Attached is the Skagit County District Court’s Emergency Administrative Order 24-01 in response to the information technology service outage. This applies to District Court and the Municipal Courts of Anacortes, Burlington, and Mount Vernon.

Administrative Order 24-01.pdf

Please see attached Skagit County Superior Court Emergency Administrative Order 24-1 related to the current Washington Courts Outage

Emergency Order 24-1.pdf

Please see attached Skagit County Superior Court's Judicial Retreat Schedule for Friday, December 20, 2024.  If you have any questions about this schedule you may contact the Skagit County Superior Court Manager at katharined@co.skagit.wa.us.

Judicial Retreat-12-20-2024.pdf

Message from Skagit County Superior Court Administration:

The statewide system outage affecting Odyssey and JABS access has not yet been resolved. The Court cannot access the court files or our calendars. Court calendars are still moving forward; however, the Bench is requesting assistance from the bar to ensure we can hear as many matters as possible.

For the Civil, Probate, Guardianship and Domestic dockets – please forward bench copies for all motions, note for calendar, declarations, responses, reply and supporting documents (including service documents) for hearings set on this week’s dockets. This will allow the judicial officers to review the motions in advance and conduct the hearings as scheduled. If bench copies are not provided, the judicial officers will not be aware of which matters are scheduled and will be unable to review the materials.

Please provide bench copies to the 2nd floor window in Court Administration as soon as possible.

If you are an attorney on the Minor Guardianship calendar or the opposing party is either not a member of the Skagit County Bar Association or is self-represented, please provide hard copies of all materials for the pending motion.

Rosanna Wadkins, Administrator
Skagit County Superior Court
Direct: (360) 416-1206

There is a statewide system outage affecting Odyssey and JABS access.  This will greatly affect the Court’s ability to manage its calendars as the Court does not have access to court files.

The Court requests the following:

• Prepare a continuance for all matters that feasibly can be continued
• Provide a physical judge’s copy for matters that must be heard
• Limit filings to emergent matters only

Calendars will be moving slowly, and the Court appreciates everyone’s patience and cooperation as they work through this.  It’s possible this outage will extend throughout the week. The Court will keep you updated on any changes.

The Skagit County Law Library has printed copies of the Skagit County Local Rules available for purchase for $10 each. They have a comb binding and a page locator so you can find what you are looking for easily. They are a great resource and purchasing one will help our local law library.

Please the attached announcement from Skagit County Superior Court about the job opening for a full time Commissioner.

Skagit County Superior Court Full Time Commissioner.pdf

Pursuant to recent changes to CrR 4.7, Skagit County Superior Court is now accepting proposals for a new local court rule concerning redactions of discovery prior to releasing it to defendants. The new rule will be finalized under SCLCrR 4.7.

To submit a proposed rule, please provide a cover sheet and the written proposal you are suggesting the court adopt. Proposals will be accepted until 4:30pm on Thursday, October 17th.

You may deliver or email proposals to:
Rosanna Wadkins, Superior Court Administrator
205 W. Kincaid Street, Room 202
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
rosannaw@co.skagit.wa.us

Updated Local Court Rules went into effect on September 1st, 2024. Please see the Superior Court website for the complete set of rules as well as a separate document that reflects only the recently adopted changes.

This is an announcement from Skagit County Superior Court

Superior Court is pleased to introduce Rosanna Wadkins, who has joined us as the new Superior Court Administrator.  Rosanna comes to us with a strong background in team leadership and financial management. She’s worked in various administrative and accounting-related roles within county government, including the Whatcom County District Court. Prior to her work in local government, Rosanna led a team overseeing the daily operations of base services while serving in the U.S. Air Force. Please join us in welcoming her.

You can reach Rosanna at rosannaw@co.skagit.wa.us or her direct line (360) 416-1206.