Rule 9.025 - HOW MATTERS FOR PROBATE ARE TO BE PRESENTED; CONFERENCE; HEARING; EMERGENCIES(1) Probate matters requiring authorization, approval, or signature of the Chief Family Law Judge or designee shall first be presented to the Probate Section of the Civil Division for review. If the matter is assigned to a judge other than the Chief Family Law Judge or designee, the party presenting it shall so advise the Probate Section's staff.(2) If the matter cannot be approved without an appearance, the party will be so advised and the matter will be set for conference, or hearing.(3) Hearings may be scheduled by request to the Probate Section. Before requesting a hearing, counsel should confer with other counsel and/or self-represented litigants and advise the Probate Section staff of the estimated time required. (Refer to SLR 8.012 and 8.015 for "trial/assignment" process.)(4) Probate short docket matters, items that will take no more than 10 minutes, are heard Monday through Friday at 8:45 AM, and must be prearranged with the Probate section.(5) When an assignment is made to a specific judicial officer at the Probate short matters docket, and a party intends to file a motion for a change of the judge assigned, the intention to file the motion must be announced at the time of assignment. The original motion, declaration, and proposed order shall be submitted conventionally (in paper) to the Chief Family Law Judge (or in that Judge's absence, to that Judge's designee) by the close of business on the judicial day following notice of the assignment. The moving party shall include with that submission a certificate of service documenting that service of the motion, affidavit, and proposed order has been effected on the other parties and a copy of those documents delivered to the Judge who is the subject of the motion. A new judge will not be designated/assigned until the Chief Family Law Judge has approved and signed the proposed order.Multnomah Supp. L. R. 9.025
Amended effective 2/1/2024.