Effective May 18, the Judicial Branch will resume its daily schedule of civil pre-trials, trial management conferences, and status conferences. These events will be conducted remotely, either by video link or telephone. Participating lawyers will receive an e-mail with a link providing access to the event immediately prior. Those events that were scheduled to be...Read More
Effective the week of May 11, 2020, family pretrials and status conferences will be held telephonicall or texty. These remotely held events will be scheduled in cases from all Judicial District courts, whether or not the court location is currently open. Please check your E-Services inbox regularly for notices of these events. Any such notice...Read More
Parties to actions for dissolution of marriage or legal separation frequently submit for court approval proposed Qualified Domestic Relations Orders and other domestic relations orders relating to retirement assets. Such orders, referred to in these instructions as “QDROs,” are most commonly requested after judgment has entered, for the purpose of effectuating the terms of the...Read More
During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Judicial Branch has established a procedure whereby parties to gestational carrier agreements may request the approval of their agreements, and the entry of pre-birth orders, without coming to the courthouse for a hearing. In order for the court to consider the agreement without a hearing, a true and...Read More
The Judiciary has asked Congress for $36.6 million in supplemental funding, as well as several legislative reforms designed to help federal courts respond effectively to the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency. In an April 28 letter sent to leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the Judiciary identified $64.1 million in funding requirements needed to address...Read More
“During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Judicial Branch has established a procedure for parties with full written agreements in family court matters to request approval of their agreements without having to come to the courthouse for a hearing. The procedure is available to request the entry of final judgment in any action for custody,...Read More
