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Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado

Our Mission

To preserve and enhance the rule of law in El Dorado County by providing all persons a fair, efficient, and accessible forum for resolving disputes, protecting public safety, and righting wrongs.

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Juvenile Court

The Juvenile Court is responsible for handling matters regarding minors. The judges in Juvenile Court hear delinquency cases involving minors charged with violations of the law and dependency cases involving minors who have been neglected or abused.

Dependency Court Schedules

Department 5, Judge Warren C. Stracener
Department 12, Commissioner Dylan Sullivan

Delinquency Court Schedules

Department 1, Assistant Presiding Judge James R. Wagoner
Department 1&6, Judge Warren C. Stracener
Department 4, Judge Steven C. Bailey

Department 5

Judge Kenneth J. Melikian - Family Law
Judge Warren C. Stracener - Juvenile Dependency
Commissioner Dylan Sullivan - DCSS
495 Main Street
Placerville, CA 95667

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:15 A.M.	Ex-Parte Hearings	Ex-Parte Hearings	Ex-Parte Hearings		Ex-Parte Hearings
8:30 A.M.	Settlement Conferences (Dept 6) 2nd & 4th Mondays	Trials	Trials Trial Setting Conferences Adoptions Last Wednesday of each month	Juvenile Dependency	Law & Motion Attorney & Pro Per
10:00 A.M.	DCSS Arrears, Compliance Reviews, Job Search Orders and Delinquencies
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:30 P.M.	DCSS Modifications, Contested DCSS Hrgs Short Cause Trial	Trials	Trials	Juvenile Dependency	Law & Motion Attorney & Pro Per

(Dept 5 calendar effective 1/1/2012)

Department 12

Commissioner Dylan Sullivan
1354 Johnson Blvd.
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:00 A.M.	DARK	Traffic Check-ins, 8:00 to 8:30 No reporter in am
8:30 A.M.	DARK	300 Dententions Traffic	300 Dententions Juvenile 300 Adoptions (as needed)	300 Dententions Family Law w/Attys	300 Dententions TROs
9:00 A.M.	Trial de Novos 4th Mon Visiting Judge
9:30 A.M.		Court Trials (Limit 4)
10:00 A.M.					Dangerous Dogs (Limit 3)
10:30 A.M.				Family Law Pro Pers
11:00 A.M.		Unlawful Det (Limit 3) Prove-ups
11:30 A.M.			Juv 300 Drug Court Meet and Confer
Noon	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1:30 P.M.	Trial de Novos 4th Mon Visiting Judge	Critical Sets Quarterly Juror OSC Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct 1st Tues Only	Drug Court (1st, 3rd Wed) Long Cause (2nd, 4th, 5th Wed)	DCSS Child Support and job search	Family Law Long Cause
2:30 P.M.			Juv Long Cause
3:00 P.M.				Extended Short Cause Matters

(Dept 12 calendar effective 1/1/2012)

Delinquency Court Schedules

Department 1

Assistant Presiding Judge James R. Wagoner
495 Main Street
Placerville, CA 95667

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:15 A.M.	Juvenile 602's Detention Hrgs Jurisdiction Hrgs Disposition Hrgs	Juvenile Detention	Juvenile Detention	Juvenile Detention	Judge Warren C. Stracener Juvenile 602’s Detention Hrgs Jurisdiction Hrgs Disposition Hrgs
8:30 A.M.		Jury Trials	Jury Trials	Jury Trials
10:00 A.M.	PUBLIC DEFENDER Arraignment on Info Pretrial / Trial Setting Readiness Conf J&S 995 Motions				PRIVATE COUNSEL Arraignment on Info Pretrial / Trial Setting Readiness Conf J&S 995 Motions
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:30 P.M.	LONG CAUSE HEARINGS Juvenile Criminal/Civil Family Law Dependency	Jury Trials	Jury Trials	Jury Trials	LONG CAUSE HEARINGS Juvenile Criminal/Civil Family Law Dependancy

(Dept 1 calendar effective 1/31/2011)

Department 6

Judge Warren C. Stracener
495 Main Street
Placerville, CA 95667

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:30 A.M.
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:30 P.M.					Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Dependancy Long Cause Matters

(Dept 6 calendar effective 1/31/2011)

Department 4

Judge Steven C. Bailey
1354 Johnson Blvd.
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:30 A.M.	602 Detention Hearings Civil Long Cause	602 Detention Hearings PXs and Criminal Long Cause	602 Detention Hearings Probate	602 Detention Hearings Juvenile 602 PUBLIC DEFENDER	Criminal Adult Drug Court (every Other Week)
9:00 a.m.			Civil & Criminal Trials
10:30 a.m.				Juvenile 602 Appointed and Private Counsel
11:30 a.m.					602 Detention Hearings
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:30 P.M.	Civil Long Cause	Criminal Long Cause	1:00 p.m. Out of Custody Arraignments (Called at 1:30 pm)	STOPNOW (2nd, 4th Thurs) BHP Only (3rd Thurs) Contested Hrgs (except 3rd Thurs)	Civil Law & Motion
2:30 P.M.
4:00 P.M.	Ex Parte Hearings	Judicial Status Hearings Ex Parte Hearings	Ex Parte Hearings	Ex Parte Hearings	Ex Parte Hearings

(Dept 4 calendar effective 1/1/2012)

Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado

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Juvenile Court

Dependency Court Schedules

Delinquency Court Schedules

Department 5

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:15 A.M.

8:30 A.M.

10:00 A.M.

NOON

1:30 P.M.

Department 12

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:00 A.M.

8:30 A.M.

9:00 A.M.

9:30 A.M.

10:00 A.M.

10:30 A.M.

11:00 A.M.

11:30 A.M.

Noon

1:30 P.M.

2:30 P.M.

3:00 P.M.

Delinquency Court Schedules

Department 1

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:15 A.M.

8:30 A.M.

10:00 A.M.

NOON

1:30 P.M.

Department 6

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:30 A.M.

NOON

1:30 P.M.

Department 4

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:30 A.M.

9:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

NOON

1:30 P.M.

2:30 P.M.

4:00 P.M.

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