Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda

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California Superior Local Rules

chapter 3.110 3-11 Applications for stays of execution or other extraordinary relief 3.650 3-25 Appointment of legal counsel for conservatees and proposed conservatees 7.820 7-18 Assignment of cases 3.120 3-11 Assignment of complex, asbestos, and silica cases 3.260 3-16 Assignment of temporary judges to hear civil causes 3.131 3-12 Attorney competency requirements 5.536 5-34 Attorney’s fees and expert’s fees [Repealed] 5.65 5-13 Authorization for foster parents to approve school activities 5.542 5-41

Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026 Index - 2 Subject Rule Page Bond for trustee 7.550 7-13 Bond required 7.880 7-20 Briefing

schedule and length of memoranda 3.340 3-22 Briefs 8.120 8-1 Calendaring and continuances 5.504 5-19 Calendaring cases involving placement failures and run-aways 5.553 5-44 CALICO recordings and transcripts 4.160 4-3 Case management 3.170 3-15 Case management for asbestos and silica cases 3.290 3-18 Cases involving the California Environmental Quality Act 3.300 3-19 Cash deposit on bids for real property 7.310 7-9 Child custody evaluation 5.80 5-16 Child custody recommending counseling 5.75 5-14 Child visitation by a nonprofessional supervisor 5.20 5-6 Citation and effect of rules 1.1 1-1 Complaint procedure 3.750 3-28 Complaints regarding court-appointed counsel for a child 5.82 5-17 Composition of jury panels 1.10 1-8 Conduct of status, case resolution, and settlement conferences 5.45 5-8 Conduct of trials 5.50 5-13 Construction and application of rules 1.2 1-1 Contents of account 7.390 7-11 Contents of first account 7.510 7-13 Contents of inventories in no or cash-only asset cases 7.760 7-15 Contents of Notice and Declaration Regarding Notice 7.115 7-6 Continuances 4.330 4-4 Copy of will and codicil 7.150 7-7 Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) 5.510 5-24

Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026 Index - 3 Subject Rule Page Court reporter 8.150 8-2 Court reporters 3.95 3-10 De facto parents 5.532 5-31 Deadline for filing petitions to revoke supervision [Repealed] 4.140 4-2 Declaration of notice on application for emergency orders 5.15 5-4 Default matters 3.60 3-9 Defendant’s personal appearance required at trial 4.335 4-4 Deferred Status Conference Pending Collaborative Law Process, Private Mediation, or Court Appointed Private Judge 5.26 5-6

Definitions 1.5 1-1 Dependency mediation 5.533 5-33 Description of principal and income 7.520 7-13 Designation of assigned judge in subsequent documents 3.140 3-14 Designation of civil cases 3.20 3-1 Designation of statutory basis for declaring a

section 707(

b) offense 5.555 5-44 Determination of a case as a complex case or an asbestos or silica case 3.250 3-15 Disclosure of benefits received 7.840 7-18 Disclosure of education and medical information to social workers and children’s attorneys 5.545 5-42 Disclosure of extraordinary costs 7.320 7-9 Disclosure of medical information to foster parents and other care providers 5.544 5-42 Discovery 3.31 3-5 Discovery 5.506 5-20 Discovery Facilitation Program [Repealed] 3.800 3-29 Disinterested Petitioner Required for Compromise of Disputed Claim 7.170 7-8 Dismissal upon failure to file opening brief 8.100 8-1 Disputes regarding the contents of the administrative record 3.335 3-22 Division Title 5.5 5-1 Division title 5.501 5-18

Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026 Index - 4 Subject Rule Page Effective date of these rules 1.3 1-1 Electronic filing and service 3.27 3-2 Electronic filing and service 6.3 6-1 Electronic filing and service in mental health cases 7.2.1 7-3 Electronic filing and service in probate proceedings 7.2 7-1 Electronic filing of documents in criminal cases 1.85 1-14 Electronic filing of documents in juvenile cases 1.86 1-15 Ex parte Applications Excluded from Notice Requirement 7.120 7-6 Ex parte requests for orders 5.507 5-20 Ex Parte review and application 5.15.1 5-4 Exhibits posing security or safety problem 4.150 4-2 Extraordinary compensation for preparation of tax returns 7.430 7-13 Extraordinary compensation for sales of real property 7.420 7-12 Extraordinary compensation when statutory compensation exceeds $20,000 7.410 7-12 Facsimile filing 1.8 1-6 Failure to comply with these rules 1.13 1-13 Failure to comply with these rules 3.90 3-10 Filing reports 5.503 5-19 Format of the administrative record 3.330 3-21 Forms [Reserved] 1.4 1-1 Forms of decrees 7.400 7-12 Frequency for filing accounts 7.530 7-13 General plan 7.810 7-17 Guideline for spousal or partner support 5.70 5-13 Health assessments 5.508 5-23 Hearing on the petition for appointment 7.800 7-17 Informing the court of other interest of a dependent child 5.541 5-39 Inquiries and complaints 3.760 3-28

Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026 Index - 5 Subject Rule Page Interagency information sharing 5.511 5-25 Inventory and appraisal required 7.750 7-15 Invitation to mediation [Repealed] 3.310 3-21 Judges’ vacation day 1.6 1-2 Judgments involving child custody, child support, or spousal support 5.72 5-14 Juror Questionnaires 1.12 1-13 Juvenile court administration 5.502 5-18 Law and motion 3.30 3-4 Marital settlement agreements 5.71 5-14 Minimum Bond for Out-of-State Personal Representatives 7.175 7-8 Motion to re-open case adjudicated by bail forfeiture 4.340 4-5 Motions 8.140 8-1 Motions and hearings 5.30 5-7 Motions to be relieved as counsel for a parent 5.537 5-37 Notation of omitted schedules 7.380 7-11 Notice of assignment 3.130 3-12 Notice of confirmation hearing 7.330 7-9 Notice of death 3.26 3-2 Notice of hearings on petitions for temporary guardianship 7.740 7-14 Notice that defendant has vacated premises and redesignation of case 3.630 3-25 Notice to dependency attorney of

section 241.1 reports 5.557 5-44 Notice to parties in related actions 7.710 7-14 Objections in the nature of a general demurrer to a petition 5.520 5-29 Office of the Family Law Facilitator 5.10 5-1 Organization 4.100 4-1 Other petitions for administrative or ordinary mandamus [Reserved] 3.400 3-25 Payment of court investigator fees 7.830 7-18 Petitions to compel arbitration or to confirm an arbitration award [Reserved] 3.500 3-25

Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026 Index - 6 Subject Rule Page Photographing, recording, broadcasting, and using electronic devices in court proceedings, courthouses, and other court locations; remote media access by video 1.7 1-2 Policy against bias 2.0 1-20 "Pre-grant" procedures 7.10 7-3 Preparation of orders after hearing [Repealed] 5.60 5-13 Preparation of the administrative record [Repealed] 3.320 3-21 Presentation of papers for filing in civil, family law, and probate 1.9 1-6 Pretrial hearings 5.551 5-44 Private mediation by stipulation 5.85 5-18 Procedure for complaints concerning dependency attorneys 5.540 5-38 Procedures governing CALICO videotapes 5.530 5-31 Prohibited activities in and around a courthouse 1.7.1 1-5 Protocol regarding inter-court communication of domestic violence restraining orders 1.11 1-8 Reappraisals 7.300 7-8 Record on appeal in traffic court matters 8.110 8-1 Recovery of costs and attorney fees when judgment is for amount within small claims court jurisdiction 3.70 3-9 Remote appearances 5.11 5-1 Remote proceedings 1.90 1-17 Reports accompanying accounts 7.860 7-19 Request for trial date 3.620 3-24 Requests to continue or drop a short-cause hearing, family law status conference, or a family centered case resolution conference 5.35 5-8 Requests to continue settlement conferences, long-cause hearings, and trials 5.40 5-8 Requests to set settlement conferences and trial dates 5.25 5-6 Required attendance at hearings 5.505 5-20 Required Community Property Allegations 7.160 7-7 Required Disclosure by Proposed Conservator of the estate or Proposed Trustee 7.165 7-7 Required Documents, Contents of Application and Declaration Regarding Notice 7.105 7-5

Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026 Index - 7 Subject Rule Page Requirement for clerk’s finding of reasonable diligence for substituted service 3.50 3-9 Requirements if use of estate is sought to support ward 7.790 7-17 Requirements of trustee’s accounts 7.500 7-13 Return of exhibits 3.97 3-10 Rules for alternative dispute resolution processes other than judicial arbitration 3.710 3-26 Rules for alternative dispute resolution processes other than judicial arbitration 7.30 7-4 Sale of securities 7.360 7-10 Sale of specifically devised or bequeathed property 7.350 7-10 Sanctions 5.100 5-18 Service of notice of initial status conference 5.17 5-6 Service of notices 3.135 3-13 Service of Papers 7.125 7-7 Service on beneficiaries when power sought is not conferred 7.540 7-13 Service requirements in asbestos and silica cases 3.280 3-17 Settlement meeting 3.350 3-23 Special circumstances cases 4.120 4-1 Special settings 7.5 7-3 Standard interrogatories in asbestos and silica cases 3.285 3-18 Standing pretrial orders 3.35 3-5 Standing referral to dependency mediation for family matters 5.535 5-34 Standing referral to dependency mediation in anticipation of dismissal 5.534 5-33 Statement of issues 3.370 3-23 Status conference 3.640 3-25 Status or case management conference 3.25 3-2 Status report required 7.870 7-19 Submission of earning assignment orders 5.73 5-14 The ADR administration committee 3.740 3-27

Local Rules of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda July 1, 2026 Index - 8 Subject Rule Page Time of Notice to Interested Persons and Person who Requested Special Notice 7.110 7-5 Title and Vesting Document 7.155 7-7 Title IV-D commissioners 5.95 5-18 Transfer to county seat 4.300 4-3 Travel with foster parents and group homes 5.543 5-41 Trial by declaration 4.310 4-4 Trial by declaration in absentia 4.320 4-4 Trial notebook 3.380 3-23 Unavailability of assigned judge 3.160 3-14 Uncontested jurisdiction hearing settings; use as settlement conference 5.522 5-30 Undertakings 3.610 3-24 Unlawful detainers 3.600 3-24 Use of alternative dispute resolution processes encouraged 3.700 3-26 Use of alternative dispute resolution processes encouraged 7.20 7-4 Visitation before detention hearing 5.514 5-29 Waiver of court investigator fee 7.730 7-14 Welfare and Institutions Code

section 388 petitions 5.546 5-42 Withdrawal of time waiver 4.130 4-1

Document details

Collection	California Superior Local Rules
Citation	d5b37bb756f618266ce40dda20ea31cbfbe4036c
Type	court_rule
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	CA_LOCAL
Identifier	d5b37bb756f618266ce40dda20ea31cbfbe4036c

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