Rule 17 . Ex parte orders.

1. No proposed ex parte order, except an order to allow an indigent to file a complaint without payment of fees, shall be presented to a judge for signing before the case has been filed with the filing office, given a case number, and assigned to a department. 2. Proposed ex parte orders, orders based upon written stipulation of counsel, and orders in uncontested matters shall be presented only to the judge of the department in which the case is pending, unless such judge designates another judge to consider the order. If there is no designation, and the judge of the department in which the case is pending is not in the courthouse during regular judicial hours, a proposed ex parte order may be presented to a judge on the same floor or to the chief judge or, if the case is within the jurisdiction of the family division, to a judge of the family division.