Yuba Superior Court Filing Rules

A permanent guardian may not be appointed ex parte.

An Order to Shorten Time will be filed only if the motion was previously filed or is filed at the same time.

Copies of an evaluator’s written withdrawal request must be mailed to counsel or, if a party is unrepresented, to that party.

A $20 fee must accompany a stipulation and order when presented or the documents will not be processed.

A Notice of Manual Filing must be filed electronically.

The Clerk sets a conservatorship petition for hearing and issues the citation upon presentation; incomplete citation service on the return date cannot be perfected by continuance.

The hearing date for a pre-hearing discovery motion must be obtained from the Court Clerk, Juvenile Division.

The Court must receive a courtesy copy of the ex parte request and all supporting documents by 2:00 p.m. on the day before the hearing.

Counsel in cases set for a long cause hearing or trial must meet and confer in good faith with their clients present or immediately available, exchange relevant documents, and attempt to resolve all issues; good cause may excuse document exchange.

Evidence obtained from an electronic device must be printed out for text messages or social media texts, or copied onto a flash drive, and properly authenticated before admission.

Counsel and parties must redact personal identifiers and privileged or confidential information; the Clerk does not review documents for compliance.

Briefs are limited to 18 pages unless the Court grants leave.

The parties must lodge the jury instructions jointly.