MADERA COUNTY — The Madera County Superior Court is pleased to announce that effective immediately, Madera County residents will receive a juror summons postcard. The postcard will include QR codes to easily direct jurors to the Court’s online portal where they can receive general information about jury service, update their personal information, request a disqualification or excusal, complete the juror ...
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Madera County Superior Court Offers E-Filing for Civil Cases
MADERA COUNTY — The Madera County Superior Court is pleased to announce that effective Monday, October 31, 2022, e-Filing will be available for the following case types: • Civil (Limited and Unlimited) • Small Claims • Family Law • Probate e-Filing provides court users with the convenience of submitting filings and paying any associated fees online without having to visit ...
Read More »COVID-19 & the Continuing Impacts to Court Operations
MADERA COUNTY — The following is a court order from the Madera County Superior Court, signed by Presiding Judge, Hon. Ernest J. LiCalsi. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MADERA FORTY-FIFTH GENERAL ORDER RE: MADERA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC & THE CONTINUING IMPACTS TO COURT OPERATIONS In June 2021, this ...
Read More »Public Notice: Reduction of Clerk’s Office Hours, Madera County Superior Court
PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 68106 AND THE CALIFORNIA RULES OF COURT, RULE 10.620 NOTICE OF REDUCTION OF CLERK’S OFFICE HOURS MADERA – Pursuant to the above-referenced Government Code Section and California Rule of Court, the Madera County Superior Court is providing a sixty (60) day notice in the required form and to the required entities that it plans ...
Read More »Preliminary Hearing To Be Set For North Fork Man Charged With Murder
MADERA — A court date has been set for Robert Moye, the 46-year-old North Fork man charged with murder in the July 6 shooting death of prominent Mono tribal elder Gaylen Lee. According to the Madera County District Attorney’s Office, Moye will go before Madera County Superior Court Judge Dale Blea in Department 22 on Aug. 8 at 8:30 a.m. ...
Read More »Moye Formally Charged in Lee Homicide, Bail Set At $3.75 Million
MADERA — A 46-year-old North Fork man was formally arraigned Tuesday afternoon in Madera County Superior Court, charged with the Saturday night murder of Gaylen D. Lee, a widely respected Elder in the Mono Indian tribe. Lee, 70, died July 6 after being shot at his home just off Cascadel Drive (Road 233) in North Fork. Robert Eugene Moye, Jr., ...
Read More »They Plan To Close Our Courthouse, People Are Pushing Back
MADERA COUNTY – Mountain area residents have recently learned that the Madera Superior Court plans to close the Bass Lake Courthouse as of Nov. 30. Needless to say, people are not happy and they are making their objections known. The Eastern Madera County Bar Association has scheduled a Town Hall meeting for Tuesday, Oct. 23, at the Oakhurst Community Center ...
Read More »YLP Arsonists Win Partial Appeals Victory, One Released From Prison
FRESNO – The couple convicted of starting numerous fires in the Yosemite Lakes Park (YLP) community and surrounding area in 2013 has won a partial victory as some of their convictions have been reversed on appeal. However, Alice Waterman was released from prison on June 9, according to District Attorney David Linn, because she had served her time. Kenneth Jackson ...
Read More »Former Bank Manager Charged With Embezzlement Released From Jail
BASS LAKE – The former Yosemite Bank manager who has been charged with 32 counts of embezzlement was released from jail today on his own recognizance. Donald Eaves, 53, is accused of embezzling $115,000 from the Oakhurst bank over a 2-year period. He has been behind bars on an $800,000 bond since his arrest on May 15, and appeared in ...
Read More »Open Letter From Superior Court Judge Candidate Carol Moses
My name is Carol Moses and I’m running for Madera County Superior Court Judge on the June 5th ballot. I would appreciate your vote. I’m running on my record as a practicing attorney in this area for 25 years, my service to our country as a Federal law enforcement officer for 20 years and my service to our county as ...
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