Also known as: schedules · scheduled · scheduling · annex · appendix
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A written list or inventory of items, times, or events, often attached to a document to detail its contents or to set forth a plan for future actions.
Judge Ramirez received an ex parte email from counsel for Steven Silva asking only when the next status conference could be reset after a medical emergency. The judge confirmed a new date without discussing any claims or defenses and immediately notified opposing counsel of the exchange. Because the communication addressed only scheduling and created no advantage, it fell within the permitted exception.
Synergy Systems and Sapphire Holdings had a scheduling order setting discovery cutoff for June 1. When a key witness became unavailable, Synergy moved to extend the cutoff by sixty days. The court granted the extension after finding good cause and obtaining the consent of both parties.
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Sophia Singh executed a power of attorney authorizing her agent to manage investment accounts. The agent prepared a detailed schedule listing each account, its current value, and account numbers, then attached the schedule to the power of attorney before recording the document.
A New York court had issued a custody order containing a specific visitation schedule for Seth Shapiro's children. When the mother moved to State A, the father sought enforcement of the New York schedule. State A issued a temporary order adopting the existing visitation schedule without modification.
Sylvia Santos petitioned for legal custody of her grandchild after the parents became unavailable. The court granted her authority to make decisions about the child's education, medical care, and scheduled extracurricular activities, recognizing that legal custody includes control over the child's scheduled activity.
In a complex commercial case between Silverline Industries and Sapphire Technologies, the court entered a pretrial order that set deadlines for document production and depositions. The order controlled the timing and sequence of all discovery under Rules 26 and 29 through 37.
A judge may engage in ex parte communication for scheduling purposes when circumstances require it, the communication does not address substantive matters, the judge reasonably believes no party gains an advantage, and the judge promptly notifies all other parties of the substance and gives them an opportunity to respond.
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A scheduling order may be modified only for good cause and with the judge's consent.
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An agent may create at any time a schedule listing some or all of the principal's property and attach it to the power of attorney to accomplish a purpose of a transaction.
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A court without modification jurisdiction may issue a temporary order enforcing a visitation schedule made by a court of another state.
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Legal custody includes the right to make significant decisions regarding a child's education, health care, and scheduled activity.
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A pretrial order may control and schedule discovery, including orders affecting disclosures and discovery under Rule 26 and Rules 29 through 37.
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