Tulare Superior Court Filing Rules

When both parties are unrepresented, Self-Help Resource Center staff will prepare the Findings and Order After Hearing forms.

When the case-opening and income-information conditions are met, the Department must mail its report to the parties or attorneys within 120 days after referral.

Probate Code and court-ordered filing deadlines will be strictly enforced, and noncompliance may result in surcharges or other sanctions without a showing of good cause.

An application to continue a noticed motion must be addressed to the judge of the assigned department and evaluated under the chapter's requirements.

An administrative-record document may be supplied only in paper format when an electronic version is not feasible because electronic reproduction would impair readability, unless law requires otherwise.

The clerk must electronically upload each minute order to the court’s electronic file of actions in chronological order instead of maintaining a minute book.

A party must notify the court of its intention to appear by telephone to (559) 730-5010, fax to (559) 733-6774, or email to research_attorney@tulare.courts.ca.gov.

A filing fee must be paid when filing either the continuance motion or the stipulation.

The original appellate brief must be accompanied by three copies when submitted for filing.

A party seeking a post-separation, pre-trial valuation date must comply with Family Code notice requirements and obtain a hearing on the motion before the settlement conference.

A routine request to extend or shorten time must be submitted in writing to the clerk, may not exceed five pages, and must include a declaration under penalty of perjury.

Requests submitted to the 987.9 judge must be placed in a sealed envelope marked confidential and addressed only to that judge.