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Order After Hearing Procedure

Department 32 will provide an Order After Hearing on the same day as the order is made in all mediation, custody and visitation, and restraining order cases for parties representing themselves. In all other cases, it is up to the moving party to get an order prepared and submitted to the judicial officer so that it can be signed.

Instructions for Preparing an Order After Hearing or a Judgment

Blank Order After Hearing and Judgment forms are available in your forms packet. If you do not have them, they are available in the Clerk's Office in Room 303 for $.50 each.

Use the Order After Hearing forms if you were in court for a motion regarding support, or temporary property orders. Use the Judgment and Notice of Entry of Judgment forms if you were in court for a Dissolution, Legal Separation, or Nullity of Marriage.

Your forms must be typed.

Fill out the forms with what was said by the judicial officer in court. If you do not remember what was said, you can get a copy of the clerk's Minute Order from the Clerk's Office two days after the hearing for $.50 a page.

Return the completed forms to the Clerk's Office as soon as possible for processing.

If you are submitting a Judgment for Dissolution, Legal Separation, or Nullity, you must provide two stamped envelopes with one addressed to the other party and one addressed to you. The clerk will mail copies of the Judgment to both parties.

If you are submitting an Order After Hearing, allow four to five working days for your order to be signed by the judicial officer before coming back to pick up your copies. If you are coming from out of town, you may call (209) 468-8116 first to see if your order is ready. Most people are in a hurry for these types of orders. If you do not want to come and pick them up, you may include a stamped, self-addresses envelope for the copies to be mailed to you.

If the other party was in court, you must still mail a copy of the Order After Hearing to that person. If the other party was not in court, you should have that person personally served with a copy of the order. File the Proof of Service with the Clerk's Office after the order has been served.

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