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San Mateo County Superior Court — Standing Order 18-149: Assignment of Domestic Violence (DVPA) Matters in the Northern Department in Accordance with Local Rules 5.2 and 6.9 (filed December 5, 2018)

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Divisional InstructionsStanding Order 18-149: Assignment of Domestic Violence (DVPA) Matters in the Northern Department in Accordance with Local Rules 5.2 and 6.9 (filed December 5, 2018), Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo; listed in the court's Archive of Standing Orders Issued Between 1997 and 2025, a list linked from its Current and Past Standing Orders page (https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/general-information/current-and-past-standing-orders), at https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/system/files/forms-filings/18-149.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Domestic Violence (DVPA) matters may be assigned to and calendared in the Northern Department (its DVPA calendars beginning January 11, 2019), and a party initiating a DVPA matter who resides within the Northern District (Local Rule 6.8) may file with the initial pleading a completed Declaration for Assignment to the Northern Department-Domestic Violence Action (FL-17) (Local Rules 5.2 and 6.9).

Applies to

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

Requirement

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Standing Order 18- 149 Standing Order Authorizing Assignment of Domestic Violence (DVPA) Matters in the Northern Department in Accordance with Local Rule 5.2 and 6.9 Due to the ongoing restoration of funding and available staff and/or technological resources, and the ability for the Court to begin scheduling Domestic Violence DVPA calendar(s) in the Northern Department beginning January 11, 2019, and GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFORE, and in accordance with Local Rules 5.2 and 6.9, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED THAT Domestic Violence (DVPA) matters may be assigned to, and calendared in the Northern Department and that parties initiating a Domestic Violence (DVPA) matter who reside within the geographical boundaries of the Northern District (Local Rule 6.8) may file concurrently with the initial pleading a completed Declaration for Assignment to the Northern Department-Domestic violence Action, on the form available from the clerk’s office or the Court’s website. A copy of the Declaration for Assignment to the Northern Department-Domestic Violence Action, FL-17 is attached hereto. Dated: IT IS SO ORDERED: HON. SUSAN IRENE ETEZADI PRESIDING JUDGE

Source of truth

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Standing Order 18- 149 Standing Order Authorizing Assignment of Domestic Violence (DVPA) Matters in the Northern Department in Accordance with Local Rule 5.2 and 6.9 Due to the ongoing restoration of funding and available staff and/or technological resources, and the

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: December 5, 2018
Last verified: October 8, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-san-mateo-2026-10-08

Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-08 (California T4 San Mateo build 2026-10-08) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-san-mateo/docs/forms-filings/18-149.pdf (477450 bytes, sha256 718d62c84592c664b687f626d8873c4471ba81dfa294c08c7c322fca60dc6c52; 1 page; a scan, page images, no text layer): read on the page images rendered at 200 dpi; checked against three machine readings never published (RapidOCR on each page, the file's own text layer where it has one and RapidOCR on each printed line): every 6-word window of the transcription looked up and each span no reading holds read again on the page image (evidence/vision-check-2026-10-08.log). The clerk's filed stamps, the signatures and the pleading paper's line numbers are not part of the text (a handwritten order number or date, or a stamped name, is carried where it fills the order's own line); the transcription's closing note, which describes them, is not published. Review note: The order refers to a copy of the Declaration for Assignment to the Northern Department-Domestic Violence Action, FL-17, "attached hereto"; the posted file carries the order only.