RULE NO. 5


I.  Law and Motion Calendar

    A.  In Skamania County the criminal motion calendar shall be heard commencing at
        9:00 AM and the civil motion calendar shall be heard at 1:30 PM. Ex parte
        matters and adoptions will be heard at 8:30 AM in chambers. Pro se non-contested
        dissolutions and protection order petitions will be heard at 9:00 AM on the Friday
        after the criminal/civil motion day.

    B.  In Klickitat County the criminal and civil motion calendars shall be heard
        commencing at 9:30 AM. Ex parte matters and adoptions will be heard at 9:00 AM
        on the civil motion day in chambers. Pro se non-contested dissolutions and
        protection order petitions will be heard at 3:00 PM on the civil motion day.

    C.  Presentation of Law and Motion matters shall be limited to a hearing time of
        ten (10) minutes for each side. Matters requiring argument longer than above
        prescribed shall be scheduled on a special hearing date to be set by the Court
        Administrator.

    D.  Ex parte matters may be heard in chambers on any judicial day (preferably on
        Motion Days) before Court is convened or after Court is recessed. These matters
        need not be noted for placement on the Clerk's docket.

    E.  Probate matters may be submitted to the Court in chambers and shall not require
        testimony except as ordered by the Court upon application or as required by statute.
        Probate matters in which the Court is requested to find that procedural steps
        have been taken shall be accompanied by the Court file when presented.
	(Adopted effective September 1, 1996)

    F.  All hearings that are to be held in courts outside of the county where the case
        has been filed shall be coordinated through the Klickitat/Skamania County Court
        Administrator. The Court Administrator shall then notify the clerk in which the
        case has been filed of the out-of-county hearing date and time.
	

(Adopted effective September 15, 2000)