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Title
Forms: Technical Changes-Redesignate and Renumber 41 Miscellaneous (MC) Forms and Amend One Rule of Court (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
There are currently over 75 Judicial Council forms (including a few foreign language versions) that bear a subject-area identifier of MC (Miscellaneous). “Miscellaneous” is not a very helpful term to a user who is searching for a particular form from the “Select a Category” drop-down list on the California Courts website. Many of the MC forms actually fit into discrete subject areas that could be assigned unique category-identifying labels. Others could fit within an existing category-identifying label. Judicial Council staff recommend redesignating and renumbering 41 of these MC forms (plus four foreign language forms) to give them a more specific identifying label.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Judicial Council staff recommend that the council, effective September 1, 2018:
1. Create new forms category Birth, Marriage, Death (BMD) and renumber forms as follows:
a. MC-361 to BMD-001
b. MC-361A to BMD-001A
c. MC-362 to BMD-002
d. MC-362A to BMD-002A
e. MC-360 to BMD-003
f. MC-360A to BMD-003A
2. Create new forms category Emancipation of Minors (EM) and renumber forms as follows:
a. MC-300 to EM-100
b. MC-301 (and foreign language versions MC-301-C, MC-301-K, MC-301-S, and MC-301-V) to EM-100-INFO (and corresponding C, K, S, and V versions)
c. MC 305 to EM-109
d. MC-306 to EM-115
e. MC-310 to EM-130
f. MC-315 to EM-140
3. Create new forms category Habeas Corpus (HC) and renumber forms as follows:
a. MC-275 to HC-001
b. MC-265 to HC-002
c. MC-270 to HC-003
d. CR-175 to HC-004
4. Create new forms category Jury Selection (JURY) and renumber forms as follows:
a. MC-001 to JURY-001
b. MC-002 to JURY-002
c. MC-003 to JURY-003
d. MC-070 to JURY-010
5. Create new forms category Menacing Dog (MD) and renumber forms as follows:
a. MC-600 to MD-100
b. MC-601 to MD-109
c. MC-602 to MD-130
d. MC-603 to MD-140
6. Create new forms category Vexatious Litigants (VL) and renumber forms as follows:
a. MC-700 to VL-100
b. MC-701 to VL-110
c. MC-702 to VL-115
d. MC-703 to VL-120
e. MC-704 to VL-125
7. Move the following forms to the Civil (CIV) category as follows:
a. MC-950 to CIV-150
b. MC-955 to CIV-151
c. MC-956 to CIV-152
d. MC-958 to CIV-153
e. MC-100 to CIV-160
f. MC-101 to CIV-161
g. MC-095 to CIV-170
8. Move the following forms to the Criminal (CR) category as follows:
a. MC-210 to CR-105
b. MC-280 to CR-173
c. MC-281 to CR-174
d. MC-400 to CR-220
9. Move form MC-060 to the Case Management (CM) category and renumber as CM-011.
10. Amend rule 3.36 of the California Rules of Court to conform the internal references to forms to the new form designations and numbers.