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 [...]
When submitting a Stip & Order, if one of the parties listed on the stipulation has yet to appear in the case, the court will require First Appearance Fees for that party. Whichever party agrees to file the Stip & Order will have to pay those fees at the time of filing. The court will [...]
The Los Angeles County Superior Court’s Civil Division is currently experiencing a court wide service outage. During the outage, filings are not able to be submitted electronically or manually. The court is aware of the issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience and we will send more information [...]
A recent software update by the Monterey Superior Court’s eFiling software provider has resulted in an anomaly that affects the case data transmitted from the filer to the court. In a small percentage of filings that require court fees, the “responsible party” information is not populating correctly on the court’s side. This anomaly affects [...]
The Los Angeles Superior Court operations manager notified all electronic filing service providers of a deficiency in some documents being submitted to the court. The First Amended General Order RE: Mandatory Electronic Filing for Civil, dated May 3, 2019, requires eFiled PDF documents to be submitted in text searchable format. Currently, 20% of the documents submitted [...]
The Los Angeles Superior Court and Journal Technologies held a monthly service provider update meeting last week. The following items were discussed: Common EFM Error Regarding First Appearance Fees There is a common error occurring that displays as "Pre-submit fee calculation error: First appearance fee for document is not found. Set up first appearance fee in [...]
Effective immediately, please submit an appropriate blank Civil Lawsuit Notice (CV-5012) or Civil Lawsuit Notice – Rule 3.740 Collections Cases (CV-5052) to the court for issuance of Judicial Assignment, Initial Court Hearing Date, Time, and Department with the filing of your new complaint. These forms may be located on The Superior Court of California, Santa [...]
