CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......ADA Accommodation
4 Cards On This Topic:
  • Procedure for determining requests for ADA accommodations.
  • PTSD sufferer's oral request under CRC Rule 1.100, made 5 days before depo, for an accommodation to have W present was not untimely; written request not required.
  • Failure to rule on request for ADA accommodation is structural error requiring reversal of subsequent default.
  • Trial ct. must grant W’s request for a continuance as part of an ADA accommodation unless it can make required findings.