SLR 4-8.012: DOCKETING

CASES ARE DOCKETED DIRECTLY WITH THE RETAINED JUDGE, OR AS FOLLOWS: (1) Assignment of trials and motions shall be handled by the Chief Family Law Judge or designee. (2) All contested matters shall be scheduled either on the Trial Assignment Docket or the protection order docket of the Family Court unless there is a Retained Judge, in which case all matters shall be scheduled through the Retained Judge’s department. (a) The Trial Assignment Docket consists of all matters scheduled for judicial hearing that have not been specially assigned to an individual judge by the Chief Family Law Judge, or set on the protection order docket. The Family Law Department places cases on the Trial Assignment docket when the pleadings indicate the case is at issue. Parties requesting judicial time for Order to Show Cause matters shall contact the Family Law Department to obtain available dates before submitting the document for signature and include the dates on the proposed order. Procedures for the Trial Assignment Docket are set out in SLR 8.014. (b) The protection order docket consists of multiple matters set for the same start time and expected to last only 30 minutes or less each. (i) When an individual matter set on the protection order docket is expected to last more than 30 minutes, a party shall request that the case be transferred to the Trial Assignment Docket by calling the Family Law clerk’s office public line. (3) Motions to Set Over Trial Assignment may be presented at ex parte or by electronic filing. Set-over requests of motions assigned to the Retained Judge shall be heard by that Judge or the Judge’s designee. (4) Motions to postpone docketed hearings on abuse prevention protection orders must be in writing and presented to a Family Law Judge. (5) Unless stipulated, the following motions must be accompanied by a proposed Order to Show Cause that contains a scheduled date on the Trial Assignment docket or with the Retained Judge, if one exists, and sets out a notice in substantially the following form: “If you disagree with the request(s) made and fail to appear at this time, you will very likely lose your chance to present your side of the issue(s)”: (a) For temporary relief under ORS 107.095; (b) to intervene; (c) to change venue or for auxiliary venue; (d) to compel discovery; (e) parenting time enforcement under ORS 107.434; (f) contempt under ORS Chapter 33 whether filed before or after a General Judgment; (g) a post-judgment status quo order under ORS 107.138; (h) to set aside an order or judgment; (i) for in camera review; (j) for UCCJEA conferences; (k) contested minor identity changes; and (l) to dismiss case. (6) Orders to Show Cause for motions to modify judgments shall comply with UTCR 8.050(1). If a response is filed, the Family Law Department will set the motion on the Trial Assignment Docket. If the motion to modify a judgment is filed on a case that has been retained by a specific judge, the judge’s staff will set the motion to modify the judgment for hearing and will notify the parties of the date and time of the event. All scheduling issues must be submitted to the judge who retained the case. (7) The Chief Family Law Judge may assign cases to the Child Support Referee as appropriate.