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Motions. (1) Except as these rules provide otherwise, a party wanting to make a motion in a reviewing court must serve and file a written motion stating the grounds and the relief requested and identifying any documents on which the motion is based.

(b) Sanctions The reviewing court may vacate the dismissal for good cause. (2) If the defaulting party is the respondent, the reviewing court may order the appeal to proceed on the record designated by the appellant, but the respondent may obtain relief from default under rule 8.60(d).

A “complex case,” as defined by Rule 3.400 of the California Rules of Court, is an action that requires exceptional judicial management to avoid placing unnecessary burdens on the court or the litigants and to expedite the case, keep costs reasonable, and promote effective decision making by the court, the parties and ...

Rule 8.240 requires a party claiming preference to file a motion for preference in the reviewing court. The motion requirement relieves the reviewing court of the burden of searching the record to determine if preference should be ordered.

California Rules of Court, rule 8.407 identifies the contents of the normal record on appeal in a dependency action. Where, as here, the matters requested to be included in the appellate record are not prescribed by that rule, appellate counsel is required to file a motion to augment in order to complete the record.

Petition for review. (1) A party may file a petition in the Supreme Court for review of any decision of the Court of Appeal, including any interlocutory order, except the denial of a transfer of a case within the appellate jurisdiction of the superior court.

Opposition and amicus curiae briefs. (1) Within 10 days after the petition is filed, the respondent or any real party in interest, separately or jointly, may serve and file a preliminary opposition.

(1) Nothing filed publicly in the reviewing court-including any application, brief, petition, or memorandum-may disclose material contained in a confidential record, including a record that, by law, a party may choose be kept confidential in reviewing court proceedings and that the party has chosen to keep confidential ...

(a) Motion and opposition (2) A motion must be accompanied by a memorandum and, if it is based on matters outside the record, by declarations or other supporting evidence. (3) Any opposition must be served and filed within 15 days after the motion is filed. (Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2007.)