CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Trials/Requests for Orders

• Adversarial Legal System in F/L
• Burden of Proof/Shifting
• Civil Rules and Procedures
• Closed Hearings
• Comments by Previous Judge
• Court Reporters
• Cross-Examination
• Declarations by Attorneys
• Disposition of Motions/OSCs
• Documents To Be Served
• Duty of Candor
• Esoteric Citations in Supporting Memoranda
• Ex Parte Motions/TROs
• Expert Opinions
• Fast Track Exemption
• Filing of Pleadings
• Income & Expense Declaration
• Judgment On the Pleadings
• Jury Trial
• Local Pre-Read Rule
• Meet & Confer/Doc. Exchange
• Military Servicemembers' Testimony
• Mistrials
• Mode of Proceeding
• Motion for Judgment
• Motion to Strike Pleadings
• Motions in Limine
• Motions to Advance/Preference
• Moving Papers
• No Summary Judgments/Demurrers
• Oral Argument
• Oral Testimony/Declarations
• Oral Testimony: Exclusion of
• Orders Shortening Time
• Out-of-State Declarations
• Request for Order to Quash
• Request to Strike Pleadings
• Responsive Papers
• Safety in Courthouse
• Scope of Matters Raised
• Setting Trials, Long Cause Hrgs
• Short Cause Matters
• Size of Estate
• Stipulated Facts
• Sufficiency of Pleadings
• Telephonic Appearance
• Termination of Trial
• Trial Briefs