Request for Order (RFO) to be relieved as counsel
LAW & MOTION TENTATIVE RULINGS DEPARTMENT 5 April 23, 2026 8:30 AM/1:30 PM
17. REGINA MCNAUGHTON V. JOHN MCNAUGHTON 25FL0337
April 8, 2026, Petitioner’s counsel filed a Request for Order (RFO) seeking to be relieved as counsel along with an Order Shortening Time (OST) the court granted the OST and set the hearing for April 23, 2026. The court directed service to be accomplished on or before April 9, 2026.
Proof of Service shows Respondent was served on April 8, 2026. There is no Proof of Service showing Petitioner was served.
The court drops the matter from calendar due to the lack of proper service.
TENTATIVE RULING #17: THE MATTER IS DROPPED FROM CALENDAR DUE TO THE LACK OF PROPER SERVICE.
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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