This guide contains forms and instructions for a motion to continue mandatory settlement conference and trial date in Sacramento County Superior Court. Local Forms, Adoption Forms, Family Law Forms, Juvenile Forms, Probate and Court Investigator's Forms, Small Claims Forms, Traffic FormsPro se parties must file caseinitiating documents manually in each new action brought in the court. A continuance is a court order to delay the case's proceedings, resulting in its postponement or adjournment to a later date than the one initially ordered. A motion is a formal request, made in writing, asking the court for a specific action. The written motion must be filed with the Oakland County Clerk's Office. Best to file this in writing with the clerk of the court AND send a copy to the other side. A petition that is not heard on the day for which it is noticed, in the absence of a special order, stands adjourned from day to day or until a day certain.