Forgotten ticket in California?

My wife got speeding ticket for driving 80 at 65 highway on Aug 30. Ticket has speed limit field blank, court date 10/7 (no year and no time! + it is Sunday ) She was told that additional papers will be sent to her withing 3 weeks. Papers never arrived... I found the phone number where I can check status of the ticket, but automated system there replied that ticket does not exist.
On Sunday (10/7/01) we tried to apper at the court and it was closed. We thought that cop just lost ticket or decided not to process it (is it possible?). But yesterday we got mail with "correction" to the original ticket that states 65mph speed limit.
Is there a time limit within which ticket should be processed? and what this court appearence date could mean (doesn't cop know that trafic court doesn't work on Sundays) ?
Do we have a chanse to contest the ticket because of wrong court date and big delay?

Do you have a new court date? I would think that since the cop didn't appear on the court date listed on the ticket, (it being on a Sunday) you'd have a case. I'd talk to a lawyer. I don't know what the statute of limitations is on a traffic infraction either but that might come into play.

Thanks for reply! There is no new court date yet.
If cop wouldn't appear on regular day I'd be pretty sure that I won, but on Sunday it's a little different because court wosn't working at all. Probably I'll talk to lawyer once I'll get new court date.

I think I'd talk to the lawyer before you get a new court date, and don't ask the court about it so that you won't remind them. I would think the longer they wait and the more inept they appear the better.