Get Request For Trial Setting (fam014)

The Trial Setting Conference. Most likely your case was assigned a Trial Setting Conference (“TSC”) date, sometimes known as a Trial Readiness Conference (or TRC). In general, your attorney will appear at the TSC and in most cases you will not be required to attend this hearing.

(3) "Status conference" refers to court events scheduled with the parties and attorneys for the purpose of identifying the current status of the case and determining the next steps required to reach disposition.

You will get a trial date when you have a hearing called a “Trial Setting Conference”. The judge wants everyone who will be trying the case to be at the hearing. This means your lawyer, if you have one. If you don't, you have to go. The judge sets a trial date for sometime in the next 90 days.

The purpose of a Mandatory Settlement Conference (or “MSC”) is to encourage parties in a divorce, legal separation or nullity case to settle their matter in whole or in part. ingly, all parties must attend this court appearance.

Order on Request to Reschedule Hearing (form FL-309) must be used for this purpose. You should complete and file with the court a written request to reschedule the hearing and a proposed order at least five court days before the hearing, unless you have a very good reason to submit them later.

A TRC is a hearing where the attorneys appear in court, exchange discovery (information about the case), and may try to negotiate a disposition of the case. If the attorneys cannot agree to a guilty plea they set a trial date. A TRC could take place several times prior to trial.

Orders (form FL-306) (b) Either party may request a continuance of the hearing, which the court shall grant on a showing of good cause. The request may be made in writing before or at the hearing or orally at the hearing. The court may also grant a continuance on its own motion.

The Mandatory Settlement Conference At the MSC, both parties and their attorneys will meet with the settlement judge to try to come to a resolution of all contested issues. The settlement judge does not have the authority to make any rulings. They are there to facilitate the meeting and work toward resolution.