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San Joaquin County was one of the original counties formed when California assumed statehood in 1850. Stockton was named the county seat. George G. Belt assumed his duties as "judge of the first instance" in October 1849, succeeded by Benjamin Williams under the election of March 1850.
Another quirk is that because the superior courts are now fully unified with all courts of inferior jurisdiction, the superior courts must hear relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in such inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, "limited civil" actions (actions where the amount in controversy is below $35,000), and "small claims" actions.
Cruz F. Portillo (1956): [251] First Hispanic American male to graduate and become a lawyer from the Humphrey College of Law [San Joaquin County, California] John F. Cruikshank Jr. (1963): [ 252 ] [ 253 ] First African American male lawyer and judge (1979) in San Joaquin County, California
The San Joaquin Superior Court, which covers the entire county, is not a County department but a division of the State's trial court system. Historically, the courthouses were county-owned buildings that were maintained at county expense, which created significant friction since the trial court judges, as officials of the state government, had ...
San Joaquin County (/ ˌ s æ n hw ɑː ˈ k iː n / ⓘ SAN whah-KEEN; Spanish: San Joaquín, meaning "St. Joachim"), officially the County of San Joaquin, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 779,233. [8] The county seat is Stockton. [9]
A probate court (sometimes called a surrogate court) is a court that has competence in a jurisdiction to deal with matters of probate and the administration of estates. [1] In some jurisdictions, such courts may be referred to as orphans' courts [ 2 ] or courts of ordinary.
From 2006 to 2007 he served as a court commissioner for the San Joaquin County Superior Court. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 6 ] In 2007 he was appointed a judge to the San Joaquin County Superior Court by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
As a compromise, the court was created as a "circuit-riding" court that would sit each year in all three of those cities: Fresno (January-April), San Diego (May-August), and San Bernardino (September-December). In 1961, the Fifth District, with headquarters in Fresno, was created to hear appeals from San Joaquin Valley counties.