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Klickitat/Skamania Superior Courts — Local Court Rules

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NOTE FOR TRIAL SETTING/CERTIFICATE OF READINESS/STATEMENT OF ARBITRABILITY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KLICKITAT
_______________________________________,
Plaintiff / Petitioner,
vs.
_______________________________________,
Defendant / Respondent.
NO. ______________________________
NOTE FOR TRIAL SETTING/
CERTIFICATE OF READINESS/
STATEMENT OF ARBITRABILITY
(NTTSA/NTTSNA)
(Clerk’s action required)
To opposing counsel or party, Clerk of Court and Court Administrator:
A. Petitioner/Respondent requests a trial date and certifies as follows:
1. 	This case is at issue, no affirmative pleading remains unanswered and all pleadings
are on file.
2. 	Nature of case: _____________________________________________________
3. 	Estimated trial time: _________________________________________________
4. 	☐Jury 6-person 	☐Jury 12-person
5. 	☐Jury fee paid and demand filed.
6. 	Number of witnesses I will call: ______ 	☐Expert 	☐Non-expert
7. 	Dates unavailable: __________________________________________________
8. 	All discovery has been completed or will be completed prior to trial.
9. 	Pre-trial conference is requested. ☐Yes 	☐No
10. Trial brief ☐on file 	☐will be filed 	☐will not be filed
11. All parties have conferred; a Judge Pro Tem ☐may ☐may not, try this case.

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NOTE FOR TRIAL SETTING/CERTIFICATE OF READINESS/STATEMENT OF ARBITRABILITY
Name, mailing address, phone number, email
address of PLAINTIFF/PETITIONER
Name, mailing address, phone number, email
address of DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT
*PLEASE NOTE: IF A CURRENT PHONE NUMBER, MAILING ADDRESS,
AND EMAIL ARE NOT PROVIDED BY THE MOVING PARTY FOR BOTH
PARTIES, THIS CASE WILL NOT BE SET FOR TRIAL.
STATEMENT OF ARBITRABILITY
B. Petitioner/Respondent, Defendant/Respondent certifies as follows:
☐This case is subject to mandatory arbitration because the sole relief sought is a
money judgment and involves no claim in excess of $100.000.00 exclusive of
attorney’s fees, interest, and costs (LMAR 1.2)
☐This case is not subject to mandatory arbitration under RCW 7.06.
C. Any party not in agreement with the information or estimates given in the Note
for Trial Setting/Certificate of Readiness/Statement of Arbitrability shall file and
serve within 10 days of the date of this notice, a written Objection to Trial Setting
or the Statement of Arbitrability, and note the matter for a hearing to argue the
objection.
Attorney Printed Name, WSBA#: ____________________________________________
Attorney for: ☐Plaintiff ☐Petitioner ☐Defendant ☐Respondent
Signed: _____________________________ 	Dated: ________________________

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OBJECTION TO TRIAL SETTING/STATEMENT OF ARBITRABILITY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KLICKITAT
_______________________________________,
Plaintiff / Petitioner,
vs.
_______________________________________,
Defendant / Respondent.
NO. ______________________________
OBJECTION TO TRIAL SETTING/
STATEMENT OF ARBITRABILITY
(Civil/Domestic)
I _______________________________ object to the Trial Setting of the above-mentioned case.
For the following reason(s):
Unavailability: ☐Parties 	☐Witnesses
☐Counsel Withdrawal 	☐New Counsel
☐Other (Be specific): ___________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
I _________________________________disagree with the Statement of Arbitrability filed in
this case and contend that, for the reason(s) indicated below, this case should NOT be arbitrated.

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OBJECTION TO TRIAL SETTING/STATEMENT OF ARBITRABILITY
☐Plaintiff’s claim exceeds applicable arbitration limits pursuant to LMAR 1.2.
☐Plaintiff’s seeks relief other than a money judgment.
☐Defendant’s counter or cross claim exceeds applicable arbitration limits pursuant to
LMAR 1.2
☐Defendant’s counter or cross claim seeks relief other than a money judgement.
☐Case is an appeal from a lower court.
PLEASE NOTE: Any party not in agreement with the information or estimates given in the Note
for Trial Setting/Statement of Arbitrability shall file and serve within 10 days of the date of the
notice; this form, Objection to Trial Setting / Statement of Arbitrability, and note the matter for a
hearing to argue the objection.
Attorney Printed Name, WSBA#: ____________________________________________
Attorney for: ☐Plaintiff ☐Petitioner ☐Defendant ☐Respondent
Signed: _____________________________ 	Dated: ________________________
Pro se Litigant, Printed Name ________________________________________________
☐Plaintiff ☐Petitioner ☐Defendant ☐Respondent
Signed: _____________________________ 	Dated: _________________________

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KLICKITAT
_______________________________________,
Petitioner,
vs.
_______________________________________,
Respondent.
NO. ______________________________
REQUEST FOR SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE
TO COURT ADMINISTRATOR AND OPPOSING COUNSEL:
1. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE:
A) Nature of Issues
☐ Property Division 	☐ Debt Division 	☐ Maintenance
☐ Custody 	☐ Parenting Plan 	☐ Visitation
☐ Other: ____________________________________________________________
B) Dates unavailable for settlement conference in the next 3 months:
C) All parties must attend and be prepared to seriously negotiate settlement.
2. CHECK APPROPRIATE SQUARE:
☐ I have contacted the counsel/party by telephone, mail or email, who agrees the
settlement conference may be set any time after (date) ____________________________
☐ I have contacted the opposing counsel/party by telephone, mail or email, and have
received no response or no agreement on hearing dates.

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If no contact has been made with opposing counsel/party, The Court will not set a
hearing/settlement conference date.
I hereby represent to the Court that this case is at issue and a Response to Petition has
been filed. If the case is not settled at the Settlement Conference, I will complete a
Note for Trial Setting/Certificate of Readiness/Statement of Arbitrability form.
Dated: _______________ 	Signed: _________________________________________
Lawyer or Party Requesting: ________________________
Address: ________________________________________
________________________________________
Telephone: ______________________________________
Names, addresses and telephone numbers of other attorneys, or pro se parties and
guardian ad litem in this case.
Name: ___________________________ 	Name: ___________________________
Lawyer for: _______________________ 	Lawyer for: _______________________
Address: _________________________ 	Address: _________________________
_________________________________ 	_________________________________
Telephone: ________________________ 	Telephone: ________________________
Name: ___________________________ 	Name: ___________________________
Lawyer for: _______________________ 	Lawyer for: _______________________
Address: _________________________ 	Address: _________________________
_________________________________ 	_________________________________
Telephone: ________________________ 	Telephone: ________________________

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SKAMANIA
JUVENILE COURT
STATE OF WASHINGTON 	)
)
Plaintiff, 	) 	No.
)
vs. 	) 	STATUS CONFERENCE REPORT
)
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Defendant. 	)
______________________________ )
We the undersigned report as follows:
( 	) The Prosecutor has not made an offer for plea and does not intend to do so, and
( 	) The defendant will be changing his/her plea nonetheless on the next available
motion/hearing date of the __________ day of ___________________, 20_____.
( 	) The case will proceed to trial on the previously established trial date.
( 	) A continuance will be requested by Prosecutor/defense to be heard on the _________
day of ___________________, 20_____, the next available motion/hearing date.
NOTICE OF HEARING ON THE REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE IS HEREBY
ACKNOWLEDGE BY ALL PARTIES.
( 	) The Prosecutor has made an offer to resolve this case and the undersigned defendant
has responded as follows:
( 	) Accepting the offer and is prepared to change his/her plea on the __________ day of
__________________, 20_____, the next available motion/hearing date;
( 	) Refusing the offer and the case will go to trial on the previously assigned trial date;
( 	) Refusing the offer and a new trial date is requested by Prosecutor/defense to be heard
on the ___________ day of ____________________, 20_____, the next available
motion/hearing date.
NOTICE OF HEARING ON THE REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE IS HEREBY
ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL PARTIES.
Dated this ______________ day of _____________________, 20_____.
______________________ ________________________ ________________________
Defendant 	Defense Counsel 	Prosecutor

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Today’s Date: 	[ 	] GRANTED [ 	] DENIED
INITIALS: ________________
Klickitat County Superior Court
Request for Remote Appearance
Prior authorization required per Local Court Rule LGAR 19(2)
Case Number: _______________________ Date & Time of Hearing: ____________
Case Name: 	___________________________________________________________
Type of hearing: _________________________________________________________
In a Civil /Domestic case; is the hearing agreed to by parties [ 	] Yes [ 	] No
Will there be argument [ 	] Yes [ 	] No
Party needing the remote hearing:
[ 	] Petitioner/Plaintiff 	[ 	] Witness 	[ 	] Other
[ 	] Respondent/Defendant 	[ 	] Tribal authority
Reason requesting party is unable to attend the hearing in-person:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Contact information: If Granted~
Phone: _________________________ Email: __________________________________
Case worker/contact Name: _________________________________________________
Phone number plus extensions: ______________________________________________
__________________________________________
Signature
Return this to Court Administration no less than 5 days prior to hearing date. 205 S.
Columbus Ave. Room. 206, Goldendale, WA 98620, or
superiorcourtadmin@klickitatcounty.org

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