The Clerk's Office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except court holidays.

Offices And Phone Numbers

Office/Service	Location	Phone Number
ADA Coordinator		(323) 526-6619
Adoptions Office 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Daily	Room 2100	(323) 526-6343
Appeals		(323) 526-6654
Clerk's Office		(323) 526-6645
Files		(323) 526-6645
General Information		(323) 526-6645
Office Supervisor		(323) 526-6610

Location Map

201 Centre Plaza Drive, Monterey Park, California 91754

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Parking is $4.00 per day.

Food Services

Cafeteria, located on the ground floor, is open from 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Persons With Disabilities

Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Court is in full compliance with ADA provisions. The main entrance of the court is accessible for persons with disabilities. There are 28 accessible parking spaces provided in the public parking lot, in closest proximity to the courthouse.

Accessible restrooms are located on the ground floor, lobby, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th floors. Departments 401, 405, 406, 413, 414, 421 and 422 have wheelchair lifts for wheelchair users.

Accessible public telephones are located on every floor. TTY/TDD (Telecommunications Device for the deaf) is available at the public phone located on the first floor. Portable Assistive listening system (ALS) equipment is available and may be requested from courtroom staff.

Persons with disabilities who require accommodation to access court programs, services or activities may contact the court’s ADA Coordinator at (323) 526-6619.

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Programs & Services

Superior Court Clerk's Office
2nd Floor, Room 2700. Children's Court consists of twenty-two courtrooms. Twenty are dependency calendar/trial courts. Department 413 also hears American Indian cases and Department 421 hears dependent children adoptions and independent, agency, stepparent and adult adoptions. Each courtroom is staffed with a bench officer, judicial assistant/court clerk, courtroom assistant, court reporter, social worker and a deputy sheriff.

Juvenile Dependency
Court proceedings are strictly confidential. The Clerk's Office maintains all case files and records including the Juvenile Automated Index (JAI) (Register of Actions), processes Out of County and Inter County Transfers, handles 388 WIC Petitions, files Detention Petitions, processes Petitions for Non-Disclosure, Psychotropic Drug Authorizations, Requests for Rehearings, Applications to File a Writ, Appeals, Terminations of Guardianship, Petitions for Disclosure and provides support staff for the JADE system.

Adoption Office
The Adoption Office is located on the second floor, Room 2100, of Children's Court. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The telephone number is (323) 526-6343.

All adoption matters are confidential in nature. Dependent children, independent, agency, stepparent and adult adoptions are heard in Department 421 each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.