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The requirements of courts issuing custody or visitation orders (21.1) and of the District Attorney before requesting criminal protective orders (21.2); the modification of a criminal protective order that conflicts with a later custody or parenting plan order (21.3); and the language of custody and parenting plan orders - the safe exchange of the children, and no language that violates a criminal court's no contact order (21.4).
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RULE 21 COMMUNICATION AMONG CRIMINAL, FAMILY AND JUVENILE COURTS This rule is intended to comply with the provisions of California Rules of Court, Rule 5.450 regarding sharing of information between courts about the existence of criminal protective orders and child custody and/or parenting plan orders to avoid issuance of conflicting orders. (Eff. 1/1/2004, Rev. 7/1/2012) 21.1 REQUIREMENT OF COURTS ISSUING CUSTODY AND/OR VISITATION ORDERS A. Upon referral to Family Court Services for a child custody recommending counseling session and prior to issuing a report, Family Court Services shall make a reasonable effort to determine if a criminal protective order exists involving either or both parents in the family law action. If a criminal protective order exists, that information, along with the terms of the criminal protective order, shall be conveyed to the court in the child custody recommending counselor’s report. B. The Juvenile Court, prior to issuing any order involving custody or a parenting plan in a juvenile action, shall make a reasonable effort to determine if a criminal protective order exists for either or both parents in the juvenile action. (Eff. 1/1/2004, 7/1/2012) 21.2 REQUIREMENT OF COURTS ISSUING CRIMINAL PROTECTIVE ORDERS Prior to requesting a criminal protective order involving victims and/or witnesses and defendants that have a relationship as defined in Family Code § 6211, the District Attorney shall make a reasonable effort to determine if there exists any child custody or parenting plan orders involving the parties to the action. The District Attorney shall verbally advise the criminal judicial officer of the existence of any orders for custody or a parenting plan at the time the proposed criminal protective order is submitted for approval and signature. The criminal court may permit appropriate parental time between a criminal defendant and their children, pursuant to civil court orders, but at the same time provide for the safety of the victim or witness by ensuring that a criminal court protective order is not violated. (Eff. 1/1/2004. Rev. 7/1/2012) 21.3 MODIFICATION OF CRIMINAL PROTECTIVE ORDER This rule is intended to apply to situations in which a custody or parenting plan order has been issued in the family court or juvenile court which subsequently creates a conflict with an existing criminal protective order. This rule is not intended to be used in family or juvenile court as a request for custody and/or parenting plan orders or to modify custody and/or parenting plan orders. After a custody and/or parenting plan order is issued by a family or juvenile court, a person restrained by a criminal protective order or protected by a criminal protective order may apply to modify the criminal protective order to expand or restrict contact between the person restrained by the order and their children. A Request for Criminal Protective Order Modification form along with a proposed modified Criminal Protective Order (Judicial Council Form No. CR-160) shall be completed and submitted to the criminal court clerk. The forms can be obtained from the Criminal Division of the Sonoma County Superior Court, 625 Administration Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. Upon receipt of the request for modification, the criminal court clerk shall calendar the request for modification before the domestic violence court judge 10 to 15 days from the time of filing of the motion. The clerk shall immediately forward a copy of the request for modification to Family Court Services along with a copy of the most recent criminal protective order and any related family law or juvenile court files. If Family Court Services has had contact with the family, they will make a recommendation to the criminal court. If Family Court Services has not had contact with the family, they will advise the criminal court. A copy of the modified criminal protective order shall be forwarded to the court CLETS clerk for entry into the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System. (Eff. 1/1/2004, Rev. 7/1/2012) 21.4 LANGUAGE OF CUSTODY AND PARENTING PLAN ORDERS: Any order that permits contact between the restrained person and their children shall provide for the safe exchange of the children and shall not contain language either printed or handwritten that violates a “no contact order” issued by a criminal court. Safety of all parties shall be the court’s paramount concern. The family or juvenile court shall specify the time, day, place, and manner of transfer of the child, as provided in Family Code § 3100. (Eff. 1/1/2004, Rev. 7/1/2012, Renumbered 1/1/2023- formerly Rule 24)
RULE 21 COMMUNICATION AMONG CRIMINAL, FAMILY AND JUVENILE COURTS This rule is intended to comply with the provisions of California Rules of Court, Rule 5.450 regarding sharing of information between courts about the existence of criminal protective orders and child custody and/or parenting plan orders to avoid issuance of conflicting orders. (Eff. 1/1/2004, Rev. 7/1/2012) 21.1 REQUIREMENT OF COURT
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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.