(a) Memorandum not required
Civil motions, applications, and petitions filed on Judicial Council forms that do not require a memorandum include the following:
(1) Application for appointment of guardian ad litem in a civil case;
(2) Application for an order extending time to serve pleading;
(3) Motion to be relieved as counsel;
(4) Motion filed in small claims case;
(5) Petition for change of name or gender;
(6) Petition for declaration of emancipation of minor;
(7) Petition for injunction prohibiting harassment;
(8) Petition for protective order to prevent elder or dependent adult abuse;
(9) Petition for order to prevent postsecondary school violence;
(10) Petition of employer for injunction prohibiting workplace violence;
(11) Petition for order prohibiting abuse (transitional housing);
(12) Petition to approve compromise of claim of a minor or a person with a disability; and
(13) Petition for withdrawal of funds from blocked account.
(Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2011; previously amended effective January 1, 2007.)
(b) Submission of a memorandum
Notwithstanding (a), if it would further the interests of justice, a party may submit, or the court may order the submission of, a memorandum in support of any motion, application, or petition. The memorandum must comply with rule 3.1113.
(Subd (b) amended effective January 1, 2007.)
Rule 3.1114 amended effective January 1, 2011; adopted as rule 314 effective January 1, 2004; previously amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007.