Riverside Superior Court will no longer provide official court reporters for probate, family law or civil restraining order cases, the court announced Jan. 13.
Litigants in those cases must turn to privately hired court reporters.
California has been facing a shortage of official court reporters. A publicly posted list of Riverside Superior Court’s court reporters lists 70 names.
The new policy will take effect Jan. 27:
- Official court reporters will be provided in felony criminal cases, juvenile, writ of habeas corpus matters, Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS) and any other proceedings in
