DIVISION 20. PILOT PROJECTS [20000. - 20043.]
Division 20 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.
§§ 20000–20043 · 30 sections
PART 1. FAMILY LAW PILOT PROJECTS §§ 20000–20043 · 30 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 20000–20002 · 3 sections
- § 20000 (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Child and spousal support are serious legal obligations. In addition, children are frequently left in…
- § 20001 The Superior Courts of the Counties of Santa Clara and San Mateo may conduct pilot projects pursuant to this part. Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20010)…
- § 20002 The duration of the pilot projects shall be two years.
CHAPTER 2. San Mateo County Pilot Project §§ 20010–20026 · 15 sections
- § 20010 The San Mateo County Pilot Project shall apply to hearings on motions for temporary child support, temporary spousal support, and temporary health insurance…
- § 20011 Motions for temporary orders under this chapter shall be heard as soon as practicable, consistent with the rules governing other civil actions.
- § 20012 The court shall appoint a Family Law Evaluator, who shall be available to assist parties. By local rule the superior court may designate the duties of the…
- § 20013 The court shall provide the Family Law Evaluator at no cost to the parties.
- § 20014 The clerk shall stamp all moving papers in which a party is not represented by counsel with a notice of a requirement to see the Family Law Evaluator. The…
- § 20015 The court shall adopt a protocol wherein all litigants, both unrepresented by counsel and represented by counsel, have ultimate access to a hearing before the…
- § 20016 The court may elect to publish a low-cost booklet describing this program.
- § 20017 The Family Law Evaluator shall be an attorney, licensed to practice in this state.
- § 20018 Orders for temporary support issued pursuant to this chapter shall comply with the statewide uniform guideline set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section…
- § 20019 Where it appears from a party’s application for an order under this chapter or otherwise in the proceedings that the custody of, or visitation with, a minor…
- § 20020 In a contested proceeding for temporary child or spousal support under this chapter, both the moving party and the responding party shall provide all of the…
- § 20021 A party who fails to submit documents to the court as required by Section 20020 may, in the court’s discretion, not be granted the relief requested, or the…
- § 20022 The tax return submitted pursuant to Section 20020 may be reviewed by the other party. A party may be examined by the other party as to the contents of the tax…
- § 20023 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c): (1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to a child for whom services are provided or required to be…
- § 20026 (a) It is estimated that under the pilot project authorized by this chapter, approximately 2,200 litigants will be served annually and that the following…
CHAPTER 3. Santa Clara County Pilot Project §§ 20030–20043 · 12 sections
- § 20030 The Superior Court of the County of Santa Clara may conduct a pilot project pursuant to this chapter.
- § 20031 The pilot project applies to all hearings, for temporary or permanent child or spousal support, modifications thereof, health insurance, custody, or visitation…
- § 20032 (a) Each and every hearing in a proceeding described in Section 20031 in which child or spousal support is at issue, including related contempt matters, shall…
- § 20033 The court may pass a local rule that suspends the use of the Income and Expense Declaration mandated by California Rule of Court 1285.50 in some or all…
- § 20034 (a) An attorney, known as an Attorney-Mediator, shall be hired to assist the court in resolving child and spousal support disputes, to develop community…
- § 20035 Orders for temporary support issued pursuant to this chapter shall comply with the statewide uniform guideline set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section…
- § 20036 Upon motion by either party or on the court’s own motion, any proceeding that would otherwise fall within this pilot project may by judicial order be exempted…
- § 20037 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c): (1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to a child for whom services are provided or required to be…
- § 20038 (a) In any case where either party has filed a motion regarding a custody or visitation dispute and has not yet scheduled an appointment for the mediation…
- § 20040 The court may elect to publish a low-cost booklet describing the program.
- § 20041 The court shall centralize, augment, and coordinate all presently existing programs under the court’s supervision that relate to children, including, but not…
- § 20043 (a) It is estimated for Santa Clara County’s participation in the pilot project authorized by this chapter, that 4,000 litigants will be served annually, and…