LFLR 4.
CASE SCHEDULE.
(a) Case Schedule. At the time of the filing of the petition in any domestic relations case, the clerk may issue a case schedule. The parties must strictly comply with all deadlines in the case schedule. The only notice that the parties will receive of certain deadlines (including the date for the status conference) is the case schedule, and failure to comply with the case schedule may result in sanctions or dismissal. See also LCR 16.
(b) Requirement of Service of Case Schedule. The petitioner must serve a copy of the case schedule on the other party, along with the summons and petition and other documents required by this rule.
(c) Confirmation of Issues/Status Conference.
(1) Confirmation of Issues; Referral to Mediation.
(A) Deadline for Raising Additional Issues. No additional issues may be raised after the date designated in the Case Schedule for Confirmation of Issues, unless the Court orders otherwise for good cause and subject to such conditions as justice requires.
(B) Confirmation of Issues; Form. If all parties do not sign the Confirmation of Issues form or give telephonic authority for signature of the form, a status conference shall be held. No later than the designated deadline for raising additional issues, as described in subsection (c)(1)(A) above, the petitioner shall, after conferring with the respondent, file and serve a report entitled "Confirmation of Issues," which shall be in substantially the form provided by the court and available from the Clerk’s Office or by accessing http://www.kingcounty.gov/kcscc.
(d) Paternity Cases; Confirmation of Completion of Genetic Testing; Form.
(1) The form Confirmation of Completion of Genetic Testing shall be filed by the petitioner no later than the date specified in the Case Schedule and shall be in substantially the following form:
[ ] The petitioning party represents that:
(IF THIS BOX IS CHECKED, THERE WILL NOT BE A STATUS CONFERENCE AS NOTED IN THE CASE SCHEDULING ORDER.)
1. Paternity genetic testing of all named parties has been completed, the results of the tests are available to all parties, and no party has
requested additional testing, OR
2. Genetic testing is not necessary in this case because paternity has been admitted.
[ ] The petitioning party represents that:
(IF THIS BOX IS CHECKED, THERE WILL BE A STATUS CONFERENCE, AS NOTED IN THE CASE SCHEDULING ORDER, AT WHICH ALL PARTIES
OR THEIR ATTORNEYS MUST APPEAR.)
1. Paternity genetic testing of all named parties has not been completed, or the results are not yet available to all parties, or a party has requested
additional testing, AND
2. Genetic testing is necessary in this case because paternity is not admitted.
In order to obtain the Court's direction in the matters described above, the parties will appear at a Status Conference, the date of which (as stated in notices on the Case Schedule) is: _______________________.
NOTICE: You may list an address that is not your residential address where you agree to accept legal documents.
DATED:__________ SIGNED:______________________________
Petitioner/Attorney (If Attorney, WSBA #)
Typed Name: ___________________________________
Address: _________________________________
__________________________________________
Phone: ___________________________________
Attorney(s) For: __________________________
(e) Status Conference; When Required
. A status conference will be held in family law cases when:
(1) no confirmation of issues form or completion of blood testing form has been filed; or
(2) when the filed form indicates that requirements regarding joinder of parties and issues and/or testing remain outstanding.
(f) Amendment of Case Schedule. The court, either on its own initiative or on motion of a party, may issue an amended case schedule. A motion to change trial date, even by agreement, must comply with LR 40(e). Motions to amend the case schedule or change trial date must be brought before the judge who is assigned to the case and will not be heard by the family law commissioners or in the Ex Parte Department.
(g) Completion of Discovery. All discovery must be completed no later than 28 days before the trial date in parentage cases and no later than 35 days in all other family law proceedings in accordance with the provisions of LCR 37(g).
[Adopted effective September 1, 2004; amended effective September 1, 2007; September 1, 2008]
