The judge presiding over a hearing for the first appearance in any case brought under Title XVIII of this act, shall schedule in that hearing the course of the subsequent proceedings in the case, including the use of the mechanisms of discovery of proof, which shall be conducted before the second appearance.
History —Code Civil Proc., 1933, added as § 700 on Aug. 31, 2000, No. 277, § 1, eff. 90 days after Aug. 31, 2000.