NEW NASSAU COUNTY PC RULES ALSO ADDRESS ADR

 

PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROCEDURE

Preliminary Conference Orders in Nassau County will now be automatically generated with discovery deadlines as per statutory and/or court rules.  Parties shall confer and complete the Deposition Schedule Rider which is available on the Nassau County Supreme Court website. Depositions must be scheduled and conducted on a mutually convenient date, time and location within 120 days of the scheduled Preliminary Conference date. Counsel / Party must upload the Deposition Schedule Rider to NYSCEF within 14 days of this Court Notice under document type “Deposition Schedule Rider”.  

All counsel must upload a signed copy of the “Attorney Good Faith ADR Certificate” (available on Nassau County Supreme Court website) to NYSCEF under document type “Affirmation” with comment “ADR Certification” at least one day prior to the scheduled preliminary conference date.  Self-represented parties need not submit the certification.

The link to the Nassau County Supreme Court website is:

http://ww2.nycourts.gov/COURTS/10JD/nassau/cicgeneralforms.shtml

The automatically generated Preliminary Conference Order will have assigned Compliance / Certification and Settlement Conference dates.  Once signed by the assigned justice the part clerk will upload the Preliminary Conference Order to NYSCEF.                    

 

** It is the responsibility of the filing party requesting the Preliminary Conference to make all parties aware of the above Preliminary Conference procedure including the Deposition Schedule Rider.

 

*Any questions on the procedure may be directed to the DCM Department at (516) 493-3100 or email the PC Department at pcconf@nycourts.gov.

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NOTE FROM JMP: The preliminary conference procedure for all matrimonial actions in Nassau County is unchanged.