UPCOMING SYSTEM MAINTENANCE 9/17/22 - 9/18/22 Los Angeles Superior Court will be conducting system maintenance to their Civil eFiling system starting on Saturday, September 17th at 7:00 pm until Sunday, September 18th at 7:00 am PST. Users will not be able to eFile into the Los Angeles Civil department during this planned maintenance. First Legal, [...]
Attention Orange County Filers: Orange County Superior Court will be conducting system maintenance to their Civil and Probate eFiling system starting on Friday, September 16th from 6:30 pm until 11:30 pm PST. Users may experience brief delays or issues retrieving cases or submitting transactions during this maintenance window. First Legal, your premier litigation support provider.
FAMILY LAW DIVISION ANNOUNCES COURTROOM CHANGES AT THE WHITTIER AND COMPTON COURTHOUSES The Family Law Division will implement the following changes to courtroom operations, effective September 26, 2022: Judge Emily T. Spear will be reassigned from Department N, Compton Courthouse, 200 W. Compton Blvd., Compton to Department 201, Whittier Courthouse, 7339 South Painter Ave., Whittier. [...]
REGISTER NOW FOR OCTOBER 19 JUDICIAL APPLICATION VETTING & SUPPORT VIRTUAL WORKSHOP SPONSORED BY THE COURT’S JUDICIAL MENTOR PROGRAM Join Presiding Judge Eric C. Taylor as our Court welcomes: Judicial Appointments Secretary Luis Céspedes From 12 – 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, for a virtual workshop on the judicial vetting and appointment process [...]
EXECUTIVE OFFICER SHERRI R. CARTER RETIRING FROM COURT SERVICE AFTER DRIVING TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS TO MODERNIZE COURT OPERATIONS IN THE NATION’S LARGEST TRIAL COURT AND GUIDING THE COURT THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, BUDGET CRISES WITHOUT LAYOFFS OR FURLOUGHS A Leader with Executive Court Leadership on the State, National & International Levels, Carter will be Recognized on [...]
LACOURTCONNECT EXPANDING TO INCLUDE TRAFFIC, INFRACTION TRIALS BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 6 Registration Begins After 5 p.m. on September 2 Effective September 6, LACourtConnect (LACC), the Court’s free remote appearance technology, will be available for remote courtroom appearances for traffic and infraction trials, making video appearances available for all traffic hearing types. Registration begins after 5 p.m. [...]
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 14, THE COURT WILL PRIORITIZE OFFICIAL COURT REPORTERS FOR CRIMINAL FELONY, JUVENILE CASES AS SEVERE STAFFING SHORTAGES PERSIST DESPITE NEW STATE FUNDING Court Reporters Currently Assigned to Family Law, Probate, and Writs and Receiver Matters will be Reassigned to Cover Statutorily-Mandated Case Types Despite significant increases in trial court funding designated to hire [...]
UPCOMING SYSTEM MAINTENANCE 8/26/22 - 8/28/22 ALL of Los Angeles Superior Court’s eFiling departments will be conducting system maintenance starting on Friday, August 26th at 7:00 pm until Sunday, August 28th at 12:00 pm PST Users will not be able to eFile into the Family or Probate divisions during this planned maintenance. Due to the [...]
UPCOMING SYSTEM MAINTENANCE 8/23/22 Los Angeles Superior Court will be attempting its fail-over system tonight, August 23rd. The drill will take place during their maintenance window from 10:00 pm to 12:00 am. Users may experience eFiling disruptions during this maintenance window. First Legal, your premier litigation support provider.
MANDATORY EFILING FOR ADOPTIONS, ABANDONMENT, AND EMANCIPATION DOCUMENTS IN JUVENILE DEPENDENCY EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 19 Beginning September 19, the Court will implement mandatory efiling for attorneys representing litigants and/or agencies for all adoption documents, pursuant to Family Code Sections 8500- 9340, as well as abandonment and emancipation documents in juvenile dependency, as required per Presiding Judge [...]