Probate Notes

Probate Examiners, Anne Holsinger and Michelle Warren, may be reached at Probate.Examiner@stanct.org . Telephone calls can be directed to the Probate Unit as set forth above. Emails must have the case identification information and hearing time/date in the subject line. No attachments will be opened. The Probate Examiner can only respond to inquiries regarding the meaning of comments in the notes. Please do not email to notify that documents have been filed, to request a confirmation whether documents have been received, or to request the clearing of notes. No legal or procedural advice may be given by the Probate Examiner in response to your email.

• It is the goal of the Probate Examiner to have Probate Notes posted five (5) calendar days prior to the hearing.
• Defects described in the Probate Notes must be corrected prior to approval of the moving papers. 
• If you are filing documents to cure technical defects, they should be filed NO LATER THAN FIVE COURT DAYS before the hearing.  Later-filed documents might not be reviewed prior to the hearing and could result in a continuance of your case.

Probate Notes will be updated as needed when late-filed documents are reviewed.  Please note:  Late-filed documents that do not contain the hearing date in the caption require more time and effort to be matched to the files.  This may result in an otherwise avoidable continuance.

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Please Note: "Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred)."

This language indicates that no one is required to appear at the hearing.  Probate hearings are open to the public, however, and anyone who wishes to observe a proceeding may do so. Appearances in most cases may be made in person or remotely, by telephone, using VCourt. For more information on how to appear by VCourt, please see the section "Remote Telephonic Hearings" on the home page of this website.
 

POSTED JANUARY 6, 2026
Local Rules of Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus, revisions effective January 1, 2026, are now available for download.

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 18, 2025; POSTED MARCH 5, 2025
Inventory and Appraisals:  An Inventory and Appraisal must be filed in all decedent's estates, conservatorship, and guardianship matters by a date certain pursuant to statute. If the estate has no assets at all as of the date of the appraisal (e.g., the date of decedent's death, or the date of appointment), an Inventory and Appraisal is still required and failure to file the form even when the estate has no value will very likely result in a required court appearance. For more information, those interested are invited to review the California Probate Referee Guide published by the California Probate Referee's Association, which is available for download online.

If more time is needed to marshal the assets, please see California Probate Code section 8800(b) and (c). Failure to file the Inventory and Appraisal by the statutory deadline, or obtain an extension of time, may result in penalties.

If the Inventory and Appraisal has been submitted to the probate referee but not filed prior to the Inventory Review date, the Personal Representative, or their retained counsel, may file a declaration attesting to these facts and provide an anticipated timeframe for filing.  The Court may, in its discretion, continue the Inventory Review hearing without required appearances.

POSTED JULY 15, 2025
Probate customers may view the documents in the court's files online by accessing the Case Search Portal on the court's website. Access to view confidential documents remains restricted.

POSTED DECEMBER 16, 2024
Please visit the new Probate Examiner's Corner section of the Probate Division webpage where you will find news, reminders, and guides!

POSTED SEPTEMBER 29, 2022, UPDATED 12/02/22

• Please help expand the list of qualified counsel willing to accept appointment in Probate matters, as either court-appointed counsel in Conservatorships pursuant to PrC§1471, Guardians ad litem, successor personal representatives in decedents' estates, and successor trustees. 

• For appointment as counsel in a Conservatorship, please see the list of qualifications and requirements found in California Rule of Court 7.1103 and 7.1105.

• Review forms PR004, PR005, and GC-010 available for download on the Common Forms & Packets page here: https://www.stanislaus.courts.ca.gov/forms-filing/common-forms-packets for more information.  Remit your completed forms to the Superior Court.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026
Department 22
8:30 a.m.

2200342 THE VELMA L. BRISTOW TESTAMENTARY TRUST
Hearing on Fourth Account and Report; Request for Allowance of Attorney Fees and Trustee Fees continued from 11/18/25:
Nothing filed since last hearing. Prior notes remain:
• Notice to remainder beneficiaries not on file [PrC§15804(a)].
• Schedules A-1 and A-2 contain foot notes explaining unusual account activity. Please note, pursuant to Probate Code §1064, unusual items should be included in the report itself (not included in a footnote of a schedule).  Please further explain how the trust will be made whole.
      o    New note: please provide proof of fraud report on the unauthorized transactions.
• The report did not identify if the current bond amount is sufficient and omitted a request for bond increase/decrease.  When submitting a bond increase or decrease, please itemize the annual income and recovery costs for the court’s verification.  See CRC rule 7.207.
See California Rules of Court rules 7.3 and 7.53 regarding the types of forms that may be used to address these defects.
Appearance by trustee and trustee’s counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

2201146 STEPHANIE K. ST. PIERRE SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST
(1)    Order to Show Cause issued 12/04/25 to Dale Law Firm PC.:
To appear and show cause for failure to appear at the 12/04/25 hearing and failure to file Fifth Account and Report as directed.
Order to Show Cause will be discharged as Fifth Account is on file.

(1)    Order to Show Cause issued 12/04/25 to Jennifer Louise Edwards:
To appear and show cause for failure to appear at the 12/04/25 hearing and failure to file Fifth Account and Report as directed and why surcharge should not be imposed.
Order to Show Cause will be discharged as Fifth Account is on file.

(2)    Account Review Hearing continued from 09/04/25, 12/04/25:
Recommend court drop Account Review Hearing as Fifth Account is on file.

(3)    Hearing on Petition to Approve Fifth Account and Report of Co-Trustees from 06/01/23 through 05/31/25, to Decrease Bond, and to Approve Attorneys’ Fees:
•    Notice of Hearing not on file.
Recommend continuance to 05/15/26 to allow time to perfect notice.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-001095 ESTATE OF ROSA LINDA FELICIANO
Account Review Hearing continued from 12/09/25:
The court previously dropped the hearing on the 1st Status Report for lack of notice; that report reflected that an accounting was in progress as of March 2025.
On 12/09/25, the court directed that a PrC§12200 Status Report must be filed if estate is not in a position to be closed. Neither Petition for Final Distribution nor PrC§12200 Status Report are on file.
• Recommend court issue Order to Show Cause to Administrator and Administrator’s counsel to be personally present pursuant to PrC§12202:
      o    To show condition of estate and why estate cannot be distributed and closed;
      o    So that court may order Administrator to prepare and file a First Account Current at the court’s discretion pursuant to PrC§12202(b).
      o    Noncompliance may result in removal of personal representative from office (PrC§§12204, 8500).
Appearance by Administrator and Administrator’s counsel mandatory (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000282 ESTATE OF ELIZABETH C. ESQUIVEL
Account Review Hearing:
PrC §12200 Status Report filed and set for hearing 04/14/26. 
Hearing of 04/14/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000923 ESTATE OF THOMAS J. TROCHE, AKA THOMAS JOSEPH TROCHE, THOMAS TROCHE
Account Review Hearing:
Petition for Final Distribution has been filed and set for hearing 06/09/26
Hearing of 06/09/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-001343 ESTATE OF BARBARA JANE LOFING
Account Review Hearing:
A PrC§12200 Status Report has been filed and set for hearing 05/06/26.
Hearing of 05/06/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000249 MATTER OF ANTON COOLEY SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST
Hearing on Petition for an Order to Confirm Validity of Trust; Confirm Trustee; and Confirm Assets of Trust; for Instructions Regarding Trust Terms and Determining Whom Property Shall Pass to Upon Termination of the Trust continued from 07/31/25, 12/04/25:
Nothing filed since previous hearing.
•    The court has not yet determined if notice is complete: Notice of Hearing, Form DE-115, on file for all those identified in the petition but the possibly interested person, a minor, “Dante” last name unknown. Declaration of Due Diligence by petitioner on file, as well as Declaration by counsel (both filed 11/26/25). Recommend court defer this finding until a Guardian ad litem has been appointed who can receive notice.
•    On 12/04/25, the court directed petitioner to seek appointment of a Guardian ad litem for Dejon H., a minor, and Dante last name unknown, someone whose name and location is unknown but may be a minor. Not on file.
See also Local Rule 8.14 B, CRC rules 7.51 and 7.52, PrC§1212 and CCP§413.30.
Appearance by counsel mandatory (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000618 FELIPE M. TERAN SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST
(1)    Account Review Hearing:
Second Account and Report of Trustee filed and set for hearing 05/05/26. 
Hearing of 05/05/26 will be confirmed.

(2)    Hearing on Petition to Request Back Pay, Cell Phone Purchase, Vacation Allowance and Vehicle Purchase continued from 02/10/26:
Nothing filed since last hearing. Prior notes remain:
Please provide further detail on the following:
•    What are the general expenses of the trust? What is the trust paying for currently?
•    After care giver expenses are paid, will the beneficiary have sufficient funds? 
•    What is the prediction for the beneficiary’s monthly income of $18,000.00?  How long is that expected to last?
•    Please provide the description on the vehicle the trustee is seeking to purchase for the trust.  What kind of vehicle? What is the exact price, including taxes?
•    Notice of hearing not on file.
•    Please address the Trustee’s bond. It does not appear to be filed.
Recommend continuance to 05/05/26 to coincide with hearing on Second Account and Report of Trustee.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000921 ESTATE OF DONALD J. SMITH, AKA DONALD JAMES SMITH, DON SMITH
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal on file.
A Petition for Final Distribution has been filed and set for hearing 04/28/26.
Hearing of 04/28/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000926 ESTATE OF WINFRED WAYNE DAVIS SR.
Inventory Review Hearing:
Form DE-150, Letters, have not been issued pursuant to PrC § 8405.
Inventory and Appraisal not on file at time of review.
•    Need Letters
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000927 ESTATE OF ELSIE MERTLE HAWKINS, AKA ELSIE HAWKINS
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal on file.
A Petition for Final Distribution has been filed and set for hearing 05/06/26.
Hearing of 05/06/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-21-000883 ESTATE OF FRANCISCO VALENCIA AGUILAR
Hearing on Report of Administration; Petition for Final Distribution; for Order on First and Final Account; for Approval of Statutory Personal Representative’s Fees; for Approval of Statutory Attorneys’ Fees; for Approval of Costs; for Extraordinary Fees:
•    Summary of Account omitted the period covered by the account [PrC§1061(a)].
•    The Schedules for Losses on Sale(s) must include the complete calculation of appraisal less sales price; the total alone is not sufficient.
Recommend continuance to 05/15/26 to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-21-001275 ESTATE OF ERA MAE BRANCO, AKA MAE BRANCO
Hearing on Petition for Final Distribution, Settlement of Estate, Report of Administration, Allowance of Attorneys Fees, Costs Waiver of Account:
Recommend approval of Petition and Report.
Need proposed Order.
Recommend Discharge Review Hearing 10/22/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.92.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).    

PR-22-000640 ESTATE OF PEDRO S. ALBERTO, AKA PETE ALBERTO
Hearing on Petition for Payment of Family Allowance:
If no one appears to object, recommend approval of petition.
•    Proposed Order submitted 03/27/26 omitted the Court’s finding regarding notice [see PrC§1260].
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).
 

PR-24-000782 ESTATE OF DIANA LEE DIMENCO-FREER
Hearing on PrC§12200 Status Report of Administration:
•    Notice of Hearing file-marked 03/16/26 did not reflect that notice was given to the creditors that have filed claims and for whom it does not appear either filed a Satisfaction or for whom the personal representative has filed Forms DE-174 Allowance or Rejection of Creditor’s Claim [PrC§§12201(b), 48].
Recommend continuance to 05/08/26 to allow time for notice.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000146 ESTATE OF GUY LYONS
Hearing on Petition to Determine Succession to Primary Residence:
Notes have been cured.
If no one appears to object, recommend court find notice complete and approve the petition as supplemented.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).
 

PR-26-000160 ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN MONTGOMERY
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration:
•    Petition item 8 did properly label the proposed personal representatives (Local Rule 8.26 D).
•    Form DE-150, Letters, not yet submitted.
•    Waivers of bond on file/not on file from intestate heirs; however, one of the proposed personal representatives resides out of state.  Bond may be required at the court’s discretion. See Probate Code §8571. Minimum bond amount currently is $20,000.00 pursuant to Local Rule 8.33.
•    The petition alleges one of the proposed co-personal representatives, Vickie Montgomery, resides outside of the United States; therefore, does not appear to qualify to act as representative. See Probate Code 8402(a)(4), (b).
Bond matter submitted to Judge for Determination.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred). Please be prepared to inform the court if there are any known California creditors or liabilities of the estate.

PR-26-000163 ESTATE OF PATRICIA LEGGETT
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration:

Defects in the petition (Form DE-111):
• Heading of petition omitted checkmark in box “Authorization to Administer Under the Independent Administration of Estates Act”.
• The shortened case caption was omitted from the top of every page after page 1. Please remember to include the shortened case caption (decedent’s first and last name) on subsequent pages.
• Item 3d was not completed (petitioner’s request for either bond, blocked account, or that no bond be required). See Probate Code section 840, and sections 8480 et seq.
• Items 3a(1) and (2) were both checked, which are contradictory. Based on the alleged address of decedent’s residence  at time of death (item 3c), it would appear item 3a(2) may not be correct.
• Item 3d was not completely filled out. Item 3d(3) was left blank (subtotal of the preceding lines); item 3d(7) was left blank (total).
• Item 3e was not completed (reasons why a bond would not be required, as the petitioner has requested a bond not be required).
      o    Full bond would be $700,000.00 based on estimated value of decedent’s estate alleged in the petition. Please review Probate Code sections 8480 et sequence regarding necessity of bond, and Judicial Council Form DE-142, Waiver of Bond.
• Items 5a(1) and (2) were both checked, which are contradictory. Either the decedent was survived by a spouse or not.
• Item 5a(3) or (4) was left blank (existence of registered domestic partner).
• Items 5a(5) and (6) were both checked, which are contradictory. Either the decedent was survived by a child/children or not.
• Item 5a(7) or (8) was left blank (existence of issue of a predeceased child).
• Item 5b was left blank (existence of stepchild or foster child who would have been adopted but for a legal barrier).
• Item 8 must include the relationships between all those named and the decedent.

Defects in the file:
• Affidavit of publication not on file. See Local Rule 8.12.
• The copy of decedent’s death certificate filed by petitioner reflects that the decedent may have been survived by her spouse, Rodney Leggett. That person was not included in petition item 8. If that person is living, petition item 8 must include his name, relationship to the decedent, status as adult or a minor, and address. If he has passed away, petition item 8 must include his name, relationship to the decedent, and date of death. See Local Rule 8.14.
      o    If he is alive, the file does not reflect that he was served with notice of this proceeding. See Form DE-121, Notice of Petition to Administer Estate, and Probate Code sections 8100 onward.

Notes for Judge:
A person who is not a party to the petition for probate filed a Request for Judicial Notice on 03/18/26. As the filer is neither a petitioner for probate nor an objector to the probate petition, recommend court defer consideration of the Request and the Objection thereto until the future hearing on 04/16/26.

Consider visiting the California Courts Self Help page at
https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/probate and downloading forms from https://www.courts.ca.gov/forms.htm
Appearance by petitioner (self-represented) required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000166 ESTATE OF ELSIE KING, AKA ELSIE MARIE KING
Hearing on Petition for Probate of Will and for Letters Testamentary:
Will is self-proving.  
Recommend approval of petition and admission of Will to probate.
Recommend Inventory Review Hearing 10/01/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.41 B.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2026
Department 23 
8:30 a.m.

PR-23-000725 ESTATE OF ANNA LETTIE MEVERDEN
Account Review Hearing:
A Third PrC§12200 Status Report of Administration has been filed and set for hearing 04/16/25.
Hearing of 04/16/25 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

Department 22
8:30 a.m.

PR-20-000098 ESTATE OF MELISSA J. TENIO
Account Review Hearing continued from 03/26/25 and reset from 07/21/25, continued from 11/06/25: 
Petition for Final Distribution has been filed and set for hearing on 05/19/26.
Hearing of 05/19/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-000556 ESTATE OF RAUL ZEPEDA, JR.
(1)    Account Review Hearing:
Recommend the court drop this hearing.

(2)    Hearing on Second PrC§12200 Status Report continued from 01/14/26: 
Nothing filed since last hearing. Prior notes remain:
•    Notice of Hearing not on file at time of review.
•    Final Inventory and Appraisal not on file. Examiner notes status report indicates the sole asset of the estate is a Vangaard account. 
On 01/14/26, the court directed notice of hearing to be filed prior to the next hearing or possible surcharge may be ordered.

Recommend court compel Personal Representative to file the Final Inventory and Appraisal pursuant to Probate Code § 8804 or face possible sanctions including removal from office.

Appearance by Personal Representative and counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-001010 ESTATE OF LINDA LEE WATT
Account Review Hearing:
See Local Rule 8.82 and also Probate Code sections 12200, and 9000 through 9399.
•    Neither Petition for Final Distribution nor PrC§12200 Status Report are on file at the time of review.  See Local Rule 8.82. 

Please review your responsibilities in the Duties and Liabilities, Form DE-147, you signed and filed.
Recommend court order personal representative to file a PrC§12200 Status Report (with Notice pursuant to PrC§12201) within 90 days if estate is not in a position to be closed.
If neither pleading is on file by the next hearing date, the court may issue an order to show cause for personal representative to appear pursuant to PrC§12202.
Appearance by Administrator (self-represented) required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000148 ESTATE OF TIMOTHY ALLEN OWNBY, SR
(1)    Hearing on Petition for Allowance of Extraordinary Attorney’s Fees continued from 01/14/26, 03/06/26:
Notice appears complete.
Recommend approval of petition.
 

(2)    Hearing on First Account and Report of the Administration:
Recommend approval of Account and Report.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).
 

PR-24-000210 ROBERT SIDNEY JUSTICE AND GAIL O’CONNOR JUSTICE 1999 REVOCABLE TRUST 
(1)    Hearing on Petition by Jill Libby, Conservator of the Person for Nancy Arnold, Beneficiary, for a Report of the Trust and its Administration, for an Accounting, for an Order of Distribution of Trust Assets, for Suspension of Trustees and for Removal of Trustees. (PrC §§ 17200(a); and 17200(b)(1).)  continued from 04/25/24, 08/13/24, 11/19/24, 04/10/25, 10/29/25:
Objection to Petition for suspension and removal - filed 06/14/24 (by acting successor trustees, Bruce Clark and Dianna Clark)

On 02/25/26, two petitions were dropped: Accounting (The Robert Sidney Justice & Gail O’Connor Justice 1999 Revocable Trust Summary of Account March 06, 2022 – December 31, 2023) and Petition to Appoint Successor Trustee (filed by Bruce Clark and Dianna Clark).  Court allowed one more continuance on the remaining petition.  The Court ordered any additional pleadings, including requests for attorney’s fees, to be filed prior to 04/02/26.  If nothing filed, the Court would close the case.
Petition for Fees Under the Common Fund Theory has been filed and set for hearing 05/07/26.
Recommend court continue the above petition matter to 05/07/26 to coincide with Petition for Fees.
Appearances not required (by VCourt if preferred).

(2)    Hearing on Trustee’s Motion to Reduce Trustee Bond:
SEE TENTATIVE RULING, to be posted day prior to hearing at https://www.stanislaus.courts.ca.gov/online-services/tentative-rulings/…

PR-24-000376 ESTATE OF LEONARD W. AMOS
Account Review Hearing:
At the last hearing, the Court directed personal representative to cure the following defects in the pleading file-marked 11/25/25, titled Status Report:
•    Filer failed to pay the $200.00 filing fee.
•    Pleading was not titled PrC§12200 Status Report; therefore, it was not set for hearing by the Clerk’s Office and thus no notice purs. to PrC§12201 was given.
•    Pleading was not verified by the personal representative.
•    Pleading did not estimate how much time is needed to close the estate.
Petition for Final Distribution has been filed and set for hearing on 04/16/26.
Recommend court set aside its order on 12/10/25 and drop its requirement to file and correct a Status Report.
Recommend court confirm 04/16/26 hearing. 
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-001191 MATTER OF LIVING TRUST OF ORALIA E. BAUTISTA
1.    Hearing on Order to Show Cause issued 07/16/25 to Objector/competing petitioner’s counsel continued from 11/18/25:
Nothing filed since previous hearing.
Objector/competing petitioner to appear and show cause why the combined Objection and Petition (file-marked 05/01/25) should not be stricken with fifteen (15) days’ leave to amend. [Cf. Katzenstein v. Chabad of Poway (2015) 237 Cal.App.4th 759, 766; Code Civ. Proc., § 431.30(c)].

The Court on 07/16/25 set the deadline for any brief in opposition to the OSC to be filed and served at least fourteen (14) days before the continued hearing date. Any brief in response to an opposition to be filed and served at least seven (7) days before the continued hearing date. No briefs were on file as of 11/10/25.

On 11/18/25, the court ordered that if this matter were not resolved, the court would on 04/02/26 make the order reflected in the OSC.

2.    Hearing on Petition for Order Determining Trust’s Title to Personal Property continued from 03/18/25, 07/16/25, 11/18/25:

Objection filed – 05/01/25. Objection includes a separate cause of action: request for court order invalidating the trust instrument (trust contest). 
•    There has been no petition set for hearing purs. to PrC§17200 et seq. and notice of hearing has not been provided purs. to PrC§17203.

On 11/18/25, the court ordered joint or separate status reports be filed no fewer than fifteen days prior. Not on file.

Appearance by counsel for Objector mandatory; appearance by petitioner (self-represented) mandatory (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000660 ESTATE OF JUE HUAI CHANG 
Inventory Review Hearing:
Letters Issued 10/06/25.  Inventory and Appraisal due 02/06/26.
Inventory and Appraisal not on file at time of review.
Recommend continuance to 08/04/26 to allow time to file above pleading.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000724 ESTATE OF DALE BEQUETTE, AKA DALE S. BEQUETTE, AKA DALE STANDLEY BEQUETTE
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is on file.
Recommend Account Review Hearing 12/03/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000875 ESTATE OF BENJAMIN ANDRES PAUL, AKA BENJAMIN A. PAUL, BENJAMIN PAUL
Inventory Review Hearing:
Not a defect - Examiner observes that the personal representative filed a Creditor’s Claim on 12/04/25 but has not yet submitted a Form DE-174 Allowance or Rejection for the court to complete purs. to PrC§9252.
Final Inventory and Appraisal on file.
•    Current bond does not appear sufficient. Personal Representative did not file ex parte for increase of bond [PrC§8480(c), CRC 7.204].
Appearance by counsel mandatory, to address bond (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000932 ESTATE OF EMILY THERESA HARRIS SIMON
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is on file.
Recommend Account Review Hearing 12/17/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000980 SAM RANDY TRUST
(1)    Hearing on Petition for Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Order to Compel Distribution (Probate Code §§ 17200; 16000; 16003) continued from 01/15/26:
No defects in petition. 
Objection filed – 01/14/26 (by Laurie Jamison)
•    Need order.

(2)    Hearing on Cross-Petition to Recover Trust Asset and for Breach of Fiduciary Duty (Probate Code § 850) (filed by Laurie Jamison):

On 01/15/26, the Court directed parties to meet and confer to discuss trial dates.  Need status of meet and confer efforts and/or possible mediation.
Hearing required.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000152 EDMUND PAUL SCIARINI, AKA EDMUND P. SCIARINI, EDMOND SCIARINI
Hearing on Second PrC§12200 Status Report of Administration:
Notice appears complete.
Recommend court set a further Account Review Hearing 10/06/26.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000203 ESTATE OF DAVID ALBERT CHITURAS
Hearing on Petition for Place Beneficiary’s Funds in Blocked Account:
No defects in the petition. Submit to court’s determination.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000175 ESTATE OF ROBERT RICHARD BLASE
Hearing on Waiver of Accounting, Petition for Statutory Fees, Reimbursement of Costs and for Final Distribution:
•    Report does not appear to comply with PrC§9202(b) (“is or has previously been confined”). See also PrC§216, Local Rule 8.83 F.
Recommend continuance to 05/15/26 to allow time to cure defect.
Recommend court vacate Account Review Hearing of 08/13/26
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000168 ESTATE OF BARBARA ALINE SALVAIL, AKA BARBARA A. SALVAIL, AKA BARBARA SALVAIL
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration:
Waivers of Bond on file from all intestate heirs.
Recommend approval of petition.
Recommend Inventory Review Hearing 10/06/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.41 B.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000173 ESTATE OF SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ
Hearing on Spousal Property Petition:
If no one appears to object, recommend approval of Petition.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000175 ESTATE OF STEPHAN JOHANSEN
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration:
Petition requests that no bond be set, however the proposed personal representative resides out of state. See PrC§8571. Bond may be required at the court’s discretion. Submitted to court for determination.
Hearing required. Please come to court prepared to inform the court of the existence of any California creditors of the estate, if known.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).
 

PR-26-000184 ESTATE OF DWIGHT C. PERRY
Hearing on Spousal Property Petition:
If no one appears to object, Recommend approval of Petition.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

FRIDAY, APRIL 03, 2026
Department 24 
8:30 a.m.

2200638 ESTATE OF DARYEL JOSEPH KASINGER, AKA DARYEL J. KASINGER, DARYEL KASINGER 
Discharge Review Hearing continued from 01/16/26:
Two receipts on distribution on file. Remainder of receipts not yet on file.
See Local Rule 8.92. Form DE-295, Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge and Order, not yet submitted at time of review.
On 01/16/26, the court directed parties to meet and confer within 7 days regarding the blocked account.
Nothing filed since last hearing. Need status.
Appearance required (by VCourt if preferred).

MONDAY, APRIL 06, 2026
No decedent's estates or trust matters on calendar.

TUESDAY, APRIL 07, 2026
No decedent's estates or trust matters on calendar.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 08, 2026
No decedent's estates or trust matters on calendar.

THURSDAY, APRIL 09, 2026
No decedent's estates or trust matters on calendar.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2026
No decedent's estates or trust matters on calendar.