Election-Related Emergencies:

The court and clerk’s office are open on Election Day during normal court hours between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM.

Persons needing urgent after-hours election-related relief should first contact the Voters Hotline for their county’s Registrar of Voters. Contact information for
each county’s Registrar of Voters can be found here:  County Elections Offices: California Secretary of State

The Voter Bill of Rights is available on the Secretary of State’s webpage at https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-bill-rights/.

General voter information can be found on the website of the Orange County Registrar of Voters, at https://ocvote.gov.

Juvenile Courtroom Information

Courtroom Information

Please no calls directly to the courtroom. Should you need additional information, you may contact the Juvenile Clerk's office at (657) 622-6878.

Language Access: If you require free interpreter service for Juvenile Court proceedings, click here to request a free interpreter or contact the Language Access office.

Juvenile Panel

Juvenile Court Judge Assignments and Courtroom Schedule

DEPT JUDICIAL OFFICER

ASSIGNMENT/SCHEDULE

Unless otherwise noted, courtroom sessions begin at 8:30am

 NOTICE
 L21

Judge Katherine E. Lewis
Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court

Teen Court (1st, 2nd, & 4th Fridays)

  
 L22 Judge Joseph Kang

Dependency (Mon – Fri)

 January 7, 2026 – Public Notice
 L23 Judge Robert Goodkin Dependency (Mon – Fri)

August 18, 2023 – Public Notice
 L31 Judge Benjamin A. Azar  Dependency (Mon – Fri) January 7, 2026 – Public Notice
 L32  Judge Daphne Sykes  Dependency (Mon – Fri) January 26, 2022 - Public Notice
 L33  Judge Michael T. Mooney  Dependency (Mon – Fri) June 9, 2025 - Public Notice
 L34   Judge June Jee An  Dependency (Mon – Fri) February 21, 2024 - Public Notice
 L41  Judge Vibhav Mittal

Juvenile Justice (Mon – Fri)

Recovery Court (Recovery Court (1st, 3rd & 5th Thursdays @ 1:30 PM)

 February 21, 2024 – Public Notice
 L42  Judge Joe T. Perez

Juvenile Justice (Mon – Fri)

Youth Development Court (2nd & 4th Fridays)

 May 31, 2022 - Public Notice
 L43 Judge Adrianne E. Marshack

Juvenile Justice (Mon – Fri)

G.R.A.C.E. Court (Tuesdays – held in Dept. L21)

January 7, 2026 – Public Notice
 L44  Judge Allison W. Chan

 Juvenile Justice (Mon - Fri)

Truancy Court (4th Wednesday of each month)

Crossover Youth Court (1st, 2nd, & 3rd Wednesdays

@ 1:30 PM - held in Dept. L21)

  

Juvenile Court assigns cases on a direct calendar system. A case assigned to a judge will remain with that judge until termination of jurisdiction, unless otherwise ordered pursuant to Juvenile Court Administrative Order No. 11/003-900.

Juvenile Court proceedings are confidential and closed to the public, with few exceptions.

Persons allowed to be present at juvenile court hearings are stated in Juvenile Court Administrative Orders 12/003-903, 11/010-903 and 11/009-906.