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Rule 13 (Rules 13.0 to 13.8): juvenile court records under W&I § 827 and CRC 5.552 - petitions on form JV-570 in Room 101, hearings within 30 days, documents destroyed if not picked up within 60 days (Rule 13.0); sealing of records under W&I § 781 (Rule 13.1); psychotropic medications under CRC 5.640 (Rule 13.2); the Competency Protocol for Juvenile Court whenever a doubt is expressed about a minor's competency (Rule 13.3); service on the probation officer (Rule 13.4); CASA referrals (Rule 13.5); remote appearance - witnesses by stipulation at least one court day before or form RA-010 at least 15 court days before, and availability from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. or 1:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. (Rule 13.6); electronic signatures (Rule 13.7); and the Add-to-Calendar Form (Rule 13.8).
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13 Juvenile Justice 13.0 Access to and Copying of Juvenile Court Records. A. Under CRC 5.552, juvenile court records may not be obtained or inspected by either criminal or civil subpoena. The party seeking such juvenile court records in order to inspect, obtain or copy the same must follow the procedures set forth in W&I § 827 and CRC 5.552. B. All Petitions for Disclosure of Juvenile Justice Court Records must be filed in Room 101 at the Juvenile Justice Center (JJC) using Judicial Council Form JV-570. C. If a hearing is required, the Court will set it within 30 days of the date the Petition is filed. The court clerk will notice all relevant parties of the hearing date. Any request to have the hearing set in less than 30 days must be done in a separate Application for Order Shortening Time. D. If the Petition is granted, the judicial officer will conduct an in-camera review to determine what documents will be copied and produced. The documents will generally be available within two (2) weeks of the date the Petition is granted. E. The moving party must notify the court clerk if the documents are no longer needed or if the matter is to be taken off calendar. Failure to provide such notice may result in sanctions. If the moving party does not pick up the documents within 60 days after notice that the documents are available, the documents will be destroyed and a new 827 petition will need to be filed. 13.1 Sealing of Records. A. The policy of the Superior Court with regard to the sealing of juvenile records pursuant to W&I § 781 is that any person seeking to have his/her records sealed demonstrate his/her rehabilitation by maintaining a crime-free life for a reasonable period of time after his/her 18th birthday, or after his/her last contact with the juvenile justice system. B. The Court will consider the circumstances of any sustained petitions and the minor's entire social history. C. The Juvenile Probation Department: 1) will not refer a sealing request to the Court until a period of at least one year has passed after the closing of the person's last court/probation/parole contact, or after the person's 18th birthday, whichever is later. The Special Services Division of the Juvenile Probation Department is authorized to send, in the Court's name, notice to any person prematurely requesting sealing in the forms provided by the Probation Department; 2) will maintain the unofficial files of all persons until their 19th birthday, unless in any individual cases the Court orders otherwise. Any other requests for sealing which raise special legal or factual issues will be heard by the Court on a case-by-case basis. 13.2 Authorization to Administer Psychotropic Medications to Youth Who Are Wards of the Court. Authorization to administer psychotropic medications to minors who are (1) wards of the court and who are under a foster care placement order; or (2) wards of the court committed to a secure youth treatment facility as described in W&I § 875, is subject to CRC 5.640. All applications for authorization must be reviewed by a designee of the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the results of the review must be provided to the court on the local form “JV-220 Reviewer Statement”. The Juvenile Probation Officer is responsible for providing notice. All required forms must be submitted to the Supervising Judge of the Unified Family Court or his/her designee. 13.3 Competency. Whenever the minor’s counsel or the Court express a doubt as to the competency of a minor who is the subject of a petition under W&I § 602, the Competency Protocol for Juvenile Court shall apply. The Competency Protocol is available online at https://sf.courts.ca.gov/divisions/unified-family-court/juvenile-justice. 13.4 Service of Papers on Juvenile Probation Officer. Parties must serve all moving and opposing papers on the minor’s probation officer. The timing and method of service must be the same as used for serving opposing counsel. 13.5 CASA Referrals. A. Time of Appointment of CASA. The Court may order the appointment of a Court Appointed Special Advocate (“CASA”) Volunteer at or after the Dispositional Order of the Juvenile Court. B. Request for Referrals. Any party, attorney representing a party or child, the child welfare worker, Juvenile Probation Department, or other person having an interest in the welfare of the child may request the Court make a referral to San Francisco CASA. A REQUEST FOR CASA REFERRAL must be filed with the Court for each child referred. If the person requesting such a referral is not minor’s counsel, the person must give two court days written notice to the child welfare worker, attorney of record for the child, and the Juvenile Probation Department. Unless any attorney of record, the child welfare worker or other person having an interest in the welfare of the child objects to the referral, the Court may send the referral to CASA for its evaluation. Any objections to the referral must be in a brief written statement as to why the referral is not appropriate, without discussing the subject matter of the litigation. The basis for an objection will NOT be treated as confidential. The Court may review the case and make an independent decision as to whether a referral will be made. C. Assignment of CASA Volunteer. San Francisco CASA must evaluate the referral based on the criteria then in effect, CRC §5.655, and the availability of volunteers. If CASA rejects the referral, it must send a letter explaining the rejection to the Court. If CASA accepts a referral, CASA must assign a volunteer, submit an Order to the Court appointing a specific volunteer, and notify the following of the appointment: the child's attorney, the Juvenile Probation Department, the District Attorney’s Office, any parents identified by Juvenile Probation Department, the CASA volunteer, the child’s placement, and CASA records. If there are additional parties (e.g., de facto parents or guardians), CASA will be responsible for copying and serving those parties with a copy of the Order. D. Removal of a CASA Volunteer. The removal or substitution of a CASA volunteer requires a Court Order unless jurisdiction of the Court has been terminated. A CASA volunteer may be removed or substituted by stipulation among CASA and the attorney for the child in the case, or by motion to the Court with a statement setting forth why the removal or substitution is necessary. Any Order removing or substituting a CASA volunteer must be served on CASA and the attorney for the child in the case, Juvenile Probation Department, and District Attorney’s Office by the party who sought the Order. 13.6 Remote Appearance. Subject to the requirements set forth in W&I Code § 679.5, parties, attorneys and other persons entitled to be present may appear at a hearing, conference, proceeding, or trial in-person or remotely using the Court’s designated remote appearance platform, unless the Court orders an in-person appearance. It is not necessary for a party or attorney to file a NOTICE OF REMOTE APPEARANCE (RA-010) before making a remote appearance. If a witness intends to appear remotely at an evidentiary hearing or trial, the party calling that witness must either: (a) submit a proposed Stipulation containing an agreement for a witness to appear remotely at least one court day prior to the date upon which the witness will be testifying or (b) file and serve on all other parties at least 15 court days before the first day of that hearing a NOTICE OF REMOTE APPEARANCE (form RA-010) and deliver a courtesy copy of that form as well as a proposed ORDER REGARDING REMOTE APPEARANCE (form RA-020) to the clerk of the department in which that hearing will be held. To oppose a remote appearance by another party or witness at an evidentiary hearing or trial, a party must file and serve an OPPOSITION TO REMOTE PROCEEDINGS AT EVIDENTIARY HEARING OR TRIAL (form RA-015) and deliver a courtesy copy of that form as well as a proposed ORDER REGARDING REMOTE APPEARANCE (form RA-020) to the clerk of the department in which the evidentiary hearing or trial will be held by the deadlines set forth in CRC 3.672 et. seq. Instructions to appear remotely in a Juvenile Justice proceeding can be found on the Court’s website at https://sf.courts.ca.gov/divisions/unified-family-court. All statutory confidentiality requirements applicable to a juvenile justice proceeding held in person apply equally to a remote proceeding. If a party’s hearing or proceeding is scheduled at 9:00 a.m. and that party is appearing by video or telephone, that party must be available from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. or until the party’s hearing or proceeding is concluded. If a party’s hearing or proceeding is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. and that party is appearing by video or telephone, that party must be available from 1:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. or until the party’s hearing or proceeding is concluded. Failure to comply with this rule may result in the Court proceeding with the hearing, conference, proceeding, or trial as if the party failed to appear. 13.7 Electronic Signatures. The Court accepts electronic signatures on documents Conventionally filed in a juvenile justice case. Any party, attorney, or agency who electronically signs a document that is Conventionally filed with the Court must either (a) sign the document using an electronic signature that is unique to the signer, capable of verification, under the sole control of the signer, and linked to data in such a manner that if the data are changed, the electronic signature is invalidated or (b) physically sign a printed form of the document before filing and retain the original signed document to be made available for inspection and copying at the request of the Court or any other party. 13.8 Adding Matters to Calendar Any party requesting to add a matter to calendar must submit the Add-to-Calendar Form to the clerk’s office in Room 101 at JJC accompanied by either a motion, report, or other filing describing the reason for the hearing and requested order. No motion or report is required when the matter is added on solely to recall a bench warrant. Adopted: July 1, 1998 Last Revised: July 1, 2025
13 Juvenile Justice 13.0 Access to and Copying of Juvenile Court Records. A. Under CRC 5.552, juvenile court records may not be obtained or inspected by either criminal or civil subpoena. The party seeking such juvenile court records in order to inspect, obtain or copy the same must follow the procedures set forth in W&I § 827 and CRC 5.552. B. All Petitions for Disclosure of Juvenile Justice Cour
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 San Francisco build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-san-francisco/docs/local-rules/final-proposed-changes-lrsf-effective-july-1-2026-submitted.pdf (the court's rule book, “Uniform Local Rules of Court, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, Effective: July 1, 1998, Revised: July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-08; 2706376 bytes, sha256 82645c96954e6d459832c1ee68c5a042ff7f90ebc58fceb9a82fc7c5575631ad; 251 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) over the rule body (PDF pages 3 to 235): each page's running header (“Local Rules of Court San Francisco Superior Court” and “Rule N”) and footer (“Effective: ...; Revised ...” and the printed page number) removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs; the one struck letter in the book (the final “s” of “means” in Rule 2.11(A)(5), read on the page image) set aside as chrome with the composer's strike_out, so the card reads the rule as amended; four rule headings set on their own lines and 23 paragraph breaks the reflow made inside sentences rejoined (whitespace-only fixes); the body's one soft hyphen (Rule 12.15's “JV-” at a line end) read as the hyphen it prints and the reflow's space after it removed; Rule 11's two tables (the timeshare percentages and their definitions) set row by row (the same characters); the body cut at the rule headings, which reassemble it; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the table of contents and the index belong to no rule. Review note: Rule 13.3 applies the Competency Protocol for Juvenile Court (carded).
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.