Request for Order re Child Custody, Property Control, and Document Production
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The family court issues tentative ruling announcements on the court day prior to the scheduled hearing for specific types of motions. Tentative rulings are only provided on the Internet and posted in the clerk's office lobby. Internet postings occur at 3:30 p.m. daily. Parties are not required to give notice of intent to appear to preserve the right to a hearing. The tentative ruling will not become final until the hearing. (Stan. Cnty. Local Rules, rule 7.05.1)
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Any party filing pleadings or documents on a tentative ruling matter within five (5) days of the hearing should provide a courtesy copy to the Courtroom Clerk and the Court's Family Law Research Attorney by placing a copy in the drop box slot on the door of Room 223, Second Floor of the main Courthouse. Failure to do so may prevent the Court from consideration of such, may result in a continuance, and/or may be considered in the award of conduct-based fees and costs. (Stan. Cnty. Local Rules, rule 7.05.1(B).)
All parties and counsel are required to meet and confer in a good faith effort to resolve the dispute on any request, motion or hearing, with the exception of those involving domestic violence, and to exchange any documents upon which reliance will be made at the hearing. (Cal. Rules of Ct., rule 5.98; Stan. Cnty. Local Rules, rule 7.05.1(C).) Failure to do so may result in a continuance and may be considered in the award of conduct-based fees and costs, or both. If sufficient information regarding an adequate pre-hearing meet and confer effort is not provided in the moving and opposing papers, in the Court's discretion, the matter may be placed at the end of the calendar and not called until the parties or counsel advise the Court that they have complied with their obligations and/or resolved the matter s own motion, the Court orders Respondent to comply within thirty (30) days of this ruling and admonishes Respondent that the failure to do so may result in the striking of the Response and entry of Respondent's default.
Date: June 10, 2026
The following are the tentative ruling cases calendared before Judge Alan Cassidy in Department #11: THERE ARE NO TENTATIVES.
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The following are the tentative ruling cases calendared before Judge J. Richard Distaso in Department #13: FL-19-002549 - FIGUEROA VS FIGUEROA Respondent's Request for Order re Enforce Judgment, etc.-- HEARING REQUIRED. Pursuant to the Findings and Order After Hearing (FOAH) of May 7, 2026, this matter was continued for the purpose of having the parties obtain an explanation as to the subject QDRO pursuant to the stipulated Judgment entered on September 17, 2021. Accordingly, the parties shall appear and advise the Court as to the status of QDRO preparation and the Court will make any enforcement orders deemed necessary and appropriate.
The following are the tentative ruling cases calendared before Judge Sarah Birmingham in Department #14: THERE ARE NO TENTATIVES.
The following are the tentative ruling cases calendared before Judge Maria Elena Ramos-Ratliff in Department #25: FL-25-002098 - HERRERA VS MARTINEZ Petitioner's Request for Order re Child Custody, etc.-- HEARING REQUIRED, in part; DENIED, without prejudice, in part.
The child custody and visitation request is the subject of ongoing mediation and is not at issue here. Spousal and child support, along with needs-based attorney's fees and costs, are not eligible for tentative ruling and require a hearing. This leaves the property control request and the request for orders requiring Respondent to provide various documents regarding the party's finances.
Respondent is represented and filed a Responsive Declaration. However, while opposing these requests, Respondent's declaration does not address the legal or factual basis for opposition, and is focused solely on child custody matters which are not at issue in this hearing. The property control request references residential real properties but appears only to be seeking to regain possession of Petitioner's alleged personal property located at each. Accordingly, the request for temporary exclusive possession of the real properties themselves will be denied without prejudice. Petitioner and Respondent are directed to meet and confer as to the delivery of any undisputed personal property belonging to Petitioner and a date certain for completion of delivery.
The document request is also denied without prejudice. Petitioner is free to pursue whatever discovery she chooses under the Civil Discovery Act, but it is not the Court's role to conduct discovery for the parties, except for those mandatory disclosures required by the Declaration of Disclosure requirements and the documents that are required attachments to the parties' respective Income and Expense Declarations. Petitioner is free to seek legal advice at her own expense and is welcome to contact the Court's Self-Help Center for free assistance with legal forms and procedures outside of legal advice.