Bill Text: CA AB2837 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Civil actions: enforcement of money judgments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-09-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 514, Statutes of 2024. [AB2837 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2837-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2837

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Introduced by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan

February 15, 2024

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An act to amend Section 1062.20 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil procedure.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2837, as introduced, Bauer-Kahan. Civil procedure: automation.

Existing law authorizes a court to establish and operate, in accordance with the rules and policy of the Judicial Council, an interactive computer system to enable and assist a pro per litigant to prepare standardized pro per court documents for use in specified civil actions.

This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 1062.20 of the Code of Civil Procedure is amended to read:

1062.20.

 (a) In accordance with the rules and policy of the Judicial Council, each court may establish and operate an interactive computer system to enable and assist a pro per litigant to prepare standardized pro per court documents for use in the following civil actions:

(1) Enforcement of court orders, including orders for visitation, child custody, and property division.

(2) Landlord and tenant actions.

(3) Uncontested dissolution of marriage.

(4) Probate of a will.

(b) The computer system may also provide standardized information to users, including, but not limited to, information regarding calculations for child and spousal support payments that meet the requirements described in Section 3830 of the Family Code, court procedures, rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants, and alternative dispute resolution.

(c) The court may contract with a private entity to establish and operate the program and collect any fees described in subdivision (d).

(d) The court may establish and collect fees from the program not to exceed the reasonable costs to establish and operate the program.