Riverside County probate courts ending cross-filing

Posted on Jun 08, 2009

Riverside County's probate courts are ending their cross-filing program on July 1, 2009.  The end of this program effects all courts in the county.  This is a big step backward for making the court's user friendly.

The cross-filing program allowed attorney's and unrepresented parties to file pleadings in any court in the county.  No matter where the pleadings were filed they were then directed to the correct courthouse and the department that had the case.  This program made it convenient, for example, for an executor living in Riverside to have his Riverside based attorney file a probate petition in Riverside for the Palm Springs probate court.  With the close of this program, that same attorney will have to either mail the pleading to the Palm Springs probate court or pay his or her attorney service an additional fee to drive it out to the Palm  Springs probate court for filing.

No doubt the end of the cross-filing program will increase the cost of cases for many people.

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