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From January 3, 2017, truancy matters are handled informally by the District Attorney's Office and/or the school site; non-traffic infractions and misdemeanors (except driving-under-the-influence cases, which the Juvenile Court judge handles) go to the Juvenile Probation Department's Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Unit for informal handling; all traffic infractions are heard in the Adult Traffic Court; and the Informal Juvenile Traffic Court and its hearing officers are discontinued.
California > Sixth Appellate District > Santa Clara County > Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara > Juvenile Division
[File stamp: FILED, JAN 03 2017, Clerk of the Court, Superior Court of CA County of Santa Clara, By: [signature], DEPUTY, T. Pierce] SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CLARA COUNTY JUVENILE COURT DIVISION Termination of Appointment Juvenile Informal Traffic Court Hearing Officer Reorganization of Informal Interventions for Truancy, Misdemeanors and Infractions Welfare and Institutions Code Section 255 provides that the Court may appoint as a subordinate judicial officer one or more persons of suitable experience, who may be a probation officer or assistant or deputy probation officers, to serve as a juvenile hearing officer on a full-time or part-time basis. Such officers serve at the pleasure of the court. After having thoroughly examined the role of the Administrative Hearing Officer in the Santa Clara County Juvenile Justice Court System, the Court, the District Attorney, the Public Defender, the Juvenile Probation Department, and School District Representatives found that the role is no longer supportive of families and youth in Santa Clara County. Although cutting edge when it was developed, it is no longer consistent with our juvenile justice reform efforts to create equity for all families. It is the desire of the stakeholders listed above to stop imposing administrative fees, penalty assessments, fines and driver’s license suspensions for status offenses, low level infractions and misdemeanors which research has shown to cause recidivism and further involvement in the Juvenile Justice Systems. There were also numerous court dates set during school hours that caused further hardship to families. Therefore, beginning January 3, 2017, all truancy matters will be handled informally by the District Attorney’s Office and/or the school site, all non-traffic infractions and misdemeanors (except Driving Under the Influence cases which will be handled by the Juvenile Court Judge) will be sent to the Juvenile Probation Department’s Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Unit for informal handling, and all traffic infractions will be heard in the Adult Traffic Court. This Order further terminates the use of the Informal Juvenile Traffic Court and the Juvenile Traffic Hearing Officer(s) in Santa Clara County as of January 3, 2017. So Ordered: [signature] Judge Katherine Lucero, Supervising Judge Juvenile Justice Division. Date: January 3, 2017
[File stamp: FILED, JAN 03 2017, Clerk of the Court, Superior Court of CA County of Santa Clara, By: [signature], DEPUTY, T. Pierce] SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CLARA COUNTY JUVENILE COURT DIVISION Termination of Appointment Juvenile Informal Traffic Court Hearing Officer Reorganization of Informal Interventions for Truancy, Misdemeanors and Infractions Welfare and Institutions Code Section
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-28 (California T3 Santa Clara build 2026-09-28) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-santa-clara/juv/413djuvjustice.pdf (52525 bytes, sha256 e7f18f2bf723238579f611e799e079cf6aa82950310712c93d0320e6fc43aaf7; 2 pages) - the court's own posted PDF, a scan: 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 difference classified (misreadings, the file stamp and caption overprints, pleading line numbers, page numbers and running footers omitted as chrome), and each line the machine reader skipped was re-read in a full-resolution crop; every quotation mark, apostrophe, dash and section sign checked in full-resolution crops; the file stamp and the signatures are bracketed. The Local Juvenile Rules (effective July 1, 2026) state that they do not cover juvenile traffic hearings. The words “court dates” print in italics. Printed irregularities are kept as printed.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.