The Court does not confirm personal or case information about a party's identity over the phone or by email unless there is a Court business need to do so to assist a party with their case, a party's attorney, a party's designee, or a justice partner agency. Personal information includes details such as date of birth, last four digits of a Social Security Number, address, or a driver's license number. Individuals seeking personal information about a party may visit the courthouse to look up information on a court provided computer or submit a Research Request Form.

A video has been created to provide some information to parents sharing custody during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Click here to watch the video.

The goal of these recommendations is to encourage the parties to follow their parenting plan as closely as possible, as doing so will ensure a level of consistency and stability that is in the children's best interests. These recommendations recognize California's policy of: assuring minor children frequent and continuing contact with parents who have shown the ability to act in the children's best interests; encouraging such parents to share in the rights and responsibilities of raising their children; encouraging parents to develop their own parenting plan and grant them discretion in developing such a plan; and considering the best interests of the children and safety of the parties in developing a parenting plan.

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In order to promote the health and safety of our employees as well as mitigate community spread of the COVID-19/Coronavirus during this pandemic, the Stanislaus County Superior Court has suspended all non-emergency services which includes most filings.

Customers with emergency filings will be contacted by phone when their documents are ready for pick up. If no phone number is provided, documents will be mailed to the address provided.

All other filings will be handled when time permits and documents will be mailed out if an address is provided. If no address is provided, filers that provide a phone number will be contacted once the court reopens for business.

Appointments are now required to appear in court on traffic citations.  For more information, please click here: appointments