Request for Order (RFO); Order Shortening Time (OST)
LAW & MOTION TENTATIVE RULINGS DEPARTMENT 5 July 23, 2026 8:30 a.m./1:30 p.m.
18. NICHOLAS WILLIAMS V. JENNIFER WILLIAMS 23FL0197
Respondent filed a Request for Order (RFO) along with a request for an Order Shortening Time (OST) on June 2, 2026. Respondent concurrently filed an Income and Expense Declaration. The court denied the OST and the RFO was set to be heard on August 27, 2026. On June 24, 2026, the court advanced the RFO to be heard on July 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM. The unfiled documents were served on June 2, 2026. The court is unable to locate a Proof of Service showing Petitioner was properly served.
Respondent filed an Income and Expense Declaration on July 9, 2026, along with a Memorandum of Points and Authorities and two additional declarations. The documents were served on July 9, 2026.
Petitioner filed a Supplemental Declaration regarding sanctions as well as an Income and Expense Declaration on July 9, 2026. There is no Proof of Service for these documents, therefore, the court has not read or considered them.
Petitioner has not filed a Responsive Declaration.
The court drops the matter from calendar due to the lack of proper service.
All prior orders remain in full force and effect.
TENTATIVE RULING #18: THE MATTER IS DROPPED FROM CALENDAR DUE TO THE LACK OF PROPER SERVICE. ALL PRIOR ORDERS REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
NO HEARING ON THIS MATTER WILL BE HELD UNLESS A REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT IS TRANSMITTED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THE COURT’S WEBSITE OR BY PHONE CALL TO THE COURT AT (530) 621-6725 BY 4:00 P.M. ON THE DAY THE TENTATIVE RULING IS ISSUED. CAL. RULE CT. 3.1308; LOCAL RULE 8.05.07; SEE ALSO LEWIS V. SUPERIOR COURT, 19 CAL.4TH 1232, 1247 (1999). NOTICE TO ALL PARTIES OF A REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT AND THE GROUNDS UPON WHICH ARGUMENT IS BEING REQUESTED MUST BE MADE BY PHONE CALL OR IN PERSON BY 4:00 P.M. ON THE DAY THE TENTATIVE RULING IS ISSUED. CAL. RULE CT. 3.1308; LOCAL RULE 8.05.07.
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