LCR 3.
DOCKETING AND CONFIRMING CIVIL MOTIONS
A. MOTION DOCKETS
Motions to be argued shall be heard on the respective dockets as set
forth in this rule. In the event any day scheduled for a motion docket is a
legal holiday or a date when the court is unavailable for any reason, the date
for such docket shall be as scheduled by the Court Administrator. Any motions
pertaining to cases assigned to a specific judge shall be heard by that judge
and such motion hearings shall be scheduled through the Court Administrator,
unless such judge is the Motion Judge, in which event the motions shall be
heard on the civil motion docket.
1. The civil motion docket and guardianship docket shall be held on Friday.
All civil motions (other than family and guardianships) and motions for
revision shall be heard on the civil docket.
2. The family law docket, other than paternity, modification of
final child support orders and contempt of final child support
order cases, shall be heard on Friday.
3. The paternity and child support modification docket shall
be heard on Wednesday.
4. The schedule for motion dockets and trial assignments shall be as Follows:
Wednesday Court Commissioner
9:00 A.M. Final Dissolutions
10:00 A.M. Modification of Final Child Support Orders, Contempt of
Final Child Support Orders, Paternity Motions
Friday Motion Department
9:00 A.M. Ex Parte, adoptions and other confidential matters
9:30 A.M. Civil Motion Docket
11:00 A.M. Guardianship Docket
Friday Court Commissioner
9:00 A.M. Family Law Motion Docket
Friday Court Administrator
8:30 A.M. Trial Assignments
5. All motions shall be confirmed for argument through the Clerk's Office
by 12:00 noon two court days prior to the scheduled argument. Confirmations
shall be made by calling the County Clerk at (360) 740-2704. Motions not
confirmed will stricken unless the parties and the Court agree otherwise.
[Adopted effective September 1, 2001; amended effective September 1, 2003;
September 1, 2005; September 1, 2010; April 1, 2011; July 1, 2011; September 1, 2011]
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