Kern — STO-26-0002

Source: https://www.kern.courts.ca.gov/system/files/forms-and-filings/2026-02-standing-order-re-electronic-filings-probation-justice-cases.pdf

06/17/26 SUPERIORCOURTOFTHESTATEOFCALIFORNIA COUNTYOFKERN METROPOLITANDIVISION JUVENILEJUSTICECENTER

Standing Order

ORDERPERMITTINGELECTRONIC NO. 2026-02 FILING OFPROBATIONREPORTS, STRTPREQUESTSANDORDERS, NOTICESUNDERWIC777 AND778, ANDWARRANTSBYTHEKERN COUNTYPROBATIONDEPARTMENT Misc. No. IN JUVENILEJUSTICEMATTERS

IT IS HEREBYORDEREDASFOLLOWS:

Beginning July 13th, 2026, the Kern County Superior Court will accept the electronic filing of the

10 following documentsin Juvenile Justice matters by the Kern County Probation Department: probation 11

reports, including readiness memoranda,disposition reports, and other court-ordered reports; Short-Term

12 Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP)placement requests and orders; warrants; notices under 13 Welfare and Institutions Codesections 777and 778, orders including but not limited to; orders for home 14 placement, orders for mental health counseling, orders for blood tests, orders to amendthe record, and 15 other court-ordered filings. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1010.6; Welf. & Inst. Code, § 212.5, subd. (a); Cal. Rules 16

of Court, rule 5.522.)

17 No other documentsmaybe filed electronically. All electronically filed documentsare subject to 18 Local Rule 1.10. 19 The electronic filing of documentswill be facilitated by the creation of a SharePoint system by the 20 Court. The Kern County Probation Department will be required to upload documents, in Portable 21 DocumentFormat (PDF), into the correct corresponding folder in the SharePoint system. There will be 22 five corresponding folders titled: (1) Probation Reports, (2) STRTP,(3) Warrants, (4) WIC777/778, (5) 23 Orders. Probation reports, including readiness memoranda,disposition reports, and other court-ordered 24 reports, shall be filed in the “Probation Reports” folder. All STRTPrelated filings will be filing in the 25

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“STRTP” folder. Warrants shall be filed in the “Warrants” folder. Notices under Welfare and Institutions

Codesections 777, and 778 shall be filed in the “WIC777/778" folder. Orders not stated previously, and

including, but not limited to: orders for homeplacement, orders for mental health counseling, orders for

blood tests, and orders to amendthe record shall be filed in the “Orders” folder.

The Court will allow the use of digital signatures, which shall have the sameforce and effect as

manual signatures. Electronic signatures shall comply with all requirements of GovernmentCodesection

16.5. A party whofiles a documentcontaining a digital signature under this order represents that the

signer ’s certificate or similar verification documentis maintained in the party ’s possession or control, and

is subject to production upon request of the Court.

10 All documentsfiled through the SharePoint system in Juvenile Justice matters are subject to the

11 confidentiality provisions of Welfare and Institutions Codesection 827 and California Rules of Court, rule

12 5.552. Access to filed documentsthrough the SharePoint system shall be restricted to persons authorized

13 to access juvenile case files under Welfare and Institutions Codesection 827. The Probation Department

14 shall not disseminate or share access to filed documentswith persons or entities not authorized under

15 Welfare and Institutions Codesection 827. Additionally, pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 1.201,

16 it is the submitting party's responsibility to redact personal identifying information as required by that rule.

17 Compliance with rule 1.201 does not substitute for, and is in addition to, the confidentiality requirements

18 of Welfare and Institutions Codesection 827.

19 If the SharePoint system becomesunavailable, the Clerk's Office will promptly notify the

20 Probation Department.

21 THIS ORDERIS EFFECTIVEON July 13th 2026, ANDWILLCONTINUEIN

22 EFFECTUNLESSRESCINDEDORMODIFIEDBYTHIS COURT.

23 24 Dated: JUNé I 2026 ( LL—t Lz Ud CHRISTIECANALESNORRIS, 25 Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court

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