The portal is intended to provide parties and counsel a streamlined, convenient, and efficient method of providing the court with exhibits expected to be presented at a trial or evidentiary hearing. The portal became available on January 5, 2026.
The portal is currently only available for exhibits presented at a trial or evidentiary hearing. At this time, there are no plans to expand the portal to allow for lodgments for ex parte or RFO hearings. Please see Local Rule 5.8.4 for more information.
No. The portal is only intended to serve as a repository for exhibits in anticipation of their presentation at trial/evidentiary hearing. It does not replace service requirements pursuant to statutory authority, CA Rules of Court, or Local Rules.
All attorneys and self-represented litigants are still expected to comply with all applicable rules regarding service and exchange of exhibits, including any department-specific rules for trials and/or evidentiary hearings. This includes timely submission of exhibits to the Court in accordance with all applicable rules.
Please note, some departments may have department-specific rules requiring exhibit stickers, exhibit cover sheets, and additional hard copies of exhibits. Failure to follow any applicable rules may result in the court not considering that evidence.
No. All attorneys and self-represented litigants are expected to comply with all applicable rules regarding presentation of audio/video exhibits, including requirements for transcripts, translations, etc. You are also responsible for bringing in the necessary equipment to present video and/or audio exhibits in court. The video/audio exhibit cannot be displayed through the portal.
All self-represented litigants and attorneys can use the portal. If there is Minor’s Counsel and/or joined third parties, they and their counsel can also use the portal.
Users must register using an email address to access the portal. Upon registration, a unique portal access link will be sent to the email address. Anyone with the unique portal access link will be able to login to upload, edit, or delete only exhibits uploaded with that specific email address.
This allows multiple members of the same attorney’s office, including staff, to use one email address and collaborate on exhibits. The email address used to register does not need to match the attorney of record’s email, so email addresses for staff members may also be used.
Other than the court and court staff, only the user who uploaded the exhibits can see only their own uploads. This means that any confidential or sealed exhibits, so long as they are being submitted in accordance with applicable rules and procedures, can be uploaded as exhibits and remain confidential in the exhibit portal. Similarly, impeachment and/or rebuttal exhibits must be uploaded using the portal but will remain only accessible to the court and the user who uploaded them.
This also means opposing parties cannot see each other’s uploaded exhibits unless they share their respective unique portal access link with each other. Counsel and parties should meet and confer as to any stipulated exhibits to coordinate who will upload the stipulated exhibits to their portal.
Members of the public also would not have access to the uploaded exhibits unless they were given the unique portal access link.
Please contact the court immediately if you see an unauthorized user uploading exhibits in the portal.
The link is available on the Court's website on the Family Law Virtual Hearings page.
The user who uploaded the exhibit(s) will receive an email confirmation at the email address used to register with the portal. Confirmation emails are sent on a two-minute delay, so multiple uploads within a two-minute window will only receive one confirmation email. Any edits to or deletion of exhibits will also generate an email notification.
Email notification of an upload, edit, or deletion of an exhibit will only be sent to the user who completed the action. Other parties in the case will not receive that notification. /span>
Uploaded exhibits are retained for 120 days after the last trial or evidentiary hearing in the case, or any continuances of the trial/evidentiary hearing.
The portal is accessible 24/7 and exhibits may be uploaded at any time. If permitted by the judicial officer presiding over the hearing, exhibits may even be uploaded in real time during a trial or evidentiary hearing.
All parties and counsel are expected to comply with Local Rule 5.5.5 regarding lettering or numbering exhibits. If there are multiple trials/evidentiary hearings scheduled on different matters in a single case, descriptors may be used in the exhibit label to specify the hearing for which the exhibit is being submitted (i.e. “Exhibit 1 – Hearing 1-15-26”).
The portal accepts the following file types: JPEG, PNG, JPG, PDF, DOC, DOCX, TXT and MP4. Uploaded exhibits will retain its original formatting, including color exhibits.
All files are limited to 100 MB for upload. Any files larger than 100 MB will not be able to be uploaded and should be compressed in size for upload.
Uploaded exhibits should be bate stamped/numbered in the same way as paper exhibits, but electronic bate stamping may be used.
Each party may upload up to 100 exhibits per case. Exhibits must be uploaded individually as separate files. Exhibits can also only be downloaded one at a time (i.e. no batch downloading).
No, only exhibits may be uploaded through the portal. All other trial-related documents should still be filed and/or lodged in accordance with CA Rules of Court, Local Rules, and/or department-specific requirements.
Yes, all attorneys and self-represented litigants are responsible for providing additional paper copies as needed for witnesses, the court clerk, the court reporter, and/or opposing counsel. The Court will not print copies of exhibits uploaded to the portal.
Please see Local Rule 1.4.2 regarding limitations on tangible exhibits.