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)