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TABLE A – Alphabetical List of Common Motion Locations
Parties and attorneys who note motions for an improper location, day, or time may expect that the hearing will be stricken in the discretion of the judicial officer hearing the matter. Before noting a hearing, this table, the entirety of the local court rules, and the Snohomish County Superior Court Administrative Order entitled Times, Days, and Location of Various motions, https://snohomishcountywa.gov/1354/Administrative-Orders should be consulted.
The Commissioner Calendar also identifies the days and times of various court sessions: https://snohomishcountywa.gov/1338.
The Judge’s Civil Motions calendar is heard beginning at 9:30am Tuesday-Friday and concluding by 12:00pm. It rotates among the various Superior Court Judges. The assigned Judge and the Courtroom in which motions will be heard on a particular day can be found at https://snohomishcountywa.gov/1338. Some motions may be reviewed without oral argument.
If the location for a particular motion is not contained in this table, the local court rules, or the Administrative Order referenced above, the following shall apply:
- Motions noted in a Family Law/Domestic case (including actions involving dissolutions, separations, invalidity, spousal maintenance, child support, child custody, parentage and paternity, relocation, modifications of parenting plans/residential schedules/child support) shall be noted on the Commissioner Domestic Motions Calendar.
- Civil Motions shall be noted on the Judges Civil Motions Calendar.
Type of Motion | Where Heard (Calendar) | Reference |
Adoptions | Judge’s Civil Motions (Mondays Only)* | SCLSPR 93.04(b) |
Child Support Motions/Petitions (Temporary Orders, Final Orders, and Modification) | Domestic Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Discovery Motions and Enforcement thereof (non-domestic cases) | Commissioner Civil Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Initial Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution Act (TEDRA) motions under RCW 11.96A.100(8) | Judge’s Civil Motions Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Joel’s Law Petitions | Filed with the Clerk and reviewed in chambers | Internal procedures |
Minor Guardianship Motions and Hearings (except Emergent Petitions without notice) | Minor Guardianship Calendar | SCLSPR 98.16(e)(14) |
Minor Guardianship Petitions – Emergency Petitions Without Notice | Commissioner Ex Parte | SCLSPR 98.16(c)(i) |
Motions to Amend Pleadings | Commissioner Civil Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Approve Surrogacy Agreement | Juvenile Court Judge*** | SCLSPR 94.04(j)(1) and Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Change Venue | Commissioner Civil Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Confirm Sheriff’s Sale | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Consolidate/Bifurcate | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions for Default/to Vacate Default in Civil Actions, Including Foreclosures | Commissioner Civil Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Disburse Bail (Civil Only)/Disburse Unlawful Detainer | Commissioner Civil Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Disburse Funds (Trustee Sale/Interpleader) | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Dismiss (CR 12) | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Dismiss – CR 41(a)(1) (voluntary dismissal in a non-domestic case) | Commissioner Civil Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Disqualify Counsel | Commissioner Civil Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Enforce/Vacate CR 2A Agreement | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motion for Immediate Restraining Order in Domestic Case | Commissioner Ex Parte | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions for Injunctive Relief | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Intervene | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions for Jury Trial (when previously set as non-jury trial) | Presiding Judge Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions for Limited Admission to Practice | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions for Placement on Inactive Status (non-domestic cases) | Commissioner Civil Motions | SCLCR 41(g)(1)(B) |
Motions for Placement on Inactive Status (domestic cases only) | ADR Compliance Hearing Judge | SCLCR 41(g)(1)(A) |
Motion for Pre-Assignment to Judge | Presiding Judge Motions (heard without oral argument) | SCLCrR 8.2(b) and Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Reallocate the Cost of ADR before the first ADR hearing | Domestic Motions | SCLSPR 94.04(c)(3)(F) |
Motions to Reallocate the Cost of ADR after the first ADR hearing | ADR Compliance Hearing Judge | SCLSPR 94.04(c)(3)(F) |
Motions to Remove a case from Inactive Status (non-domestic cases) | Commissioner Civil Motions | SCLCR 41(g)(3) |
Motions to Remove a case from Inactive Status (domestic cases only) | ADR Compliance Hearing Judge (or by filing Notice of Settlement) | SCLCR 41(g)(3) |
Motions for Remote Testimony or Trial | Presiding Judge Motions (heard without oral argument) | SCLCR 40(d)(1) |
Motions to Renew, Terminate, or Modify an Extreme Risk Protection Order, Sexual Assault Protection Order or Vulnerable Adult Protection Order signed by a Commissioner | Commissioner Civil Protection Order Trials, unless jurisdiction was retained ** | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Renew, Terminate, or Modify an Extreme Risk Protection Order, Sexual Assault Protection Order or Vulnerable Adult Protection Order signed by a Judge | Judge who signed the Order to be renewed, terminated or modified** | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions for Restoration of Right to Possess Firearms | Commissioner Civil Motions | SCLCR 3 |
Motions for Restoration of Right to Possess Firearms due to Juvenile Conviction only | Juvenile Sealing Calendar | SCLCR 3 and Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Restrict Abusive Litigation | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Revise Court Commissioner Rulings (except civil protection orders) | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Revise Court Commissioner Rulings on Civil Protection Orders | Civil Trial Calendar | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Revise Juvenile Court Commissioner Rulings on Juvenile Court Matters | Juvenile Court Offender Judge*** | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Revoke Bail Bond Justification | Presiding Judge Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Set Trial/Strike Trial de Novo | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motion to Shorten Time on Matter Noted Before a Commissioner | Commissioner Ex Parte | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motion to Shorten Time on Judges’ Civil Motions Calendar or Judge’s Personal Calendar | Judge’s Personal Calendar | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions for Stay of Proceedings | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motion for Summary Judgment (not parentage actions) | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions for Summary Judgment to Establish Parentage (Non-State Initiated) | Domestic Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions for Summary Judgment to Establish Parentage (State Initiated) | State Paternity Calendar | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions Regarding Timeliness of Jury Demand | Presiding Judge Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Transfer from Trial to Arbitration | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions Regarding Trial Setting/Trial Continuances/Expedited Trial | Presiding Judge Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Vacate or Reconsider an Order (CR 59 or CR 60) | Judicial Officer who signed the Order to be reconsidered or vacated** | SCLCR 59 and Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motions to Waive or Compel ADR before the first ADR Compliance Hearing | Domestic Motions | SCLSPR 94.04(c)(3)(F) |
Motions to Waive or Compel ADR after the first ADR Compliance Hearing | ADR Compliance Hearing Judge | SCLSPR 94.04(c)(3)(F) |
Motions to Waive Marriage Age Requirement (RCW 26.04.010(2)) | Juvenile Court Offender Judge*** | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Motion to Withdraw as Counsel (contested) | Commissioner Civil Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Petition for Approval of Minor Settlement | Judge’s Civil Motions (Mondays Only)* | SCLSPR 98.16(g)(3)(b) |
Petition to Employ Minor Under 14 | Juvenile Court Offender Judge*** | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Petition for Civil Protection Order – Initial Hearing | Commissioner Ex Parte | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Petition for Extreme Risk Protection Order – Initial Hearing | Commissioner Ex Parte | SCLSPR 95.00 |
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Petitions for Non-Parental Visitation | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | SCLSPR 94.04(d)(6) |
Petition for Sexual Assault Protection Order – Initial Hearing | Commissioner Ex Parte | SCLSPR 95.00 |
Petition for Vulnerable Adult Protection Order – Initial Hearing | Commissioner Ex Parte | SCLSPR 95.00 |
Petitions for Extreme Risk Protection Order, Sexual Assault Protection Order, or Vulnerable Adult Protection Order – Full hearing | Commissioner Civil Protection Order Trials | SCLSPR 95.00 |
Probate Motions (non-TEDRA) | Commissioner Guardianship/Probate | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Reasonableness Hearings | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Receiver Actions | Commissioner Civil Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Relief from Duty to Register (when registration requirement was imposed on an adult offender) | Sentencing Judge or Successor** | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Relief from Duty to Register (when registration requirement was imposed on a juvenile offender) | Juvenile Court Offender Judge*** | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification Requests | Juvenile Court Dependency Judge***/Judge contemporaneously hearing a related matter or Domestic Motions/Commissioner Ex Parte**** | SCLSPR 94.04(k)(1) |
State-Initiated Motions to Establish Parentage or Child Support or Modify Child Support | State Paternity Calendar | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Supplemental Proceedings | Commissioner Civil Motions | SCLCR 69(b)(1) |
UCCJEA Conference – Domestic, Non-UFC Case | Commissioner Special Sets | Administrative Order 11-23 |
UCCJEA Conference – Minor Guardianship Case | Minor Guardianship Calendar | Administrative Order 11-23 |
UCCJEA Conference – Dependency or Domestic UFC Case | Juvenile Court Dependency Judge*** | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Unlawful Detainer/Eviction Motions | Commissioner Civil Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Vulnerable Youth Guardianship | Juvenile Court Dependency Judge ***/Judge contemporaneously hearing a related matter or Domestic Motions/Commissioner Ex Parte **** | SCLSPR 94.04(k)(1) |
Writs except Writs of Habeas Corpus and Writs of Restitution | Judge’s Civil Motions (Tuesday – Friday) | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Writ of Habeas Corpus re. Child Custody – Initial Hearing | Commissioner Ex Parte | Administrative Order 11-23 |
Writs of Restitution | Commissioner Civil Motions | Administrative Order 11-23 |
* These motions are to be noted for hearing on Mondays only.
** The name of the Judicial Officer who signed the Order to be reconsidered or vacated must be indicated on the Note for Calendar
*** These motions are to be noted for hearing at the Denney Juvenile Justice Center.
**** These matters may be heard by a Commissioner only when that Commissioner is contemporaneously hearing a related matter as permitted by SCLSPR 94.04(k).