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Local Rules of Superior Court of California, County of Imperial

procedures as well as with statutorily allegations in the petition(s) on file
mandated timelines. without permission of the minor’s
attorney or Court order.

[Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 5.34 renumbered to 6.6 01/01/09, Rule 6.6 renumbered to 6.1.4 01/01/12] (g) No party or attorney in a dependency Rule 6.1.5 Discovery proceeding shall cause the minor to undergo a physical, medical or mental (a) Pre-hearing discovery shall be health examination or evaluation conducted informally. Except as without Court approval. This rule protected by privilege, all relevant does not apply to the DSS case materials shall be disclosed in a manager or other authorized DSS timely fashion to all parties of the social worker. litigation. (h) All attorneys representing parties in a (b) Only after all informal means have dependency case in which child abuse been exhausted may a party petition has been alleged and other the Court for discovery. A noticed participants in the case, including a motion shall state the relevancy and child advocate, shall attempt to materiality of the information sought minimize the number of interviews and the reasons why informal taken of the minor relating to the discovery was not adequate to secure events surrounding the alleged abuse. that information. Any person entitled to information about the alleged incident shall first (c) There shall be no depositions, review any previous information or interrogatories, subpoenas of juvenile reports made by the investigating records or other similar types of civil officer(s). discovery without approval of the [Adopted July 1, 2007, Rule 5.36 renumbered to 6.8 Juvenile Court upon noticed motion. 01/01/09, Rule 6.8 renumbered to 6.1.5 01/01/12]

(d) In contested proceedings, the social Rule 6.1.6 Ex Parte Applications and worker’s narratives and other relevant Orders case records shall be made available to all counsel at least ten (a) Before submitting ex parte orders to (10) calendar days before the hearing the Court for approval, the applicant and any up-dated records two (2) must give notice to all counsel, social calendar days before the hearing. In workers, CASA, and parents who are all other cases, such documents shall not represented by counsel, or explain be made available at least two (2) the reason notice has not been given. calendar days prior to the hearing. (b) Any party requesting ex parte orders (e) Upon timely request, parents, must give all other parties at least 24 guardians and de facto parents shall hours’ notice of any intention to seek disclose to all other parties such non- an ex parte application, and complete privileged material and information a “Declaration Re notice of Ex Parte within their control which is relevant. Application” form (JV-02) so indicating. The original declaration (f) No party or attorney in a dependency and accompanying application for proceeding shall interview the minor order must be submitted to the clerk about the events relating to the in the civil department.

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