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San Francisco County Superior Court — Civil Case Management Department 610: Order to Show Cause Hearing Procedure

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Divisional InstructionsCivil Case Management Department 610: Order to Show Cause Hearing Procedure, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco; posted on the court's Updated Case Management Department 610 OSC Hearing Procedure page (https://sf.courts.ca.gov/news/updated-case-management-department-610-osc-hearing-procedure) at https://sf.courts.ca.gov/system/files/news/osc-appearance.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Commencing Tuesday 8/30/22, mandatory in-person appearances for all order to show cause hearings in Department 610, with no telephone appearances; responses to an order to show cause strongly urged 20 days before the hearing (CRC 3.110(i) requires 5 calendar days) so that a case management order may issue without an appearance; sanctions on a failure to appear.

Applies to

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

Requirement

Commencing Tuesday 8/30/22, the Civil Case Management Department 610 will resume mandatory in-person appearances for all Order to Show Cause hearings. Appearance by telephone will no longer be an option. See SFLR 3.2E. Although CRC 3.110(i) requires responsive papers to an order to show cause to be filed at least 5 calendar days before the hearing, the Court strongly urges parties to file responses 20 days before the hearing to facilitate the issuance of a case management order prior to the hearing and obviate an appearance. Upon failure of any party to appear, sanctions may be imposed.

Source of truth

Commencing Tuesday 8/30/22, the Civil Case Management Department 610 will resume mandatory in-person appearances for all Order to Show Cause hearings. Appearance by telephone will no longer be an option. See SFLR 3.2E. Although CRC 3.110(i) requires responsive papers to an order to show cause to be filed at least 5 calendar days before the hearing, the Court strongly urges parties to file response

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: August 30, 2022
Last verified: October 8, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-san-francisco-2026-10-08

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