Dowd, Mary Ellen v. Vertrees, James

STATUS CONFERENCE TENTATIVE DECISION 02/06/2026, 9:00 a.m. Department 3

Case No. FL0003551 Petitioner: Dowd, Mary Ellen Attorney: Self-Represented Respondent: Vertrees, James Attorney: Self-Represented

1. Status Conference is continued to 08/07/2026, at 9:00 a.m. in Department 3 of Superior Court of California, County of Nevada, Nevada City Branch. Please check the Court website tentative ruling page to see if a tentative ruling has been posted and if your appearance is necessary. Tentative ruling should be posted on or before 08/04/2026.

2. The Court notes that the following are still required: a. FL-115 Proof of Service of Summons OR request from Petitioner for additional time to serve documents OR CIV-110 Request for Dismissal if Petitioner no longer wants to proceed. b. FL-141 Declaration re: Service of Declaration of Disclosure from Petitioner. c. Proof of Service has not been received. When it has been at least 30 days since the Summons and Petition were served on Respondent, one of the following: i. FL-120 Response and FL-141 Declaration re: Service of Declaration of Disclosure from Respondent, OR ii.

Agreement that Respondent has additional time to file Response. Parties may use FL14 Family Law Stipulation (Nevada County) if signed by both parties or MC-030 Declaration if only signed by Petitioner. OR iii. FL-165 Request to Enter Default from Petitioner. If there is an agreement, Respondent must file FL-141 Declaration re: Service of Declaration of Disclosure.

3. The required forms shall be served and filed no later than ten (10) days before 08/06/2026, the next Status Conference date stated in item 1.

4. The standard terms listed at the top of the tentative decision posting are incorporated by reference.

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