Beginning Thursday, October 1st, San Diego County Superior Court is expanding their Civil and Probate eFiling program to include more Electronic Filing Service Providers (EFSP). Electronic filing is mandatory for select case types and voluntary for other eligible cases. First Legal is a certified Electronic Filing Service Provider. Through our First Connect Portal, you will [...]
Through their vendor Tyler Technologies, Yolo County Superior Court has announced their plans to offer eFiling on Monday, August 17, 2020. Filing through the portal will be mandatory for represented parties on the day of launch. Self‑represented litigants, while strongly encouraged to eFile, are not required to do so. The court will post details on [...]
In a Statewide Order dated March 23, 2020, Hon. Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council, authorized all Superior Courts “to adopt any proposed rules or rule amendment that is intended to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to take effect immediately, without advance circulation for 45 days of [...]
Placer County Superior Court will commence mandatory eDelivery for all case types on Monday, May 11, 2020. This emergency change was authorized in conjunction with the Judicial Council and set forth in changes to the local court rules. Click here to view the emergency local rules of court. Through our concierge eFiling department, First Legal can [...]
THE CLERK’S OFFICES AT THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC; SERVICES TO BE TRANSITIONED TO TELEPHONIC AND REMOTE SOLUTIONS Effective March 23, 2020, and until further notice, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County will close the Clerk’s Offices at all 38 courthouses in response to the COVID-19 [...]
The Los Angeles Superior Court is currently experiencing issues with their civil case database. This in turn is preventing the operation of their eFiling system. A banner will be posted on our eFiling portal as long as the court connectivity is down. This connectivity issue is also preventing our Concierge team from submitting filings that [...]
Effective Monday, March 2, 2020 Superior Court of California, County of Kern will require mandatory electronic filing (eFile) by all represented parties in Family Law filings. Self‑represented litigants, while strongly encouraged to eFile, are not required to do so. View the full notice here. If you have any questions about eFiling, please contact our eFiling department here, [...]
In an effort to continue to improve service to the public and promote sustainability by reducing paper in the courthouse, the San Mateo Superior Court is implementing mandatory electronic filing (eFiling) for some case types, Court Executive Officer Neal Taniguchi announced today. As of January 21, 2020, San Mateo Superior Court requires that all parties, [...]
Effective January 1, 2020 Pursuant to Local Rules 18.22 et seq. effective January 1, 2020: “Subject to the exceptions in Local Rule 18.23, all represented parties, and other represented persons, are required to electronically file documents…for the following Case Types/Categories: 1. All Civil Matters; 2. All Probate Matters; 3. All Family Law Matters (including Department [...]
Effective January 1, 2020, Orange County Superior Court Local Rule 314A will be applicable. The text of the local rule can be found on the court’s website at https://www.occourts.org/directory/local-rules/local-rules-of-court/. Local Rule 314A requires electronic documents filed with or in response to another filed document to include on the first page the Register of Actions (“ROA”) number [...]
