오늘 오전에 전달된 엘에이 카운티 가정법원 책임판사? (Supervising judge)의 공문 내용입니다. 내용이 많아 직역은 못 하고 요약을 했으니 참고 하시기 바랍니다:

**지난 몇주간처럼 가정법원은 time sensitive, essential functions 를 제외한 다른 용도로는 5월 29일까지 계속 문을 닫을 것으로 예상 됩니다. 대법원장의 인가를 기다리는 중입니다.
         
**COURT CLOSURE LIKELY TO BE EXTENDED TO MAY 29
 
We expect the current court closure, in which the Court is limited to conducting only time sensitive, essential functions, to be extended through May 29.  We await authorization from the Chief Justice and expect it will be received very soon.
   

**6월 22일에 법원이 정상화 될 것으로 예상되지만 변동 가능한 예상에 불과합니다.

**COURT PLANS TO REOPEN JUNE 22
 
Our present working assumption is that we will reopen the Court on June 22.  Note well: it is our assumption and it is subject to change. 
 

** 가정법원이 ex-parte (emergency filing) 서류를 이메일 "resource accounts"를 통해 접수하도록 허락해 줄 예정입니다 (아직 절차나 날짜가 확정된 게 아니고, 각 법원마다 dedicated resource account를 지정해 ex-parte 서류접수를 받아줄 이메일 주소를 법원 웹싸이트 press release에 공유할 예정입니다.) Ex-parte 공판 역시 이제까지는 직접 들어가서 진행을 해야했지만 앞으로는 CourtCall을 통해 전화출석 할 수 있게 바뀔 예정입니다.

코로나 사태 이후 허용된 Ex-parte 접수 절차인 fax 접수나 drop box 접수 역시 계속해서 허용 됩니다 (이메일로만 해야하도록 바뀌는 게 아니고요) 

**FAMILY LAW DIVISION TO PERMIT FILING OF EX-PARTE PAPERS VIA EMAIL "RESOURCE ACCOUNTS"
 
Judge Brazile expects to announce via press release soon (we hope this week) that the Family Law Division will, during the emergency period, accept ex-parte applications and oppositions for filing via an email modality called a "resource account".  Litigants can attach their ex-parte papers to a Judicial Council Form MC-005 and (if a party has not previously obtained a fee waiver) will be able to pay fees via that form.  Watch the Court's website for that announcement and the effective date. 
 
Each courthouse handling Family Law ex-parte applications will have a dedicated resource account--and those email addresses will be set out in the press release. Parties wishing to participate remotely in the court session may do so via CourtCall.  
 
For those using the resource account tool, the Clerk will return, using that same tool, the Court's ruling on the ex-parte application within one court day.  The moving party will be required to provide notice forthwith.   
 
All the traditional rules about advance notice will still apply. 
 
Parties will be able to present ex-parte applications via fax filing and in person as well. 
 

**지난 몇 주간 접근금지 신청 공판도 연기를 시켜 왔는데요 앞으로는 WebEx를 통해 공판을 진행할 수 있는 방법을 지금 시험 중이라고 합니다. 법원 웹싸이트에 업데잇이 뜨는 걸 기다려 보시라네요.

**FAMILY LAW DIVISION IS BETA-TESTING WEBEX TOOLS FOR RESTRAINING ORDER HEARINGS 
 
We are further testing the use of WebEx as a method of permitting persons to participate in Family Law restraining order hearings during the emergency period. Please watch the court's website for further information. 
 
**접근금지 명령 신청서는 팩스를 통해 접수 가능합니다. 또한 엘에이 카운티 어디에 사시건 신청서를 엘에이 중앙법원에 (Stanley Mosk) 접수하실 수 있고, 공판은 해당 지역 법원에 잡히게 됩니다.

**PARTIES MAY FAX FILE RESTRAINING ORDER APPLICATIONS IN ALL DISTRICTS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING FAMILY LAW COURT LOCATIONS
 
This is in follow up to a question from last week.  
 
Also, parties may fax file such applications in Central (Mosk) and the matter will be set for hearing in the appropriate courthouse. The court's website has fax filing information.
 
An  obvious question: may parties file restraining order applications via a "resource account"?  The answer is, not yet, but we are closely examining that expansion. 

**법원 모욕죄 (Contempt) 절차는 현재 법원에서 꼭 처리해주고 있는 essential function에 들어가지 않습니다 (따라서 양육권 관련해 상대방 부모가 명령을 어기고 있다고 법원 모욕죄 공판을 접수하신다고 하더라도 lockdown이 끝날 때까지 공판은 열리지 않을 겁니다)

         
**CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS ARE NOT A FAMILY LAW ESSENTIAL FUNCTION 
 
Judge Brazile's March 17 General Order identified contempt proceedings involving custody as a Family Law essential function but that was modified in his March 23 General Order.  Contempt proceedings are not an essential function at this time. 
 

**법원이 정상운영화 된다고 하더라도 엄청난 양의 공판과 재판이 밀려있을 것이기 때문에 엘에이 카운티 법원들 전체가 모든 공판/재판 스케쥴을 재검토 하고 우선순위를 다시 결정해 당사자들에게 (변호사가 있다면 변호사들에게) 새로 잡힌 법원 날짜와 절차 관련해 공지를 보낼 것입니다. 따라서 6월 22일 전에 공판이 잡혀있는 분들은 연기 공지서 받으실 것이고, 공판이 6월 22일 후에 잡혀있는 경우라도 우선순위가 떨어지는 이슈라면 (통상적으로 가정법원 내에서의 우선순위는 크게 이렇게 매겨집니다: 1. 아이의 건강이나 안녕에 위협이 되는 상황 (ex-parte) 2. 가정폭력 3. 양육권 분쟁 써포트 분쟁 discovery motions. 따라서 공판에서 다뤄질 이슈가 돈 문제 외에 다른 게 없다면 몇 달 밀려날 수 있다고 각오 하셔야 할 것 같네요. 평소에도 가정법원은 일이 밀려서 아우성이었는데, 정말 앞으로 큰일이네요...   

**THE FAMILY LAW DIVISION IS PLANNING FOR THE REOPENING OF COURT OPERATIONS
 
Judge Brazile commented on Friday that each division of the Court has submitted plans to the Court's Covid-19 Task Force, and for his ultimate approval, concerning court proceedings once the Court reopens.  This note is not the place for a detailed description of the Family Law plan.  But I share in broad brush that our plan provides for the scheduling of hearings largely on the basis of a priority scheme.  Not surprisingly, the top priority matters involve physical safety and the provision of resources for food and shelter. 
 
Starting soon, we will be triaging all pending and newly-filed matters, and assigning each to a priority category.  Then, the departments in each district will begin setting such matters on calendars and notifying the parties.  The judges in each district will have discretion and latitude in the setting process but, overall, the division will have a unified approach. 
 
We expect soon to know far  more as to when a given category of matter is likely to be set in a given district, and we will also have more to say about how we will deploy our nine dedicated trial courts and two dedicated settlement courts in the process. We will also have information concerning our AB1058 courts.  And we will have practical information about possible ways to expedite matters and cautions concerning potential abuses of the priority scheme. 
 
Bear in mind that reopening our Court is unlikely to be a return to normal for some time.  We may well be in a far longer period of further social distancing, court staff working from home and other reduced judicial and staff resources.  All of this will effect how efficiently we can move through a backlog of matters. 
 
For now, I repeat my earlier caution that the your hearing dates now on calendar--even those recently continued--are not likely "real" dates although restraining order matters set after June 22 do have a somewhat higher likelihood of proceeding as currently calendared.
 
We know you need to know, first, when a given matter is likely to be heard and, second, the "real" calendar date.  And we are anxious to be able to tell you both.  In the weeks to come, we expect to be able to provide far more precise information.
 
Thank you.
 
Judge Riff

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그나마 엘에이는 접수 자체는 계속해서 받아주는 상황이라 공판이 늦춰져도 retroactivity 는 reserve가 되는데, 오렌지카운티는 접수 자체를 안 받아줘서 나중에 lockdown 풀려도 정말 엉망일 듯...

법원에서 업데잇 발표 뜨면 가능한 빨리 공유해 드리도록 하겠습니다.

그럼, 모두들 힘든 이 시기를 잘 버텨내시길 빕니다.