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Ventura County Superior Court — Department J1 - Notice Regarding Rules for Civil Harassment Restraining Order (CHRO) Matters

High confidence· verified October 7, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment J1 - Notice Regarding Rules for Civil Harassment Restraining Order (CHRO) Matters, Superior Court of California, County of Ventura; posted on the court's Department J1 page (https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/department-j1) and the court's Remote Appearances page (https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/remote-appearances) at https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/notice_regarding_courtroom_j1_instructions.pdf, fetched 2026-10-07.

Summary

Civil harassment cases heard on Monday and Friday afternoons from 2:30 - 4:30 PM in Department J1; self help for civil harassment restraining orders; self-represented litigants bring the order forms (CH-116, CH-110, CH-130); ex parte hearings in person; later hearings by Zoom, logged in fifteen (15) minutes before; trial rules - time estimates, witness and exhibit lists, exhibits exchanged five (5) calendar days before, exhibits marked with numbers (petitioner) and letters (respondent), five copies, audio/video exhibits on flash drives, trial briefs of no more than ten (10) pages filed five (5) days before, and in-person appearance at trial.

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Ventura County > Superior Court of California, County of Ventura > Courtroom J1

Source of truth

NOTICE REGARDING RULES FOR CIVIL HARASSMENT RESTRAINING ORDER (CHRO) MATTERS IN DEPT. J1 Civil harassment cases are heard on Monday and Friday afternoons from 2:30 – 4:30 PM in Department J1. Self Help: Self Help is available to assist litigants with Civil Harassment Restraining Orders at the Juvenile Justice Complex on the following days/times: Tuesdays (all day) and Friday (mornings only). Requi

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: October 7, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-ventura-2026-10-07

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-07 (California T4 Ventura build 2026-10-07) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-ventura/docs/general/notice_regarding_courtroom_j1_instructions.pdf (153105 bytes, sha256 93362888d78909ed6397842c9f6c6ef5685f6a9852d6c5d5944ed50c82bebd73; 2 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running headers or footers removed as chrome (a running header or footer kept once where it names or dates the document); lines reflowed into the document's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. Attached to Judge Carol L. Hubner: the document is Courtroom J1's, and the court's Judicial Assignments page for the Juvenile Courthouse (effective as of January 5, 2026) seats Judge Carol L. Hubner in Courtroom J1.