Please see the attached Emergency Administrative Order No. 20-8-B. This Emergency Order is comprehensive so we recommend you take the time to review it in full. Notable updates include, but are not limited to:

The Friday, 9:30am Civil Motions Calendar is no longer being heard “on the pleadings”. Parties are to appear on that calendar using the entry information from our Daily Calendar which can be found here:

https://www.skagitcounty.net/SuperiorCourt/documents/schedule/courtroomschedule.pdf

Non-appearance by the moving party on the 9:30am Civil Motions Calendar will result in the motion being struck.

In addition, the Friday, 9:00 am and 1:30pm Domestic Motions Calendars and the Monday, 9:00am Domestic Motions Calendar will require appearance to the calendar via Zoom (video or telephonic ) on all matters except for Child Support Motions which will be heard on the pleadings unless oral argument is requested by the Judicial Officer. Court Administration will no longer be sending out the domestic calendars as all matters will require appearance other than the Child Support Motions.

Also, please note that the Monday ARY/CHINS Calendar is moving from 1:30pm to 2:00pm.

The changes noted above are not the only changes in the new order. Please read the Order carefully before contacting Court Administration with any questions.

Emergency Administrative Order No. 20-8-B.pdf

See attached Skagit County District Court Administrative Order 20-7

Administrative Order 20-7.pdf

Please see attached the Local Rules for Skagit County Superior Court effective September 1, 2020.

2020-2021 LOCAL COURT RULES - EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2020.pdf

LOCAL COURT RULES 2020 2021 Updates Only.pdf

Please see attached emergency order for Skagit County District Court and Municipal Courts.

Skagit County Superior Court is moving to a different platform for phone and video hearings beginning Monday, July 20, 2020.  Zoom will allow for better attorney-client confidentiality and is already in use for our bench trials.  General account access information to our regular calendars is attached.  Importantly, the attached is a general guideline as to the case types the accounts will be used for.  These are subject to change so please review the Daily Calendar on our webpage the morning of your scheduled hearing to view the account connection information for your hearing.   More information about our bench trial protocols and procedures, related forms, and answers to frequently asked questions with connecting to video court are available on our website: SkagitCounty.net/Departments/SuperiorCourt   

If you or your clients and witnesses would like to familiarize yourselves with Zoom beforehand, here are a few resources that may be helpful:

Detailed instructions on how to join a Zoom meeting are available here.

Zoom Download Center

Joining a test Zoom meeting here

Zoom Accounts Calendar Information.pdf

Lisa West, Administrator

Skagit County Superior and Juvenile Courts

Superior Court:  360-416-1206

Juvenile Court:  360-416-1225

While the law library is closed to the public due to COVID-19, the law library collection is being inventoried. Circulation (check-out) of any and all Skagit County Law Library items is suspended until further notice. Limited Westlaw access is currently available through a portal on the library’s website: https://skagitcounty.net/Departments/LawLibrary/

If you have any law library materials in your possession, please arrange to return those materials immediately by emailing lawlibrary@co.skagit.wa.us

NOTE: Members of the bar who have after-hours access to the law library through the card key system may NOT use the library at this time. If you are having difficulty accessing needed resources through Westlaw as described above, you are welcome to email lawlibrary@co.skagit.wa.us for remote assistance, if available.

See attached Administrative Order from Sedro Woolley Municipla Court

Administrative Order 20-5 SWMC.pdf

WSBA Local Hero

Heather Webb

We have been informed that Ms. Heather Webb, Managing Attorney of the Burlington office of GLP Attorneys P.S., Inc. and Skagit County Bar President has been selected as a WSBA Local Hero.  The presentation of the award will be at the Board of Governor’s meeting this Friday June 26 at 8:50 AM.  The meeting is being held virtually.  A copy of the notice and invitation we received from the WSBA is set forth below.  The Executive Committee of your Skagit County Bar Association thinks that it would be great for as many Skagit Attorneys as possible to sign on for the brief virtual award presentation.


“Thank you for selecting two fantastic Local Heroes - Heather Powell from Whatcom County and Heather Webb from Skagit County - to receive WSBA Local Hero Awards! We had hoped to host you at the June Board of Governors meeting in Bellingham, however the COVID-19 situation has made it impossible to have an in-person meeting.  The board will still meet virtually, and we hope that you might join in for the presentation of the Local Hero Awards. President Rajeev Majumdar will speak about the Local Heroes at 8:50 AM on Friday, June 26, and he plans to host an in-person presentation of the awards when we can all meet again.


Here (below) are the instructions on how to participate, or you can find the information on the WSBA website: https://www.wsba.org/about-wsba/who-we-are/board-of-governors.”

Congratulations Heather!

A well-deserved honor!