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Chapter 1 (Rules 1.0 to 1.3): the Presiding Judge to serve a two-year term, selected in even numbered years at the January judges' meeting (1.0); judges' meetings on such day as the judges designate (1.1); the Court Executive Officer, under the direction of the Presiding Judge, to administer, direct and be responsible for the personnel who serve the Court - the Senior Attorney, the Child Custody Recommending Counselors, the Court Fiscal Manager, the Court Division Managers, the clerks and the other staff - and an administrative officer related to the CEO by blood or marriage to report to the Presiding Judge (1.2); the judicial officers' departments - Department 1 Hon. Debra L. Givens, Department 2 Hon. Benjamin Z. Wirtschafter, Department 3 Hon. Julia Scrogin, Department 4 Hon. Stephen W. Berrier, Department 5 Hon. Melanie K. Bendorf, Department 6 Hon. Kim McBride-Pera, Family Support Commissioner - and the assignments effective January 1, 2024: Presiding Judge, juvenile law/guardianships and Drug Court/Prop 36 to Judge Givens, Presiding Judge, Appellate Division, and family law to Judge Bendorf, probate and civil law, case management, unlawful detainer, small claims and LPS conservatorship to Judge Berrier, misdemeanor trials and traffic court trials to Judge Wirtschafter, criminal law to Hon. Julia Scrogin & Benjamin Z. Wirtschafter, felony trials to Judge Scrogin, and the family support commissioner (1.3); general orders of the presiding judge that certain classes of cases, or the cases filed in a division, shall be automatically assigned to a particular judge for all purposes, and until changed by such an order all cases filed in the Civil Division assigned to the Hon. Stephen W. Berrier, all cases filed in the Family Law Division to the Hon. Melanie K. Bendorf and all felony trials to the Honorable Julia Scrogin, for all purposes (1.3).
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CHAPTER 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE COURT 1.0 PRESIDING JUDGE The Presiding Judge shall serve for a two-year term, and shall be selected in even numbered years at the January judges’ meeting. Effective 7/1/99 1.1 JUDGES’ MEETINGS The judges shall hold meetings on such day as they may from time to time designate. Effective 7/1/99; Amended 1/01/17 1.2 COURT EXECUTIVE OFFICER The Court Executive Officer, under the direction of the Presiding Judge, shall administer, direct, and be responsible for all personnel who serve the Court in the following capacities: Senior Attorney Child Custody Recommending Counselors (I/II). Court Fiscal Manager Court Division Managers Court Information Services Staff (Reports to Presiding Judge) Senior Clerks Administrative Analyst Executive/Judicial Secretary Court Clerks (I/II/III) Legal Office Assistants Any administrative officer that is related to the CEO by blood or marriage shall report to the Presiding Judge. The functions defined herein were transferred from the County Clerk to the Superior Court effective Sep-tember 1, 1989. Effective 7/1/99, Amended 7/01/22 1.3 JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS Superior Court of California, County of Yuba’s judicial officers serve in the following departments: Department 1 Hon. Debra L. Givens Department 2 Hon. Benjamin Z. Wirtschafter Department 3 Hon. Julia Scrogin Department 4 Hon. Stephen W. Berrier Department 5 Hon. Melanie K. Bendorf Department 6 Hon. Kim McBride-Pera, Family Support Commissioner The following assignments are effective January 1, 2024: Presiding Judge Hon. Debra L. Givens Presiding Judge, Appellate Division Hon. Melanie K. Bendorf Probate and Civil Law Hon. Stephen W. Berrier Case Management Hon. Stephen W. Berrier Family Law Hon. Melanie K. Bendorf Misdemeanor Trials Hon. Benjamin Z. Wirtschafter Criminal Law Hon. Julia Scrogin & Benjamin Z. Wirtschafter Juvenile Law/Guardianships Hon. Debra L. Givens Unlawful Detainer Hon. Stephen W. Berrier Felony Trials Hon. Julia Scrogin Traffic Court Trials Hon. Benjamin Z. Wirtschafter Family Support Commissioner Hon. Kim McBride-Pera Small Claims Hon. Stephen W. Berrier LPS Conservatorship Hon. Stephen W. Berrier Drug Court/Prop 36 Hon. Debra L. Givens The presiding judge may from time to time issue general orders that certain classes of cases, or some or all cases filed in a particular division shall be automatically assigned to a particular judge for all purposes. Unless and until changed by such an order, all cases filed in the Civil Division of the Superior Court of California, County of Yuba are assigned to the Hon. Stephen W. Berrier for all purposes. Cases in the Civil Division already pending as of the effective date of these rules, and not otherwise already assigned are likewise as-signed to the Hon. Stephen W. Berrier for all purposes. All cases filed in the Family Law Division of the Superior Court of California, County of Yuba are assigned the Hon. Melanie K. Bendorf for all purposes. All felony trials are hereby assigned to the Honorable Julia Scrogin for all purposes. Amended 7/01/22; Amended 1/01/2023
CHAPTER 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE COURT 1.0 PRESIDING JUDGE The Presiding Judge shall serve for a two-year term, and shall be selected in even numbered years at the January judges’ meeting. Effective 7/1/99 1.1 JUDGES’ MEETINGS The judges shall hold meetings on such day as they may from time to time designate. Effective 7/1/99; Amended 1/01/17 1.2 COURT EXECUTIVE OFFICER The Court Executive Officer,
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-11 (California T4 Yuba build 2026-10-11) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-yuba/docs/local-rules/72026-draft-yuba-county-local-rules-final-signed.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “YUBA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT LOCAL RULES OF COURT Effective July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-11; 927009 bytes, sha256 e73a52e8ecad1d72c9f145105639038844ab916d66f96af59a00dd2e1f2257e0; 52 pages; this part PDF pages 12 to 13, printed pages 2 to 3) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the rules (PDF pages 11 to 48, printed 1 to 38) composed as one text, from the General Provisions' introduction to Rule 10.1, and cut at the introduction's first line and the ten chapter headings, each matched once as a whole line (a chapter may begin mid-page); each page's running header (“Superior Court of California, County of Yuba” with “Effective July 1, 2026”, or on PDF pages 46 to 48 “Effective January 1, 2026”) and its page number “- N -” at the bottom center removed as chrome (113 lines); lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's number set with its title as one line (“2.8 COURT REPORTERS”), each lettered or numbered subdivision starting a line, and each history line on a line of its own; Chapter 8's two ruled tables of local forms (PDF pages 42 to 45) set row by row, each row's cells left to right; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-11.txt) finds no struck run; 12 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: the introduction's first defined term set on its own line; in Rule 1.2 “Senior Clerks” and in Rule 1.3 six assignment rows, each set on its own line; Rule 2.11's street address set on its own line; two paragraph breaks the reflow closed, in Rules 2.8(A) and 7.1(B); one false break inside Rule 5.1(I) rejoined); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-11.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 adoption page, the list of each rule's effective or latest amendment date (PDF pages 3 to 5), the table of contents (PDF pages 6 to 10) and the index (PDF pages 49 to 52) belong to no card. Review note: Rule 1.3 names “Hon. Julia Scrogin” and “Hon. Kim McBride-Pera, Family Support Commissioner”; the court's Judicial Assignments page (held) names “Honorable Julia L. Scrogin” and “Honorable Kim E. McBride Pera” (Department 6, Title IV-D Child Support Cases). The assignments Rule 1.3 lists are “effective January 1, 2024”; the Judicial Assignments page, undated, lists the same departments. The Standing Order RE: Child Custody Recommending Counseling of July 28, 2026 (carded) is signed by Melanie K. Bendorf as “ASSISTANT PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT”, a designation Chapter 1 does not list. The Local Rules effective January 1, 2027 (held; linked as a draft) rewrite Rule 1.0 (the Presiding Judge's term “commencing January in even numbered years”, the selection “in odd numbered years at the September judges’ meeting”) and Rule 1.3 (Department 3 Hon. Melanie K. Bendorf, Department 5 Hon. Tamera N. Sowles; the assignments effective January 1, 2027) - a review task, with the re-carding when that edition takes effect.
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.