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Section 4 (Rules 15 and 16): the court adopts the guidelines for the Court Appointed Special Advocate Program (CASA) under Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 100 through 110 and Rule 5.655, the CASA Program to report regularly to the presiding judge of the Juvenile court (15); the judge, commissioner or referee making the appointment to sign an order granting the CASA the authority to review specific relevant documents and interview parties and other persons, the CASA's legal right to records relating to the child as any case manager, the CASA to present its appointment order together with identification, no consent from the parent or guardian necessary (15); the moving party to provide the CASA with timely notice of any motion or supplemental or subsequent petition, the CASA's right to be present and be heard at all court hearings, not a party to the dependency proceedings, the Court, at its discretion, with the authority to grant the CASA amicus curiae status (15); priority on the Court's calendar whenever possible for matters on which CASAs appear (15); CASA reports filed with the court, and the CASA program to provide a copy of the report to all counsel of record, at least three (3) court days before the hearing (15); all attorneys appearing in juvenile dependency proceedings to comply with the standards of competence required by California Rules of Court, Rule 5.660, to meet regularly with clients, contact social workers and other professionals, work to resolve disputed issues without hearing and adhere to mandated timelines and the procedures for contested matters (16); the complaint of a party represented by a court appointed counsel in an open case raised as a Marsden Motion by written request or by oral request in Court (16).
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SECTION 4. JUVENILE COURT RULES RULE 15. CASA A. Adoption of CASA Program 1. The court hereby adopts the guidelines for the Court Appointed Special Advocate Program (CASA) as more particularly set forth in Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 100 through 110, inclusive, and Rule 5.655 of the California Rules of Court. 2. The CASA Program shall report regularly to the presiding judge of the Juvenile court with evidence that it is operating under the guidelines established by the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association and the California State Guidelines for child advocates. B. Release of Information to CASA 1. To accomplish the appointment of a CASA, the judge, commissioner or referee making the appointment shall sign an order granting the CASA the authority to review specific relevant documents and interview parties involved in the case, as well as other persons having significant information relating to the child, to the same extent as any other officer appointed to investigate proceedings on behalf of the court. 2. The CASA shall have the same legal right to records relating to the child he or she is appointed to represent as any case manager (social worker or probation officer) regarding records pertaining to the child held by an agency, school, organization, division or department of the State, physician, surgeon, nurse, other health care provider, psychologist, psychiatrist, mental health provider or law enforcement agency. The CASA shall present a copy of his or her appointment order together with his or her identification to the provider to gain access to the requested information. No consent from the parent or guardian is necessary for the CASA to have access to any records related to the child. C. Right to Timely Notice and Right to Appear 1. Whenever any motion is made, or a supplemental or subsequent petition filed, concerning the child for whom the CASA has been appointed, the moving party shall provide the CASA with timely notice. 2. A CASA shall have the right to be present and be heard at all court hearings and shall not be subject to exclusion by virtue of the fact that he or she may be called to testify at some point in the proceedings. A CASA is not a party to the dependency proceedings. However, the Court, at its discretion, shall have the authority to grant the CASA amicus curiae status, which includes the right to appear with counsel. D. Calendar Priority In light of the fact that CASAs are rendering a volunteer service to children and the Court, matters on which they appear should be granted priority on the Court’s calendar whenever possible. E. CASA Reports CASA reports shall be filed with the court at least three (3) court days prior to the hearing. The CASA program shall provide a copy of the report to all counsel of record at least three (3) court days before the hearing. [effective date: January 1, 2015] RULE 16. JUVENILE DEPENDENCY REPRESENTATION A. General Competency Requirement All attorneys appearing in juvenile dependency proceedings shall, at a minimum, comply with the standards of competence required by California Rules of Court, Rule 5.660 and related standards of training and experience. B. Expectations 1. Attorneys are expected to meet regularly with clients, including children, contact social workers and other professionals associated with the client’s case, work with other counsel and the court to resolve disputed issues without hearing, and adhere to mandated timelines. 2. All attorneys retained, assigned or appointed are required to adhere to the timelines and the procedures stated elsewhere in these rules for settlements, discovery, protocols and other issues related to contested matters. C. Complaint Process For a party currently represented by a court appointed counsel in an open case, the request to be heard on the complaint or question must be raised as a Marsden Motion by written request or by oral request in Court. [effective date: January 1, 2026]
SECTION 4. JUVENILE COURT RULES RULE 15. CASA A. Adoption of CASA Program 1. The court hereby adopts the guidelines for the Court Appointed Special Advocate Program (CASA) as more particularly set forth in Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 100 through 110, inclusive, and Rule 5.655 of the California Rules of Court. 2. The CASA Program shall report regularly to the presiding judge of the Juven
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Tehama build 2026-10-12) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-tehama/docs/general/final-draft-2026-local-rules-10225.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “TEHAMA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT LOCAL RULES Website: www.tehama.courts.ca.gov EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2013 REVISED DATE: January 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-12; 443163 bytes, sha256 79ebe779d0d116e17f2b12b43ff76a0b1537aba6ce44c0c19d685e9657223870; 25 pages; this section PDF pages 20 to 22, printed pages 20 to 22) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the rules (PDF pages 5 to 23, each printed “Page N” with its PDF number) composed as one text, from the book's title (“SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA” / “COUNTY OF TEHAMA” / “LOCAL RULES OF COURT”) and its advisory sentence to Rule 17, and cut at the title and the four further section headings, each matched once at a line start (a section may begin mid-page); each page's running header (“Mandatory Court Rules” / “Superior Court of California” / “County of Tehama”) and its boxed running footer (“Page N” with “Tehama County Superior Court – Mandatory Local Rules”) removed as chrome, with the finding-aid line “[Alphabetical Subject Matter Index Commences on the Following Page]” under Rule 17 (96 lines); lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's number set with its title as one line (“RULE 3. COURT REPORTERS”), each lettered or numbered subdivision starting a line, and each history line on a line of its own; no table on the rule pages (the table finder reports only the ruled box of the footer); the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-12.txt) finds no struck run; 8 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: the book's two title lines set apart; Rule 2's two-line title rejoined; Rule 4's history, printed at the end of its last line, set on its own line; the form number “FL-326” closed up across its line end; three false breaks in Rule 14(E) and 14(I)(5) rejoined; Rule 14(F)'s heading set apart from its text); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-12.txt and review/book-audits-after-fixes-2026-10-12.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the INDEX TO RULES (PDF pages 2 to 4) and the ALPHABETICAL SUBJECT MATTER INDEX (PDF pages 24 and 25) belong to no card. Review note: Carried as printed: Rule 15(A)(2) reads “the presiding judge of the Juvenile court”.
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.