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On May 22, 2020 the Superior Court of California County of San Diego issued General Order 052220-55

In Re: Procedures Regarding Electronically Imaged Court Records, Electronic Filing, and Access to Electronic Court Records in Family Law Cases 

The ultimate goal of the Imaging Program is to create paperless or electronic file in all family law cases.

Effective May...

New Courtroom assignment for San Diego Family Law departments. 

Perior Department New Department in New Courthouse

Prior Sixth Avenue Courthouse Departments

 

Family Dept. F5 Central 604

Family Dept. F1  Central 601

Family Dept. F2 ...

2017 Judicial Officer Moves—New Central Courthouse (1100 Union Street)

Please note the Judicial Assignments for the relocation of your case to the new courthouse.

Judicial Officer / From Dept /T o Dept / Effective date

Commissioner White / F1 / 601 / July 17

Judge Camarena / F2 / 602 / July 17

Judge Katz / F3 / 701 / July 17

Judge Rosenstein / F4 / 703 / July 17

Superior Court of California

County of San Diego

CENTRAL COURTHOUSE

220 WEST BROADWAY

PO BOX 122724

SAN DIEGO CA 92112-2724

May 12, 2017

PUBLIC NOTICE

CLOSURE OF COURTHOUSE BUILDINGS (FAMILY COURT AN...

NEWS RELEASE

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA  COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO

Post Office Box 120128 San Diego, CA 92112-0128

Release: Immediately Contact: Karen Dalton

Date: 10/13/16 Phone: (619) 450-5353

Attorney disbarments, suspensions and probations in San Diego, California over the past six months (Through October 2016).

*This may not be a complete list and accuracy is not guaranteed. Please check the status of individual attorneys on the California State Bar Association website at: Calbar.gov. For a complete list of recent disciplinary actions against licensed attorneys for October ...

San Diego Superior Court’s

Family Court Moves To Imaged Files

Electronic Documents Become Official Record on October 17th

More than a year after implementing a new Family Law case management system, the Superior Court is set to designate imaged Family Court documents as t...

Today, June 26, 2015 will mark a very important day in constitutional history as the Supreme Court decides that all states must recognize same-sex marriages from other states and must allow same-sex couples to marry.

Summary: In this historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that denying same-sex couples the freedom to marry violates the U.S. Constitution. The Court’s decision invalidates all state statutes and constitutional amendments bar...

The following are new Bills currently running through the system:

Custody, Support, and Parentage Related

AB 297 Child custody: preferences of child. Clarifying changes only to Family Code Section 3042. This code section addresses the requirement of the court to hear and consider the preferences and testimony of children in custody cases. To read this Bill click

The United States Supreme Court Grants Review in Same-Sex Marriages Cases. 

On Friday, 1/16/2015, the United States Supreme Court granted review in four cases stemming from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision upholding bans on marriages between same-sex couples in the states of Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee. Prior to the Sixth Circuit’s ruling, same-sex marriage bans had been found unconstitutional by the Fourth, Seve...