Solano Superior Court Document Format Requirements

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All petitions, pleadings, and motions filed with the Juvenile Court must use a court-approved format.

All petitions, pleadings and motions filed with the Juvenile Court must be in a format approved by the court.

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Ex parte applications must be written, and all counsel must receive notice at least one court day before the hearing.

All ex parte applications shall be in writing and the party making the applications shall provide notice to all counsel at least one court day prior to the hearing.

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A stipulation for visitation between a ward and another individual must be prepared as a pleading or on a court-designated guardianship form.

Stipulations between the parties for visitation between a ward and another individual shall be prepared as a pleading or on a form designated by the court for use in guardianship matters.

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All other visitation orders must be prepared and filed as pleadings or on forms designated by the court for guardianship matters.

All other court orders concerning visitation with a ward shall be prepared and filed as a pleading or on a form designated by the court for use in guardianship matters.

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The custody order must be prepared either as a pleading or on a court-designated form.

The custody order shall be prepared as a pleading or on a form designated by the court for use pursuant to this rule.

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Civil cases

Requested jury instructions and verdict forms must comply with the California Rules of Court; each instruction must be typed in full, consecutively numbered, completed, and submitted in two specified versions.

All requested jury instructions and verdict forms in compliance with the California Rules of Court. Each instruction shall be typed in full and numbered consecutively, with the submitting attorney having filled in all blanks and having made a decision as to all alternatives in the CACI instructions. Two copies of the requested jury instructions shall be submitted to the court. One copy shall have citations to authority and boxes for the court’s use regarding whether the instruction is given, refused, or withdrawn, and one copy shall be presented without citations to authority and boxes regarding given, refused, or withdrawn;

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Civil cases

Format

PDF

Documents uploaded to the secure exhibit portal must use PDF format, video exhibits must use AVI, FLV, WMV, MP4, or MOV, photographic exhibits must use JPEG, PNG, or TIFF, and total files may not exceed 50 MB.

Written documents submitted via the portal shall be submitted in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Video exhibits submitted via portal shall be submitted in one or more of the following formats: AVI, FLV, WMV, MP4 and MOV. Photographic exhibits submitted via portal shall be in one or more of the following formats: JPEG, PNG, or TIFF. Total file size for all submitted exhibits shall not exceed 50 MB.

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Civil cases

Video exhibits submitted through the secure portal must use AVI, FLV, WMV, MP4, or MOV format.

Video exhibits submitted via portal shall be submitted in one or more of the following formats: AVI, FLV, WMV, MP4 and MOV.

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Civil cases

Photographic exhibits submitted through the secure portal must use JPEG, PNG, or TIFF format.

Photographic exhibits submitted via portal shall be in one or more of the following formats: JPEG, PNG, or TIFF.

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Civil cases

The total file size for all submitted exhibits must not exceed 50 MB.

Total file size for all submitted exhibits shall not exceed 50 MB.

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Court reporters and pro tem reporters must follow the stated minimum transcript formatting standards when producing transcripts from court proceedings.

A licensed Court Reporter or Pro Tem Reporter employed by the Superior Court of California, County of Solano, shall comply with the following transcript format standards when producing a transcript from a court proceeding: (1) There shall be no fewer than 28 typed text lines per page; (2) A full line of text shall be no less than 64 characters; (3) Font shall be Courier, 12 pt; (4) Each question and answer shall begin on a separate line; (5) Text shall begin at the closest point to the left margin (left margin is defined as the first character of a line text); (6) Q and A symbols shall appear within the first 3 spaces from the left-hand margin; (7) Beginning text shall appear 2 spaces after Q and A; (8) Carry-over Q and A lines shall begin at the left-hand margin; (9) Colloquy and paragraphed material shall begin no more than 7 spaces from the left-hand margin with carry-over colloquy to the left- hand margin; (10) Speaker identification and Q shall be on the same line; and, (11) There shall be no blank lines on the first page of the appearance drop- in/beginning paragraphs.

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Civil cases

Electronically supplied exhibits must follow the secure exhibit portal's specified format and procedures.

If supplied electronically the exhibits shall follow the secure exhibit portal format and procedure as indicated above.

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Signatures on electronically filed documents should follow California Rules of Court, rule 2.257.

California Rules of Court, rule 2.257, should be followed regarding signatures on electronically filed documents.

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The court prefers that all forms be typed.

The court prefers that all forms be typed.

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Civil cases

Dividers or tabs between each item in the Trial Conference Statement are requested.

Use of dividers and/or tabs between each item is requested.

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Required

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The case number shall have the following format on all pleadings and forms filed with the court:

Summary: All pleadings and forms filed with the court must use the prescribed Solano County case-number format.

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Civil cases

Format

PDF

Written documents submitted via the portal shall be submitted in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).

Summary: Written exhibits submitted through the secure portal must be in PDF format.

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Civil cases

Total file size for all submitted exhibits shall not exceed 50 MB

Summary: The total file size for all exhibits submitted by the citing officer or agency must not exceed 50 MB.

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Civil cases

Petitions, orders and other documents for which there is no available form approved by the Judicial Council shall conform to the requirements of the California Rules of Court, rules 2.100-2.119.

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Civil cases

The document shall be served to the ESP either as a word-processing file or as a scanned image of the document.

Summary: Documents served through the ESP must be submitted as either a word-processing file or a scanned image.

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The petition may be filed in pleading format or may be filed on a Request for Order form (Judicial Council form FL-300).

Summary: A visitation petition may be filed as a pleading or on Judicial Council form FL-300.