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Proposals Open for Public Comment by Topic

Appellate (9)

Civil (21)

Court Interpreters (1)

Court Security (1)

Criminal (4)

Family and Juvenile (6)

Judicial Administration (1)

Miscellaneous (1)

Probate and Mental Health (4)

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Appellate

Appellate Procedure: Petition for Review (PDF, 56 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-01
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Appellate Procedure: Proceedings for Writ of Mandate, Certiorari, and Prohibition (PDF, 124 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-02
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Appellate Procedure: Habeas Corpus Proceedings (PDF, 88 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-03
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Appellate Procedure: Certificate of Interested Entities and Persons (PDF, 315 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-04
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Appellate Procedure: Briefs (PDF, 334 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-05
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Appellate Procedure: Record on Appeal (PDF, 392 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-06
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Appellate Procedure: Miscellaneous Appellate Division Rules and Form (PDF, 319 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-07
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Appellate Procedure: Judicial Notice (PDF, 53 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-08
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Appellate Procedure: Service and Filing (PDF, 367 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-09
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Civil

Alternative Dispute Resolution: Procedures for Addressing Complaints About Court-Program Mediators for Civil Cases (PDF, 470 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-10
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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CEQA Actions: Form and Format of Administrative Record (PDF, 75 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-11
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Civil: Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel (PDF, 56 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-12
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Civil Form: Summons for Cross Complaint (PDF, 315 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-13
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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State Housing Law: Summons (PDF, 315 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-14
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Civil Form: Notice of Entry of Judgment (PDF, 331 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-15
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Civil Form: Request for Entry of Default and Request for Dismissal (PDF, 89 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-16
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Trial Courts: Release of Court Records (PDF, 50 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-17
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Discovery: Geographic Limitations on Deposition Subpoenas (PDF, 354 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-18
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Motions in Unlawful Detainers and Other Summary Proceedings Involving Possession of Real Property (PDF, 148 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-19
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Civil Form: General Denial (PDF, 315 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-20
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Civil: Proof of Service (PDF, 93 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-21
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Small Claims: Proof of Service (PDF, 345 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-22
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Civil Form: Claims of Exemption (PDF, 71 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-23
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Civil: Case Management (PDF, 57 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-24
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Civil Form: Case Management Conference Statement (PDF, 79 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-25
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Attn. Camilla Kieliger
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Alteration of Judicial Council Forms (PDF, 69 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-26
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Attn. Camilla Kieliger
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Court-Appointed Temporary Judges: Application of Rules to Retired Judicial Officers: and Evaluating the Performance of Temporary Judges (PDF, 62 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-27
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Court-Appointed Temporary Judges: Recruitment, Selection, and Appointment of Temporary Judges (PDF, 66 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-28
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Civil Pretrial Rules (PDF, 164 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-29
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Class Actions: Entry of Judgment Following Final Approval of Settlement (PDF, 51 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-30
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Court Interpreters

Revisions and Updates to INT Forms (PDF, 417 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-31
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Court Security

Court Security Plans (PDF, 367 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-32
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Criminal

Criminal Cases: Petitions for Writ of Habeas Corpus (PDF, 87 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-33
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Criminal and Juvenile Law: DNA Expungement Forms (PDF, 72 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-34
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Criminal Law: Petition and Order for Expungement (PDF, 354 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-35
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Criminal Protective Order-Domestic Violence, Criminal Protective Order-Other Than Domestic Violence, and Notice of Termination of Protective Order in Criminal Proceedings (CLETS) (PDF, 195 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-36
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Family and Juvenile

Child Support: Compliance with Federal Mandate Related to Automated Child Support Calculation Program and Improvement of Access to Justice for Non-English Speaking Self-Represented Litigants (PDF, 141 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-37
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Family Law: Miscellaneous Forms (PDF, 187 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-38
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Juvenile Law: Miscellaneous Rule and Form Changes (PDF, 232 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-39
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Juvenile Law: Confidentiality of Records (PDF, 160 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-40
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Juvenile Law: Juvenile Dependency Court Performance Measures (PDF, 86 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-41
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Special Proposal: Implementation Guide to Juvenile Dependency Court Performance Measures (PDF, 292 KB)
The proposed Implementation Guide to Juvenile Dependency Court Performance Measures provides the detailed and technical information needed to implement juvenile dependency court performance measures in proposed rule 5.505 of the California Rules of Court.
Item Number: SP08-05
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

Please send your comments to:

Sonya Tafoya
Senior Research Analyst
Administrative Office of the Courts
455 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, California 94102
415-865-8973 phone
415-865-7217 fax
sonya.tafoya@jud.ca.gov

 

Judicial Administration

Judicial Branch Education: Minimum Education Requirements and Expectations-Justices' and Judges' Individual Recording and Reporting Form (PDF, 95 KB)
Item Number: SP08-06
Deadline for Comments: June 13, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Miscellanous

Advisory Commission on Civil Fees in the Courts (PDF, 66 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-46
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Probate and Mental Health

Probate-Decedents' Estates: Advice to Creditors of Decedents (PDF, 71 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-42
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Probate-Guardianships and Conservatorships: Court-appointed Counsel (PDF, 128 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-43
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Probate-Guardianships and Conservatorships: Responsibility of Institutions and Financial Institutions to Notify the Court Concerning Assets, Accounts, and Safe Deposit Boxes of Wards and Conservatees (PDF, 176 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-44
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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Probate-Guardianships and Conservatorships: Appointment of Temporary Guardians and Temporary Conservators (PDF, 186 KB)
Item Number: SPR08-45
Deadline for Comments: June 20, 2008 (5 p.m.)

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