Applications, motions, and petitions not requiring a memorandum

(a) Memorandum not required Civil motions, applications, and petitions filed on Judicial Council forms that do not require a memorandum include the following: (1) Application for appointment of guardian ad litem in a civil case; (2) Application for an order extending time to serve pleading; (3) Motion to be relieved as counsel; (4) Motion filed in small claims case; (5) Petition for change of name or gender; (6) Petition for declaration of emancipation of minor; (7) Petition for injunction prohibiting harassment; (8) Petition for protective order to prevent elder or dependent adult abuse; (9) Petition for order to prevent postsecondary school violence; (10) Petition of employer for injunction prohibiting workplace violence; (11) Petition for order prohibiting abuse (transitional housing); (12) Petition to approve compromise of claim of a minor or a person with a disability; and (13) Petition for withdrawal of funds from blocked account. (Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2011; previously amended effective January 1, 2007.) (b) Submission of a memorandum Notwithstanding (a), if it would further the interests of justice, a party may submit, or the court may order the submission of, a memorandum in support of any motion, application, or petition. The memorandum must comply with rule 3.1113. (Subd (b) amended effective January 1, 2007.) Rule 3.1114 amended effective January 1, 2011; adopted as rule 314 effective January 1, 2004; previously amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007.