SLR 5-5.061: EX PARTE MATTERS

(1) Ex parte matters will be heard Monday through Friday, excluding legal state holidays and any day on which a court is closed by order of the Presiding Judge or the Chief Justice. Ex parte matters will be heard at 1:00 P.M in the courtroom designated on the court’s docket to hear these matters. The Ex Parte Matters session is scheduled to end at 1:15 P.M. and parties or attorneys arriving after that time will not be heard unless permitted by the designated judge. All matters, and only those matters, listed in subsection (8) below shall be presented at the Ex Parte Matters session. (2) An in-person ex parte appearance may be required in those stipulated and ex parte matters for which the documents must be presented conventionally and may not be electronically filed as designated in SLR 2.501. When an in-person ex parte appearance is required, a party may file a motion to appear remotely under SLR 7.044. If allowed, the conventional presentation requirement set out in SLR 2.501 does not apply. The filing party may then electronically submit their ex parte documents to the court. (3) An in-person ex parte appearance is not required for Orders to Show Cause, with the exception of an Order to Show Cause Re: Remedial Contempt where confinement is requested as a sanction (see subsection (8)(m) below). If an Order to Show Cause is being filed in conjunction with documents that require an in-person ex parte appearance, all documents may be presented at the Ex Parte Matters session. (4) Any ex parte matters that are not listed in SLR 2.501 as having to be filed conventionally may be electronically filed for purpose of submitting to a judge for signature. (5) Motions for ex parte order must be accompanied by a separate proposed order. (6) When service is required by law, any motion that is to be presented ex parte shall have attached to it a certificate of service, which shall include the date, time, manner of service Page 8 of 37 upon the opposing party, and the name of the person served. If no service was made, the moving party shall submit a statement documenting the reasons that no service was made. (7) Family Abuse Prevention Act, Sexual Abuse Prevention Order, Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO), and Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities Abuse Prevention Act petitions filed as authorized by ORS 107.718, ORS 163.763, ORS 166.527, or ORS 124.010 through ORS 124.020 shall be heard Monday through Friday at 1:00 P.M. in the courtroom designated to hear Abuse Prevention Applications. All required documents must be filed no later than 11:00 A.M. on the day of the planned appearance. Any applications filed after 11:00 A.M. will be scheduled for review by a judge the following business day at 1:00 P.M. (8) The only matters that may be submitted at the designated Ex Parte Matters session are as follows: (a) Emergency Custody and Parenting Relief based on Immediate Danger (b) Orders of Assistance to obtain custody of child held in violation of custody order (c) Pre-Judgment Temporary Protective Orders of Restraint (Status Quo) (d) Emergency Protective Order (e) Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (f) Commission for Out-of-State Deposition (g) Distraint Warrant (h) Petition to Designate Known Party by Pseudonym (i) Preliminary Injunction Show Cause / Temporary Restraining Order Provisional Process Show Cause (j) Receivership Show Cause (k) Order to Tender Funds (l) Registration of a Foreign Writ, Mandate, Commission, Letter Rogatory, or Order to Complete Discovery in Oregon as authorized by ORCP 38 and UTCR 5.140 (m) Order to Show Cause Re: Remedial Contempt where confinement (jail) is requested as a sanction Page 9 of 37