Tuolumne Superior Court Filing Rules

The court will not process a request for order seeking a temporary emergency order unless completed form FL-303 is submitted at the same time.

All other fees/costs are approved except that PAGA allocations have changed (see Labor Code §2699(m) and should be adjusted accordingly in the proposed order.

Special-administration petitions ordinarily require at least 24 hours’ notice to the surviving spouse, the nominated executor, and any other person the Court identifies as entitled to notice.

The plaintiff was required to serve the defendant within 60 days under CRC 3.110.

Telephone-appearance requests under rule 5.9 must be filed no later than seven court days before the hearing, conference, or proceeding, except that child-support actions involving a local child support agency are governed by California Rules of Court, rule 5.324.

A required dismissal request must be served and filed within 45 days after the dismissal date specified in the settlement notice; otherwise, the court must dismiss the entire case unless good cause is shown.

Defendant must answer within 10 days after the demurrer was overruled.

A continuance in a Delay Reduction Case requires a noticed motion supported by a declaration showing necessity, unless the Court waives the noticed-motion requirement.

In civil cases other than unlawful detainer actions, the $150 first-day jury fee deposit must be received by the clerk at least 25 days before trial.

Before the discovery cutoff, a motion under the California Civil Discovery Act may not be filed or heard until the moving party files a written request for an informal discovery conference and the Court acts or is deemed to have acted on it.

The hearing date for a formal discovery motion must be obtained from the calendar coordinator.

If the parties have not yet seen that TR, they are directed to contact the Court to receive and review an advance copy before the hearing to expedite and streamline oral argument.

Parties filing documents in civil actions must exclude or redact Social Security numbers and financial account numbers as provided by California Rules of Court, rule 1.201.

The Court encourages the parties to discuss settlement at any time before the hearing.

Supporting memoranda are limited to 15 pages and oppositions to 10 pages, excluding the listed materials.

Each party must submit two copies of proposed jury instructions, witness lists, and proposed voir dire questions to the trial judge at least one court day before trial.

Colored paper may be used as an exhibit divider, but not to print the exhibit itself, and blue, goldenrod, green, pink, and yellow paper may not be used.