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Ventura County Superior Court — Limitation on Counter Filings - Family Law (revised Dec. 15, 2025)

High confidence· verified October 7, 2026Divisional InstructionsLimitation on Counter Filings - Family Law (revised Dec. 15, 2025), Superior Court of California, County of Ventura; posted on the court's Family Law page (https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/divisions/family-law) at https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/fl_limitation_on_counter_filings.pdf, fetched 2026-10-07.

Summary

Family Law filings excluded from in person processing - case initiating papers (except restraining orders and papers presented with a Request for Order or ex parte request), judgment packets (except Requests for Entry of Default), writs and abstracts, pension plan joinders, and documents for the clerk's signature as elisor - dropped off, mailed or submitted through eDelivery (Local Rule 4.05), with a stamped, self-addressed return envelope or attorney service mailbox number; drop box filings before 4:00 p.m. filed that day.

Applies to

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

Requirement

Superior Court of California County of Ventura LIMITATION ON COUNTER FILINGS The following Family Law filings are excluded from in person processing and are required to be dropped off using the court drop box, mailed, or submitted through eDelivery. (See Ventura Superior Court Local Rule 4.05 on the court website for a list of filings that cannot be submitted through eDelivery). 1. Case initiating papers, except Restraining Orders and case initiating documents presented for filing with a Request for Order and/or Ex-parte Request. 2. Judgment packets, except Requests for Entry of Default. 3. Writs and Abstracts. 4. Employee Pension Benefit Plan Joinders and Complaints for Joinder. 5. Preparation of documents for signature by the Clerk of the Court after appointment as elisor. Filings dropped off using the court drop box or mailed must include: 1. A stamped, self-addressed return envelope OR 2. Attorney service mailbox number Filings received without one of the above will be placed in the public pick-up bin and, if not picked up within thirty days, will be discarded. Filings deposited in the court drop box Monday through Friday, before 4:00 p.m., excluding holidays, will be filed the date they are received. (Revised Dec. 15, 2025)

Source of truth

Superior Court of California County of Ventura LIMITATION ON COUNTER FILINGS The following Family Law filings are excluded from in person processing and are required to be dropped off using the court drop box, mailed, or submitted through eDelivery. (See Ventura Superior Court Local Rule 4.05 on the court website for a list of filings that cannot be submitted through eDelivery). 1. Case initiating

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/fl_limitation_on_counter_filings.pdf (201589 bytes, sha256 ba12a6b5ca9ec6b25a4ae51ccccbc1d36f6b554bacdab235b56b4afd5d0f3bfc; 1 page) 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. Review note: The Family Law page also links the court's Limitation on Counter Filings revised April 8, 2024 (civil and family law; held): this notice replaces its family law list; whether its civil list still applies is a review task.