Council to Hold Regular Business Meeting May 15

May 12, 2020 | News Release

Meeting agenda and council reports are online, and a link to a live audiocast of the meeting will be on the California Courts website on the day of the meeting.

Categories: Judicial Council

Council Makes It Easier for Parties to Request Changes to Support Orders Amid Pandemic

April 20, 2020 | News Release

Judges now have discretion to backdate modification requests for child, spousal, partner, or family support orders during the state of emergency.

Categories: COVID-19, Judicial Council, Children and Families

Judicial Council Mandates Electronic Service of Documents in Most Civil Cases

April 17, 2020 | News Release

The council's latest temporary emergency rule requires attorneys to electronically serve and receive notices and documents in all general civil actions and family and probate proceedings when requested to do so.

Categories: COVID-19, Judicial Council

Judicial Council Adopts New Rules to Lower Jail Population, Suspend Evictions and Foreclosures

April 06, 2020 | News Release

At its meeting today, the council approved 11 temporary emergency rules, including setting bail statewide at $0 for misdemeanors and lower-level felonies and staying eviction and foreclosure proceedings.

Categories: Judicial Council

Judicial Council to Hold Second Emergency Meeting Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

April 04, 2020 | News Release

The Judicial Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday, April 6, at 12:20 p.m. via teleconference, to consider a slate of 11 temporary emergency rules in response to the COVID-19 health crisis.

Categories: Judicial Council, COVID-19

Judicial Council Approves Temporary Emergency Measures to Aid Courts During COVID-19 Pandemic

March 28, 2020 | News Release

The measures aim to continue essential court services while guarding the health and safety of the public, court employees, attorneys, litigants, judicial officers, law enforcement, and staff and inmates in detention facilities.

Categories: Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye, Judicial Council, COVID-19

Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye Comments on Governor Newsom's Executive Order on Judicial Council Emergency Authority

March 27, 2020 | News Release

I understand and appreciate the Governor’s order to use the authority of my office to protect the public and to ensure that access to justice is available to all.

Categories: Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye, Judicial Council, COVID-19

Judicial Council to Hold Special Meeting Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

March 26, 2020 | News Release

Emergency meeting of court and branch leaders from around the state will focus on measures to ensure California courts can meet stringent health directives while also providing due process and access to justice.

Categories: Judicial Council, COVID-19

COVID-19 Action: Chief Justice Cancels March Judicial Council Meeting

March 22, 2020 | News Release

In her role as chair of the Judicial Council of California, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye has cancelled the Judicial Council meeting scheduled for March 24, citing the need for Judicial Council members to attend to essential work in their trial and appellate courts.

Categories: Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye, Judicial Council, COVID-19

Council to Consider Funding Request to Build New Courthouses

March 17, 2020 | News Release

UPDATE: Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye has cancelled the Judicial Council meeting scheduled for March 24, citing the need for Judicial Council members to attend to essential work in their trial and appellate courts. See News Release

Categories: Judicial Council, Access 3D, Facilities