Chelan Superior Court

		
		
                                                   LR 77
                                   SUPERIOR COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS

     (o)  Court Calendar

     (1)  The Motion Judge will hold Probate and Law and Motion Calendars each Friday at 9:30 a.m.  Adoption
hearings will be heard at 9:00 a.m. on the Law and Motion Calendar.

     (2)  The Judges rotate as Motion Judge according to the schedule published periodically by the Judges.

     The Motion Judge's schedule is as follows:

                  Monday:     Criminal Calendar

                 Tuesday:     9:00  Domestic Violence Calendar

               Wednesday:     Criminal Calendar

                Thursday:     9:30  Special Set Criminal Matters (week prior to criminal trials)
	
                  Friday:     9:30  Law & Motion Calendar/Adoptions at 9:00 AM (Second and
                                    Fourth Friday.  First and Third Friday the Law & Motion Calendar
                                    is presided over by the court commissioner.)

     To obtain a special set please call (509) 667-6210 or e-mail SuperiorCourt.Judge@co.chelan.wa.us.

     A COURT REPORTER WILL NOT BE PROVIDED FOR ANY CIVIL MATTER SCHEDULED UNLESS REQUESTED AT LEAST TWO
COURT DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING OR TRIAL.

     (3)  Except as otherwise provided in LR 77(o)(3)(a) hereof, Domestic Relations and Domestic Show Cause
hearings where an attorney has appeared will be held each Monday at 1:30 p.m.  The Court Commissioner will
preside.  Domestic Relations and Domestic Show Cause hearings where the parties are pro se will be specially
set before the assigned judge.

     (a)  Domestic Relations and Domestic Show Cause hearings requiring more than 30 minutes will be
scheduled by special setting before the judge assigned to hear the trial.  See LR 7(b)(1)(F).

     A COURT REPORTER WILL NOT BE PROVIDED FOR ANY DOMESTIC RELATIONS SHOW CAUSE HEARING UNLESS REQUESTED
AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF THE HEARING.

     (4)  Default Dissolution Hearings will be held on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m.  The Court Commissioner will
preside.

     (5)  Juvenile Calendars will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. or such other time as
matters are set.  The Court Commissioner will preside over juvenile calendars.

     (6)  Dependency Hearings will be held on Wednesdays or such other time as matters are set.  The Court
Commissioner will preside.

     (7)  Holiday Scheduling - any court calendar falling on an official court holiday will be cancelled.

     (A)  The Judges may, by order, further alter these court schedules as needed and as available
courtroom space requires.

     (p)  Ex parte Matters.

     (1)  Non-Emergency.  Non-emergency ex parte orders shall be left in the Judges Chambers box in the
County Clerk's Office or in the mailbox outside the door to Judges Chambers for consideration.  Orders left
prior to 10:30 a.m. will be considered by the Court and available for pick-up in the County Clerk's office
not later than 4:30 p.m. that same day.  Orders left after 10:30 a.m. will be available for pick up not
later than 4:30 p.m. on the following day.

     (2)  Emergency Orders.  Emergency orders may be presented directly to Judges Chambers and will be
considered by any available judicial officer, or as soon as one becomes available.

     (q) Special Settings.  Any civil matter which will require more than twenty minutes of argument shall
be specially set at a time arranged with the Court.  See LR 7(b)(1)(F).

     (r)  The Judges will preside over all matters scheduled on a calendar even though the matter is
assigned to another department, except for sentencings, motions for summary judgment or matters where there
is a conflict.


[Amended September 1, 2015; Amended September 1, 2017]