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CA court appearance needed to confirm arbitration award

Asked over 2 years ago - Chico, CA

I'm going to file a Petition to Confirm, Correct, or Vacate Contractual Arbitration Award in the State of CA. I want the court to confirm the award. After filing the papers with the Superior Court, do I actually have to go to court? Or will the judge just do it. I will be serving the defendent, etc. All the necessary things. I'm just unclear if they actually make you go to court in a circumstance like this.

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Do I have to file a request for a hearing at the same time I file the Petition. What is the process for all of this. I cannot keep paying my attorney. He has double charged me over what the arbitrator awarded me.

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Steven Alan Fink

Reputation Level 20

Answered over 2 years ago. Litigation Lawyer in Newport Beach, CA.

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You do not have to go, but then you will lose the chance to argue the case if the other side objects to your Petition or if the judge has questions. You have to let the clerk know that you will not be appearing or the case may go off calendar.

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Pamela Koslyn

Reputation Level 20

Answered over 2 years ago. Litigation Lawyer in Los Angeles, CA.

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You should go to the hearing to argue it in case the other party opposes it, and in fact if you don't appear, the judge may take it off calendar. If the clerk assigns you a date and time, that goes on the petition, same if you choose your own date, giving the requisite notice, and sderving the other party.

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