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Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado

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To preserve and enhance the rule of law in El Dorado County by providing all persons a fair, efficient, and accessible forum for resolving disputes, protecting public safety, and righting wrongs.

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Juvenile Court

The Juvenile Court is responsible for handling matters regarding minors. The judges in Juvenile Court hear delinquency cases involving minors charged with violations of the law and dependency cases involving minors who have been neglected or abused.

Dependency Court Schedules

Department 8, Judge Kenneth J. Melikian
Department 12, Commissioner Dylan Sullivan

Department 8

Judge Kenneth J. Melikian
295 Fair Lane
Placerville, CA 95667

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:15	Juvenile 602 Matters
8:30		Juvenile 300/602 Long Cause Matters	Traffic Court Trials	Traffic Court Trials 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th Thursdays Interpreter matters 1st Thursday	Juvenile 300 Matters
10:30	Juvenile 602 Matters		Traffic Arraignments (Including Misdemeanor, return on bench warrants, VOP)	Traffic Arraignments (Including Misdemeanor) 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th Thursdays Interpreter matters 1st Thursday	Juvenile 300 Matters
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:30	Juvenile 602 Matters	Juvenile 300/602 Long Cause Matters	Proof of Correction Traffic Matters	DARK	Juvenile 300 Matters
2:00	Juvenile 602 Matters Juvenile Traffic (2nd and 4th Mondays)		Traffic Court Trials
3:30	Juvenile 300 & 602 Detentions	Juvenile 300 & 602 Detentions	Juvenile 300 & 602 Detentions		Juvenile 300 & 602 Detentions

(Dept 8 calendar effective 7/30/2012)

Department 12

Commissioner Dylan Sullivan
1354 Johnson Blvd.
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:30 A.M.	8:30 to 10:00 SLT DCSS by video conference	Ex Parte Unlawful Detainers	Ex Parte Juv 300/Adoptions	Ex Parte All TROs	Ex Parte Monthly Compliance Calendar (2nd Fri of mo)
9:00 A.M.		Traffic Argns (1st, 3rd) Family Law w/Pro Pers (2nd, 4th, 5th)			Family Law w/Attys
10:00 A.M.	Family Law MSCs w/Pro Tem (2nd) TDNs (4th) Dangerous Dogs Small Claims Traffic			Family Law Trials
11:00 A.M.			Dependency Drug Court Mtg (1st, 3rd)
Noon	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1:15 P.M.	Reserved for Criminal In-Custody Hrgs if Dept 3 is not available
1:30 P.M.	Reserved for 300 Juv Detentions
1:30 P.M.	DARK	No Sets	DDC Cal (1st, 3rd) Contested Juv (2nd, 4th, 5th)	Family Law Trials	Family Law Contested (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th) DCSS Contested Complicated, Contempts (4th)
2:30 P.M.			Contested Juv (1st, 3rd)

(Dept 12 calendar effective 07/09/2012)

Delinquency Court Schedules

Department 8

Judge Kenneth J. Melikian
295 Fair Lane
Placerville, CA 95667

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:15	Juvenile 602 Matters
8:30		Juvenile 300/602 Long Cause Matters	Traffic Court Trials	Traffic Court Trials 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th Thursdays Interpreter matters 1st Thursday	Juvenile 300 Matters
10:30	Juvenile 602 Matters		Traffic Arraignments (Including Misdemeanor, return on bench warrants, VOP)	Traffic Arraignments (Including Misdemeanor) 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th Thursdays Interpreter matters 1st Thursday	Juvenile 300 Matters
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:30	Juvenile 602 Matters	Juvenile 300/602 Long Cause Matters	Proof of Correction Traffic Matters	DARK	Juvenile 300 Matters
2:00	Juvenile 602 Matters Juvenile Traffic (2nd and 4th Mondays)		Traffic Court Trials
3:30	Juvenile 300 & 602 Detentions	Juvenile 300 & 602 Detentions	Juvenile 300 & 602 Detentions		Juvenile 300 & 602 Detentions

(Dept 8 calendar effective 7/30/2012)

Department 4

Judge Steven C. Bailey
1354 Johnson Blvd.
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:15 A.M.	602 Detention Hearings	602 Detention Hearings	602 Detention Hearings	602 Detention Hearings	602 Detention Hearings
8:30 A.M.	Civil/Crim Trials Civil Long Cause	Civil/Crim Trials PXs and Criminal Long Cause	Probate	Juv 602 and 2.41 Hrgs Public Defender	Adult Feloney Drug Court (1st, 3rd)
9:00 A.M.	Dangerous Dogs (2nd, 4th)		Civil & Criminal Trials		Criminal Hearings
10:30 A.M.				Juvenile 602 Appointed and Private Counsel
11:15 A.M.					602 Detention Hearings
NOON	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:15 P.M.	Reserved for Criminal In-Custody Hearings if Dept 3 is not available
					Afternoon Long Cause Special Sets and ex parte hrgs approved by Judge Bailey only
1:30 P.M.	Civil/Probate Long Cause	Criminal Long Cause	1:00 p.m. Out of Custody Arraignments (called at 1:30pm)	Monthly BHP (3rd) Contested 602 Hrgs (1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th)	Civil Law & Motion (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th) 1:35 p.m. Monthly Civil Prove-ups (4th) 1:45 p.m. Trial in Limine Mtns
3:30 P.M.				Monthly Veterans Court (2nd) STOPNOW (2nd, 4th)
4:00 P.M.	Ex Parte Hearings	Judicial Status Hearings Ex Parte Hearings	Ex Parte Hearings	Ex Parte Hearings	Ex Parte Hearings

(Dept 4 calendar effective 07/09/2012)

Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado

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Juvenile Court

Dependency Court Schedules

Delinquency Court Schedules

Department 8

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:15

8:30

10:30

NOON

1:30

2:00

3:30

Department 12

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:30 A.M.

9:00 A.M.

10:00 A.M.

11:00 A.M.

Noon

1:15 P.M.

1:30 P.M.

1:30 P.M.

2:30 P.M.

Delinquency Court Schedules

Department 8

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:15

8:30

10:30

NOON

1:30

2:00

3:30

Department 4

TIME

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8:15 A.M.

8:30 A.M.

9:00 A.M.

10:30 A.M.

11:15 A.M.

NOON

1:15 P.M.

1:30 P.M.

3:30 P.M.

4:00 P.M.

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