Summary of Emergency Order - how to appear for court
Criminal Matters (Adult)
- Out of Custody Hearings
- Criminal Plea Hearing (Wednesday) – In person
- Criminal Docket – Zoom
- In Custody Hearings
- Criminal Plea Hearing – Zoom
- Criminal Docket – Zoom
Criminal Matters (Juvenile)
JUVENILE OFFENDER DOCKET
Beginning Monday, April 11, 2022, all youth, attorneys for youth, prosecutors, and probation counselors are required to attend court in-person.
SAFE AND ITC COURT
Beginning Monday, April 11, 2022, all SAFE and ITC Court participants, their attorney(s), and probation counselors will attend court in person. Treatment providers and other SAFE Court team members may attend court hearings via Zoom.
HOPE COURT
Beginning Monday, April 11, 2022, all participants of HOPE Court will attend court hearings in person. Treatment providers, attorneys, and other HOPE Court team members are permitted to remotely participate in pre-docket and the HOPE court docket via Zoom.
DEPENDENCY DOCKET
Beginning Monday, April 11, 2022, all attorneys (parent, AAG, and dependent children) are required to attend the dependency docket in person. Parents, child advocates (CCCA), guardians ad litem (GAL), and interpreters involved in dependency proceedings may appear either in person or via Zoom.
TRUANCY
All truancy proceedings shall continue to be conducted via Zoom.
AT RISK YOUTH
Beginning Monday, April 11, 2022, all youth, attorneys, and probation counselors are required to attend court in-person. Parents may attend in-person or via Zoom. Based on individualized circumstances, the probation officer may excuse a youth from attending in-person and participate via Zoom.
FACT FINDINGS
Fact findings (offender and dependency/termination) will be held in-person at either the juvenile courtroom or the Hall of Justice.
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UNIVERSAL READINESS
All universal readiness hearings will continue to be conducted via Zoom.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Seating inside the courtroom will be available for attorneys, probation counselors, CCCA/GAL, and a limited number of spectators. The lobby area will serve as a waiting/staging area. All dockets and fact findings will continue to have a hybrid component (a Zoom option) to allow for judicial officers to participate remotely.
Protection Order Hearings
(Domestic Violence, Stalking, Sexual Assault, Harassment)
- Hearing – Zoom
- Weapons Surrender Compliance – Zoom
Protection Order Hearings
(Domestic Violence, Stalking, Sexual Assault, Harassment)
- Hearing – Zoom
- Weapons Surrender Compliance – Zoom
Therapeutic Courts
- Adult Drug Court – In Person
- Adult Mental Health Court – Zoom
- Juvenile SAFE Court – In Person (see above for additional information)
- Juvenile Mental Health Court/ITC – In Person (see above for additional information)
Family Law
- Motion Hearing – Zoom
- Mandatory Settlement Conference – Zoom
State Initiated Paternity and Child Support
- Paternity Docket – Pleadings Only
- Child Support Contempt – Zoom
- Trial for Modification of Child Support – Pleadings Only
- Trial for Paternity and Initial Child Support – Zoom
Trial Assignment Docket
- Civil, Family Law, Dependency, Termination – Zoom
Civil Matters
- Adoption
- Hearing – Zoom (with Court approval - In person)
- Unlawful Detainer
- Hearing – Zoom
- Trial – Zoom
- Involuntary Treatment Act (ITA)/ Mental Health
- Hearing – Zoom
- Trial – Zoom
Appeal from Municipal/District Court
- RALJ Appeal – Pleadings Only (if Court allows oral argument – Zoom)
Dependency and Termination
- Dependency and Termination Docket – In person (see abovie for additional information)
- Fact Finding/Trial for Dependency and Termination – In Person
Youth Services
- CHINS (Child in Need of Services) – Zoom
- ARY (At Risk Youth) – In person (see above for additional information)
