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Solano County Superior Court — Department 8 (Judge Wendy G. Getty) Guidelines for Court Hearings on Zoom

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Remote / Zoom HearingsDepartment 8 (Judge Wendy G. Getty) Guidelines for Court Hearings on Zoom, Superior Court of California, County of Solano; posted on the court's Remote Appearance - Civil Court page (https://solano.courts.ca.gov/divisions/civil-court/remote-appearance-civil-court) at https://solano.courts.ca.gov/system/files/form/zoom-guidelines_0.pdf, fetched 2026-10-09.

Summary

Department 8's guidelines for Zoom hearings: Zoom is not permitted for mandatory settlement conferences, trial management conferences, order for examinations, trials or for parties who have been ordered to appear in person; a party or attorney who elects to appear via Zoom for law and motion, evidentiary hearing or court trial must have an email address on file with the court and is deemed to agree to email/electronic service of an order after hearing; user error resulting in a need for continuance may serve as basis for award of fees, costs or other sanctions; Zoom appearances authorized only for attorneys, parties and persons appearing in pro per (the public may attend in open court); advance preparation (a computer, smart phone or tablet with a microphone, camera and Internet access; testing Zoom before the hearing); scheduling (the Court as the meeting host; signing on at least 10 minutes early); the hearing (the waiting room, video and sound turned on, participants on mute until called upon, observers on mute, no recording, photographing or screen shots; the court reporter transcript the only official record); and attendee responsibilities (no references not allowed in the courtroom while testifying; no distractions); no appearances from moving vehicles or other meetings or court appearances.

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California > First Appellate District > Solano County > Superior Court of California, County of Solano > Department 8

Source of truth

Solano County Superior Court, Department 8 Guidelines for court hearings on Zoom ZOOM IS NOT PERMITTED FOR MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES, TRIAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES, ORDER FOR EXAMINATIONS, TRIALS OR FOR PARTIES WHO HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO APPEAR IN PERSON ADVANCE PREPARATION ▪ Any party or attorney who elects to appear via Zoom for law and motion, evidentiary hearing or court trial must have an

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Solano — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: October 8, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-solano-2026-10-09

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-09 (California T4 Solano build 2026-10-09) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-solano/docs/form/zoom-guidelines_0.pdf (545672 bytes, sha256 c755f39ac8f9b6cc5a7481e2a2f804e4c9fe69b4be0acfcb5e8861bf426ad40d; 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; spaces at line ends and empty lines taken out (whitespace only: the Zoom sheets print through “Microsoft: Print To PDF” with a space after each line's last word); 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 sheet's two columns read column by column (the gutter at x 300); the Wingdings space after each bullet (U+F020) read as the space it prints; an item's second line rejoined and three items and a heading the reading ran together set apart (four whitespace-only fixes). Attached to Judge Wendy G. Getty: the card is Department 8's, where the court's Judicial Directory page (no effective date printed) seats Judge Wendy G. Getty.