective May 18, 2026) seats Judge Carolyn Gold. Review note: The notice's sidebar lists the Unified Family Court bench and managers as of October 2024 (Bobby P. Luna then the Child Support Commissioner); the current assignments are on the Judicial Assignments page. The Family Court FAQs page (undated) still says restraining orders without children are heard on Fridays at 9 a.m. in Department 404 (a review task). The two-column page is read notice first, then the purpose statement, then the sidebar.