San Luis Obispo Superior Court Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

Checked and corrected to match the court's document on Oct 4, 2026WARNING

A motion requiring a hearing must be set for a definite date confirmed with the court clerk in the assigned department before the motion is noticed.

Any motion requiring a hearing must be noticed for a date certain after confirming such date with the court clerk in the assigned department prior to noticing the motion.

Not confirmed. Read the court's wording below.CRITICAL?

Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 5.98, all parties and all attorneys are required to meet and confer to resolve as many issues as possible prior to a hearing on a request for order, except for cases involving domestic violence. This meeting shall be conducted either in-person, telephonically, or through a video-conferencing platform. This meet and confer shall include discussing all issues, which shall encompass agreeing and/or narrowing areas of disagreement as to the various inputs relevant to any required calculations/submittals. This requirement does not apply to cases involving domestic violence in which an active restraining order exists and the protected party is self-represented.

Summary: Before a hearing on a request for order, all parties and attorneys must meet and confer in person, by telephone, or by video to resolve or narrow disputed issues, subject to the stated domestic-violence exceptions.

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Under no circumstances may a restrained party communicate directly with a protected party under the guise of complying with any meet and confer requirement.

Summary: A restrained party may not communicate directly with a protected party to satisfy a meet-and-confer requirement.