SLR 12-11.041: APPEARANCES IN JUVENILE DEPENDENCY CASES

(1) The Tuesday afternoon docket will primarily be by phone or remote means. This docket generally covers status conferences, limited court reviews, uncontested permanency hearings, admissions and uncontested dispositional hearings. (2) Contested hearings will be specially set other than on the Tuesday docket and will be in person. These include contested jurisdictional and dispositional hearings, contested permanency hearings, contested review hearings and termination of parental rights hearings. (3) Shelter hearings and first appearances in termination of parental rights case will be in person unless otherwise approved by the judge. (4) Attorneys and parties may request relief from this rule in advance of a hearing. Attorneys and parties may appear in person at any hearing.