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2020 Court News & Notices
Notices, Proposed Rules & Orders
- Invitation to Comment on Proposed Local Court Rules to Become Effective January 1, 2021. Comments Due by 2:30 p.m. on Friday, November 13, 2020. Please submit comments to smsccomment@sanmateocourt.org (Posted 09/29/2020)
- Public Notice: Court's Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 (Posted 08/13/2020)
- Invitation to Comment on Proposed Local Court Rules to Become Effective July 1, 2020. Comments Due by 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 (Posted 03/26/2020)
- Law & Motion Hearings (Posted 02/10/2020)
- Law & Motion Ex Parte Applications (Posted 02/10/2020)
- Law & Motion Tentative Rulings and Contesting Tentative Rulings (Posted 02/10/2020)
News & Press Releases
- Information Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Family Law Cases (Posted 12/18/2020)
- Tenth Court Emergency Response Calendar Memo Order to Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (Posted 12/16/2020)
- Information Regarding Traffic Case Matters and Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Court Operations (Posted 12/16/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #19 (Posted 12/11/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #18 (Posted 12/10/2020)
- Information Regarding Traffic Case Matters and Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Court Operations (Posted 11/30/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #17 (Posted 11/19/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #16 (Posted 11/19/2020)
- Juvenile Dependency and Juvenile Justice Memo #7 (Posted 11/03/2020)
- Amended Ninth Court Emergency Response Calendar Memo Order to Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (Posted 11/02/2020)
- Ninth Court Emergency Response Calendar Memo Order to Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (Posted 10/29/2020)
- Judicial Assignments Order, Effective January 1, 2021 (Posted 10/15/2020)
- Amended Eighth Court Emergency Response Calendar Memo Order to Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (Posted 10/02/2020)
- Eighth Court Emergency Response Calendar Memo Order to Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (Posted 09/30/2020)
- San Mateo County Superior Court Bench Elects Presiding Judge and Assistant Presiding Judge for 2021-2022 (Posted 09/22/2020)
- Amended Seventh Court Emergency Response Calendar Memo Order to Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (Posted 08/31/2020)
- Seventh Court Emergency Response Calendar Memo Order to Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (Posted 08/27/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #15 (Posted 08/26/2020)
- Court Announces New Office Hours to Public as a Result of State Budget Reductions (Posted 08/26/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #14 (Posted 08/26/2020)
- Amended Order #6 Related to Unlawful Detainer Proceedings and Judgments (Posted 08/25/2020)
- Order #6 Related to Unlawful Detainer Proceedings and Judgments (Posted 08/24/2020)
- Information Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Family Law Cases (Posted 08/20/2020)
- Information Regarding Traffic Case Matters and Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Court Operations (Posted 08/13/2020)
- Juvenile Dependency and Juvenile Justice Memo #6 (Posted 08/13/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #13 (Posted 08/13/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #12 (Posted 08/05/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #11 (Posted 08/05/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #10 (Posted 07/20/2020)
- Juvenile Dependency and Juvenile Justice Memo #5 (Posted 07/16/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #9 (Posted 07/13/2020)
- Information Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Family Law Cases (Posted 07/13/2020)
- Amended Sixth Court Emergency Response Calendar Memo Order to Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (Posted 07/13/2020)
- Order #5 Related to Unlawful Detainer Proceedings and Judgments (Posted 07/10/2020)
- Amended Notice Regarding Standing Order (19-154) Re: Court Reporters (Posted 07/09/2020)
- 2020 Amended Mid-Year Judicial Assignment Order Effective July 1 (Posted 06/18/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #8 (Posted 06/19/2020)
- Amended Order #4 Related to Unlawful Detainer Proceedings and Judgments (Posted 06/18/2020)
- 2020 Mid-Year Judicial Assignment Order Effective July 1 (Posted 06/18/2020)
- Information Regarding Traffic Case Matters and Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Court Operations (Posted 06/15/2020)
- Juvenile Dependency and Juvenile Justice Memo #4 (Posted 06/15/2020)
- Order #4 Related to Unlawful Detainer Proceedings and Judgments (Posted 06/12/2020)
- Amended Fifth Court Emergency Response Calendar Memo Order to Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (Posted 06/12/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court to Resume Jury Trials, as Court Slowly Re-opens from Pandemic Crisis (Posted 06/12/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #7 (Posted 06/12/2020)
- Grand Jury Application Extended to June 30, 2020 (Posted 06/02/2020)
- Northern Branch New Judicial Officer Honorable Michael K. Wendler (Posted 05/26/2020)
- Information Regarding Traffic Case Matters and Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Court Operations (Posted 05/20/2020)
- Information Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Juvenile Cases (Memo #3) (Posted 05/19/2020)
- Order #3 Related to Unlawful Detainer Proceedings and Judgments (Posted 05/18/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #6 (Posted 05/18/2020)
- Information Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Family Law Cases (Posted 05/13/2020)
- Fourth Court Emergency Response Calendar Memo Order to Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (Posted 05/12/2020)
- Statewide Emergency Order by Chief Justice of California on April 29, 2020 (Posted 05/12/2020)
- Emergency Local Rule 2-100 Adopted Effective May 11, 2020. (Posted 05/11/2020)
- COVID-19 Emergency Order Regarding Tentative Rulings, Briefing, and Hearings on Pending Matters in Law and Motion Department (Posted 05/08/2020)
- Emergency Order Re: Time Waived Misdemeanor Jury Trials (Posted 05/06/2020)
- COVID-19 Emergency Order Implementing Mandatory E-Filing Effective June 1, 2020 (Posted 05/05/2020)
- 2020 Judicial Assignment Judge Rachel Holt (Posted 05/04/2020)
- COVID-19 Emergency Order Regarding Discovery Conferences in Complex Civil Cases (Posted 05/01/2020)
- COVID-19 Emergency Order Regarding Law and Motion Informal Discovery Conferences (Posted 05/01/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's AMENDED COVID-19 Order #5 (Posted 04/16/2020)
- Information Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Juvenile Cases (Posted 04/14/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #5 (Posted 04/13/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #4 (Posted 04/13/2020)
- COVID-19 Information for Parents with Shared Custody Orders (Posted 04/13/2020)
- Information Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Law and Motion Cases (Posted 04/10/2020)
- Second Amended Third Court Emergency Response Calendar Memo Order to Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (Posted 04/09/2020)
- Amended Third Court Emergency Response Calendar Memo Order to Novel Coronavirus Pandemic (Posted 04/03/2020)
- Order #2 Related to Unlawful Detainer Proceedings and Judgments (Posted 04/03/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #3 (Posted 04/03/2020)
- San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge's COVID-19 Order #2 (Posted 04/01/2020)
- Information Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Law and Motion Cases (Posted 03/27/2020)
- Information Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Juvenile Cases (Posted 03/26/2020)
- Order Extending Time for Filings (or Any Act) in First District Court of Appeal (Posted 03/24/2020)
- Chief Justice Orders Jury Trials to be Suspended or Extended for 60 Days (Posted 03/24/2020)
- Order in Unlawful Detainer Proceedings (Posted 03/19/2020)
- Court's Emergency Order Re: COVID-19 Virus (Posted 03/17/2020)
- Chief Justice Emergency Order Re: COVID-19 Virus (Posted 03/17/2020)
- Information Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Court Operations (Posted 03/16/2020)
- Press Release Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Court Operations (Posted 03/16/2020)
- IFB 20-I001 - Dedicated Courier Services, Notice of Intent to Award (Posted 02/28/2020)
- Amended Notice Regarding Standing Order (19-154) Re: Court Reporters (Posted 02/21/2020)
- Southern Branch Additional Assigned Court Commissioner: Ernst A. Halperin (Posted 02/10/2020)
- Southern Branch Additional Assigned Court Commissioner: Lauren Zorfas (Posted 01/16/2020)
- San Mateo Court Implements Mandatory E-Filing (Posted 01/14/2020)