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.

TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2026

Department 22
8:30 a.m.

PR-20-000483 MICHELLE WOOD SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST
Account Review Hearing:
Third Account Current and Report of Trustee not yet on file.
Recommend continuance to 08/18/26 to allow time for above pleading to be filed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-21-000171 EASTON AVANTS SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST
Account Review Hearing: 
Third Account Current and Report of Trustee not yet on file.
Recommend continuance to 08/18/26 to allow time for above pleading to be filed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-22-000193 ESTATE OF FLORENCE WALLS
Account Review Hearing: 
See Local Rule 8.82 and also Probate Code sections 12200, and 9000 through 9399. Neither Petition for Final Distribution nor Third Probate Code § 12200 Status Report are on file.
Please review your responsibilities in the Duties and Liabilities, Form DE-147, you signed and filed on 03/03/22.
Appearance by Administrator (self-represented) required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-000308 ESTATE OF GEORGE DOUGLAS BIXLER, SR.
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is 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].
Recommend continuance to 05/19/26 for bond review hearing to allow time to file the above pleading based on counsel’s declaration.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000685 ESTATE OF WILLIAM JAMES REEDY 
Account Review Hearing:
A PrC§12200 Status Report of Administration has been filed and set for hearing 04/29/26.
Hearing of 04/29/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000929 ESTATE OF JOSE JUAN GUTIERREZ, AKA JOSE JUAN GUTIERREZ, SR.
Account Review Hearing:
Account Review Hearing will be dropped.

Hearing on Petition for Settlement of First and Final Account and Final Distribution, Allowance of Compensation to Administrator and Attorney, Allowance of Costs to Attorney and Cancellation of Probate Bond continued from 03/04/26:
•    An amended petition is not on file as the court directed on 03/04/26, nor is there a Declaration seeking continuance to allow additional time as the court also directed on 03/04/26.
•    Declaration by counsel requesting a sixty-day continuance of this matter was filed on 04/23/26; no proof of service was attached or filed separately; request is therefore ex parte.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-001232 ESTATE OF JEFFREY VAUGHN CHASE
Account Review Hearing:
•    Neither Petition for Final Distribution nor PrC§12200 Status Report are on file at the time of review.  See Local Rule 8.82. 
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.
Recommend continuance to 09/01/26 to allow time for filing of above pleadings. 
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 not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000607 ESTATE OF AARON SCOTT BOONE
Inventory Review Hearing:
Letters were recently issued after bond was posted.
Final Inventory and Appraisal is on file.
•    A Corrected I&A appears required: Date of decedent’s death does not conform to the Order for Probate or Petition for Probate.
•    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 required, to address bond (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000803 ESTATE OF MARY KATHLEEN WARD, AKA KATHIE WARD
Inventory Review Hearing:
Letters issued 10/30/25. Final Inventory and Appraisal due 03/02/26. Final I&A not on file.
Partial No. 1 I&A on file:
•    Inventory and Appraisal omits characterization of decedent’s property [PrC§8850(c)]. This information will be needed prior to the closing of the estate.
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.
A Status Report was filed by the personal representative’s attorney. Report was not verified by the personal representative, proof of service not attached nor filed separately, and the Report does not address the Inventory and Appraisal.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000985 ESTATE OF DENISE COLEEN DAVIS
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal on file.
Recommend court set Account Review Hearing 01/20/27 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000836 ESTATE OF KWEI-CEE CHU
Hearing on PrC§12200 Status Report of Administration:
Notice appears complete. 
Recommend court set a further Account Review Hearing 10/28/26.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-001214 ESTATE OF IQWAL SINGH
Hearing on Petition for Final Distribution, Waiver of Accounting, Allowance of Statutory Attorney’s Fees, and Reimbursement of Costs:
Recommend approval of petition.
Recommend Discharge Review Hearing 10/22/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.92.
Recommend court vacate Account Review Hearing 07/16/26.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000921 ESTATE OF DONALD J. SMITH, AKA DONALD JAMES SMITH, DON 
Hearing on First and Final Report of Executor on Waiver of Accounting and Petition for its Settlement, for Allowance of Compensation to Attorneys for Ordinary Services, and for Final Distribution to Inter Vivos Trust:
•    Notice of Hearing appears incomplete. Notice not on file for beneficiaries of the Trust purs. to PrC§§1208, 15804.
•    The proposed distribution includes all the cash on hand as of the end of the report period, but the petition includes a request for authorization to pay counsel compensation and reimbursement. Will that not reduce the amount of cash on hand to be distributed by the same amount? ($164,419.00 less $25,362.66 is $139,056.34.)
Recommend continuance to 07/17/26 to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000932 ESTATE OF EMILY THERESA HARRIS SIMON
Report of Sale and Petition for Order Confirming Sale of Real Property at 6425 S. Prairie Flower Road, Turlock, CA (APN: 057-013-006-000):Hearing required.
Appearance by counsel mandatory (in-person only, CRC rule 7.452).

PR-26-000159 MATTER OF AUBREY G. AND ELIZABETH HAMLOW 1982 TRUST
Hearing on Petition for Order Confirming Trust Assets and Directing Transfer of Assets:
•    Please file a verified pleading with supporting documentation reflecting that the personal property assets were held in the name of the Settlor at the time of death (such as copies of account statements with appropriate redactions).
•    Please file a verified pleading describing the beneficiary designations for the personal property accounts; as they may be nonprobate transfers that pass outside of will and trust directly by financial institution. (See Prob. Code 5000 et seq.)
•    Please file a verified pleading with a copy of the recorded grant deed showing current title of the real property.
•    Were the specific devises from the Survivor’s Trust already executed? If not, Notice of Hearing is not on file for the following beneficiaries of the Survivor’s Trust identified in the Fourth Amendment to the Trust: Ruby Hamlow, Steven Rickey, Rochelle Savage, Susan Corbin, Scott Rickey, David Seymour.
Petitioner filed a supplement on 03/25/26 identifying two additional assets which petitioner seeks to have confirmed as trust assets. Recommend court direct the petitioner to file an Amended Petition to include that request pursuant to California Rules of Court rule 7.3, as the factual basis presented in the original petition was specific as to the three assets identified in the original petition (paragraphs 5 and 8) and not these recently-discovered assets. 
Recommend continuance to 08/13/26 to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000177 MATTER OF PATRICK HEANEY REVOCABLE TRUST
Hearing on Petition Under Probate Code §17200 Concerning Internal Affairs of Trust:
An Amended Petition was file-marked 04/27/26:
•    Verification was again filed separately instead of being attached; the verification referred to the amended petition with insufficiently specific detail (truncated title); recommend court admonish petitioners that they are to attach the verification to the appropriate pleading.
•    Notice of Hearing on the amended petition reflects notices were mailed on 04/27/26. Notice is therefore defective: untimely.
There is insufficient time prior to this hearing for review of the amended pleading by the Probate Examiner; there is also insufficient time prior to the hearing for adequate notice. The original recommendation had been to continue this matter to 05/19/26, to coincide with the another hearing already set, but that would not allow adequate time for notice (see Pr. Code 17203 and California Rules of Court rule 7.53).
Recommend court require petitioners to appear for the court to schedule the continuance.
Appearance by co-petitioners (self-represented) required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000228 ESTATE OF GREGORY LYNN THOMAS
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration:
•    Waivers of bond [Form DE-142/DE-111(A-3e)] not on file for all intestate heirs (see Probate Code section 6401). Bond may be required. Minimum bond would be $20,000.00 pursuant to Local Rule 8.33. Full bond would be $404,000.00.
•    Petition item 8 omitted the name and date of death of decedent’s predeceased spouse.
•    Petition item 8 must include the relationships of all those listed to the decedent.
•    Petition item 8 did not include the proposed personal representative (Local Rule 8.26 D).
•    Form DE-121 Notice of Petition to Administer Estate not on file.
•    Affidavit of publication not on file. See Local Rule 8.12.
Recommend continuance to 06/24/26 to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000231 ESTATE OF VERA N. MARLETT, AKA VERA NADEEN MARLETT
Hearing on Petition for Probate of Will and for Letters Testamentary:
•    Petition item 8 must list all those named in Will in any capacity whether or not they are named as beneficiaries under the Will, even if they are deceased. If they died before the decedent, include their name and date of death (approximate date, if exact date is not known). If they died after the decedent, also identify the successors-in-interest of that individual, including the personal representative of that individual’s estate. See California Decedent’s Estate Practice Guide and Local Rule 8.14 A.
    o    Will named the decedent’s spouse as beneficiary.
    o    Will named Don Earl Franco and Kimberly Garrison as contingent beneficiaries of a general pecuniary devise.
•    Will is not self-proving per Local Rule 8.23. The Proof of Subscribing Witness (Form DE-131) file-marked 04/09/26 was not completed [see Probate Code sections 8220(b) and 6240]. The form is required to be completed by one of the witnesses that witnessed decedent’s signing of her will. The attorney’s certification at the bottom of Form DE-131 is not sufficient.
    o    If none of the witnesses are available, please see Pr. Code §§ 8221, 6110, regarding a verified Declaration re: supporting evidence.
•    Affidavit of publication file-marked 04/09/26 reflects the published notice:
    o    Failed to include the request to admit decedent’s will and codicils, if any, when the petition seeks admission of her will to probate. 
    o    Republication will not be reimbursable.
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).

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2026

Department 22
8:30 a.m.

426407 MATTER OF THE EZRA CAMACHO SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST
Account Review Hearing:
Eighth Account Current not on file.
Trustee’s counsel filed a Status Report seeking an extension of sixty days to file the account.
Recommend continuance to 09/02/26 to allow time for filing above pleading.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-000289 MATTER OF MACHADO FAMILY CREDIT BYPASS TRUST
1.    Hearing on Petition by Angela M. Estacio, Adult Daughter of Surviving Trustor Angela Machado, to Confirm Trust Property and to Compel Production of an Accounting and Trust Records reset by Minute Order 11/07/25 and continued from 02/26/26:
Trial setting.

2.    Hearing on First and Final Account and Report of Trustee and Petition for Settlement of Trust Administration and for Final Distribution file-marked 05/10/24, as amended by First Amendment file-marked 07/03/24 and Second Amendment file-marked 07/12/24, reset by Minute Order 11/07/25 and continued from 02/26/26:
•    On 02/26/26, the court ordered notice to be perfected purs. to PrC§17203 or the Account and Petition would be dismissed. Notice of Hearing is on file for the original Account; Notice of Hearing not on file for either of the two amendments to the account, as required by California Rules of Court rule 7.53. Proofs of service of the amendments were filed separately, but a proof of service does not appear adequate notice purs. to CRC 7.53.
Submit to court’s determination whether petition should be dismissed.

3.    Hearing on Petition for Declaratory Relief continued from 02/26/26:
Objection filed – 02/24/26, by A. Estacio.
Trial setting.

Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-001215 ESTATE OF ALLEN JAMES DORR, AKA ALLEN DORR, ALLEN J. DORR
Discharge Review Hearing continued from 10/16/25:The personal representative has requested a second continuance of six months for tax purposes. Recommend approval of the request for continuance and that this hearing be continued to 11/04/26. 
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-001288 ESTATE OF JENEVIEVE ANN KENOYER, AKA JENEVIEVE A. KENOYER
Account Review Hearing:
•    Neither Petition for Final Distribution nor PrC§12200 Status Report are on file at the time of review.  See Local Rule 8.82. 
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.
Recommend continuance to 08/26/26 to allow time for filing of above pleadings. 
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 not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-001332 ESTATE OF THOMAS BEARD AKA THOMAS KENNAN BEARD AKA THOMAS K. BEARD, AKA T.K. BEARD
Account Review Hearing:
•    Neither Petition for Final Distribution nor PrC§12200 Status Report are on file at the time of review.  See Local Rule 8.82. 
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.
Recommend continuance to 08/26/26 to allow time for filing of above pleadings. 
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 not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000133 MATTER OF ALBERT ISSACO REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST
Hearing on Petition for Order: 1. Requiring Sam David to File an Account and Report; 2. Requiring Sam David to Return Stolen Funds; 3. Invalidating the Restatement Signed by Albert Issaco on September 9, 2024; 4. Removing Sam David as Trustee continued from 06/18/25, 12/17/25:
Nothing filed by Petitioner since in more than twelve months. Prior Notes remain:
•    Notice of Hearing (Form DE-115 file-marked 03/03/25) gave the incorrect address for this court. This court is located at 801 10th Street, Modesto. The clerk’s office is located on the Fourth floor, and this courtroom, Department 22, is located on the Sixth floor.
•    Notice of Hearing (Form DE-115 file-marked 03/03/25) did not contain the complete correct title of the pleading purs. CRC rule 7.50.
•    Pursuant to CRC rule 7.51(2), notice mailed to a person in care of another person is insufficient unless the person entitled to notice is an adult and has directed the party giving notice in writing to send the notice in care of the second person.
    o    If the person to receive notice is represented by an attorney, notice should be mailed to the party and to his/her attorney per CRC7.51(b) and PrC§1214.
•    Notice of Hearing not on file for the Trust Protector named in the Restated Trust (Alan Eighmey).

Objection filed – 05/22/25, by Respondent/Trustee.

On 12/17/25, the court ordered all defects cured and notice to be perfected prior to today’s hearing or the matter may be dismissed.

Appearance by counsel mandatory (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000204 ESTATE OF ANTHONY LOBIANCO
Inventory Review Hearing:
Letters Issued 01/07/26.  Inventory and Appraisal due 05/07/26.
Inventory and Appraisal not on file at time of review.
See Local Rule 8.41 B, Probate Code section 8800 et seq.
Consider visiting the California Courts Self Help “inventory” page at:
https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/probate/inventory-estimate-value and downloading forms from https://www.courts.ca.gov/forms.htm and please review your responsibilities in the Duties and Liabilities, Form DE-147, you signed and filed.
Appearance by Administrator (self-represented) required (Anyone appearing may do so in person or remotely, by telephone using VCourt).

PR-25-000206 ESTATE OF WENDY A. WEBER, AKA WENDY ALICE WEBER, AKA WENDY WEBER
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is on file.
Recommend Account Review Hearing 10/21/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000232 ESTATE OF JOSEPH G. SERVIN, AKA JOSEPH GUADALUPE SERVIN, AKA JOSEPH SERVIN
(1)    Account Review Hearing:
Recommend court drop the account review hearing.

(2)    Hearing on Waiver of Accounting, Report of Executor and Petition for Final Distribution; Waiver of Compensation by Executor; for Allowance of Compensation to Attorney for Ordinary Services and for Final Distribution:
Notes cured.
Recommend approval of petition as supplemented.
Recommend Discharge Review Hearing 10/22/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.92.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000274 ESTATE OF JUAN MANUEL ARRIAGA
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is on file.
Recommend Account Review Hearing 12/16/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

444857 KATHERINE O’KEEFE SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST
Hearing on Petition for Order Approving Eleventh Account and Report of Successor Trustees; Petition for Payment of Attorney’s Fees and Costs:
Reminder that Local Rule 8.101.1 no longer requires notice on the Department of Mental Health, but now notice is required on the Department of State Hospitals. Ref. also PrC§§3604-5.
Recommend approval of Account and Petition.
Need new proposed order with finding regarding notice.
Recommend court reset Account Review Hearing of 07/07/26 to 06/14/2028.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-000349 ESTATE OF PAMELA C. NYEGAARD
Hearing on Petition to Amend Final Distribution:
Notice appears complete.
If no one appears to object, recommend approval of petition.
Recommend Discharge Review Hearing 11/19/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.92.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000685 ESTATE OF WILLIAM JAMES REEDY 
Hearing on Report No. 1 of Status of Administration and Request for Extension of Letters to Administer Estate:
Notice appears complete.
Recommend court allow estate to remain open and set a further Account Review Hearing 04/29/27 when a second PrC§12200 Status Report must be filed if the estate is not ready to close.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000488 C. SCHLICHT 2022 TRUST, DTD SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Hearing on Objector, Shanna Wright’s Motion to Enforce Mediated Settlement Term Sheet:
SEE TENTATIVE RULING, to be posted day prior to hearing at https://www.stanislaus.courts.ca.gov/online-services/tentative-rulings/…

PR-26-000223 ESTATE OF CAROL ILENE BOGDANICHHearing on Petition for Letters of Administration:

Defects in the Petition, Form DE-111:
•    Item 5a(3) or (4) incomplete (existence of registered domestic partner).
•    Item 5a(7) or (8) incomplete (existence of issue of a predeceased child).
•    Item 8 must include the relationships of all those listed to the decedent.
•    Item 8 must include the proposed personal representative (Local Rule 8.26 D).

Defects in the file:
•    Waivers of bond [Form DE-142/DE-111(A-3e)] not on file for all intestate heirs (see Probate Code section 6401). Bond may be required. Minimum bond would be $20,000.00 pursuant to Local Rule 8.33; maximum bond would be $84,500.00 based on the estimated value of the estate alleged in the petition (item 3c).
•    Form DE-147 Duties and Liabilities not on file.
•    Form DE-121 Notice of Petition to Administer Estate not on file.
•    Affidavit of publication not on file. See Local Rule 8.12.
•    Forms DE-140 and DE-150, Proposed Order and Letters, not submitted.
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-26-000237 ESTATE OF GLENDA A. JOHNSON
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration:
•    Petition item 5a(3) or (4) incomplete (existence of registered domestic partner).
•    Petition item 8 must include the proposed personal representative (Local Rule 8.26 D).
•    Proposed Letters, Form DE-150: item 2a in the left-hand column was not completed.
Recommend continuance to 07/17/26 to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000239 ESTATE OF SHERWIN YATES RHINEHART
Hearing on Petition for Probate of Lost Will and for Letters Testamentary:
•    Petition item 8 must include dates of death of deceased persons.
•    Petition item 8 must include names as they are written in the Will; AKA’s may be used to identify the correct individuals.
•    Petition item 8 must include the relationships for those listed to the decedent in addition to their status as beneficiary/executor in the will. 
•    Petition item 8 must list the children apart from their parents/custodians. 
•    Please list the children’s ages, as the devises are contingent on their ages.
•    Attachment 3f(3) purports itself to be a Declaration regarding the request to admit a lost will pursuant to PrC§6124 but it does not appear to address the requirements of that section. Was the will last in the testator’s possession? Was the testator competent until death?
•    Form DE-121, Notice of Petition, file-marked 03/09/26:
    o    Does not reflect notice was mailed to the minor beneficiaries. See CRC rule 7.51(d).
    o    Does not reflect notice was mailed to the person having legal custody of the minor beneficiaries [the Probate Examiner infers the word “custodian” on Form DE-121n indicates the custodian named in the will to receive the distribution on the children’s behalf purs. to PrC§§3900, 3300, rather than indicating the person having legal custody purs. CRC 7.51(d)]. It may be necessary to file a verified Declaration supplementing the petition purs. to CRC 7.3, if the petition is not amended, to identify those adults having legal custody of the children.
•    Proposed Order does not have the word “Lost” inserted in item 2c(2) (admission of Will), nor are the terms of the Lost Will attached to the proposed Order.
Recommend continuance to 08/13/26 to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2026

Department 22
8:30 a.m.

PR-20-000674 ESTATE OF ALICE D. LABETTE, AKA ALICE D BUTLER AKA ALICE D. COLE
Discharge Review Hearing:
Receipts on distribution on file; however, examiner notes three of the receipts are not signed by the distributees. 
•    The three “Receipts” file-marked 04/15/26 appear to be Declarations in part pursuant to PrC§11753, in that the counsel provided a photocopy of an endorsed check; however, the Declarations do not appear to satisfy PrC§11753 by showing that the personal representative has been unable “after reasonable effort” to obtain a signed receipt from those heirs (Logan Cole, Robert Cole and Joshua Cole).
See Local Rule 8.92. Form DE-295, Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge and Order, not yet submitted at time of review.
Recommend continuance to 07/30/26 to allow time for above pleadings to be submitted.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-21-000222 ESTATE OF CURTIS CLIFFORD LITTLE
Discharge Review Hearing continued from 03/07/24, 07/11/24, 01/07/25, 05/13/25, 12/18/25:
Two of the three Receipts of distribution 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.
Nothing filed since last hearing. Need status.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred

PR-23-000702 ESTATE OF JULIE ANN DAVIS, AKA JULIE DAVIS, JULIE A. DAVIS
Discharge Review Hearing continued from 07/31/25, 10/16/25:
See Local Rule 8.92. Form DE-295, Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge and Order, not yet submitted.
Recommend continuance to 10/22/26 pursuant to the request of personal representative in the Declaration file marked 04/22/26.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred

PR-23-001030 ESTATE OF JONETTE MARTINE
Discharge Review Hearing continued from 01/22/26:
See Local Rule 8.68. Form DE-295, Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge and Order, and Supplemental Declaration setting forth the disposition of the reserve not yet submitted.
Need status of estate.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-001041 ESTATE OF DELBERT TINSLEY, AKA DELBERT DWANE TINSLEY, DELBERT D. TINSLEY
Account Review Hearing:
See Local Rule 8.82. Neither Petition for Final Distribution nor Second PrC§12200 Status Report are on file.
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.
Recommend continuance to 09/02/26 to allow time for filing of above pleadings. 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 not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-001192 ESTATE OF RYAN SCOTT THOMPSON
Discharge Review Hearing continued from 07/31/25, 10/16/25:
See Local Rule 8.92. Form DE-295, Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge and Order, not yet submitted.
Recommend continuance to 10/22/26 pursuant to the request of personal representative in the Declaration file marked 03/26/26.
It appears counsel’s declaration regarding status of distribution of assets was set for hearing and assessed a filing fee.
Recommend court vacate 05/05/26 Status Report hearing and order $200.00 filing fees refunded to the filing party.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred

PR-24-000286 ESTATE OF PRADEEP SINGH
Discharge Review Hearing continued from 09/18/25, 11/20/25:
One of two Receipts on Distribution is on file.
Form DE-295, Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge and Order, not yet submitted.
Need status.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000903 ESTATE OF EDNA JOHNSON
Discharge Review Hearing:
Form DE-295, Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge and Order, was returned for correction on 04/23/26.
One receipt of distribution not yet on file.
Recommend continuance to 07/30/26 to allow time for filing of above documents.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-18-000650 ESTATE OF JOELLA SARGENT
Hearing on First and Final Account, Petition for Final Distribution, Allowance of Statutory Executor’s Fees, Allowance of Statutory and Extraordinary Attorney’s Fees, Reimbursement of Costs, and Request for Reserve: 
•    Need written notice of consent of proposed custodian of CUTMA account to serving in that capacity pursuant to Local Rule 8.84 C.
Request for extraordinary compensation to attorney submitted to the Judge for determination. 
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-000109 MATTER OF THE LEO LANDUCCI AND PATRICIA LANDUCCI REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST OF 2007
Hearing on Motion to Strike Petition Under California’s Anti-SLAPP Law:
SEE TENTATIVE RULING, to be posted day prior to hearing at https://www.stanislaus.courts.ca.gov/online-services/tentative-rulings/…

PR-24-001008 ESTATE OF MARTHA ESTELLA LOVATO
Hearing on PrC §12200 Status Report: 
Notice appears complete.
Recommend court allow estate to remain open and set Account Review Hearing 04/13/27 at which time a second Status Report must be filed if the estate is not in a position to be closed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-001006 ESTATE OF JEFFREY LEE GOSHIA, AKA JEFFREY L. GOSHIA
Hearing on First and Final Report of Administrator and Petition for Final Distribution on Waiver of Account and Waiver of Statutory Compensation: 
Recommend approval of petition.
Recommend Discharge Review Hearing 10/22/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.92.
Appearance not required (Anyone wishing to appear may do so in person or remotely, by telephone using VCourt).

PR-26-000198 MICHELLE HERNANDEZ LIVING TRUST
Hearing on Petition for Order Confirming Real Property (Probate Code §§ 850(a)(3) et seq.:
If no one appears to object, Recommend approval of petition.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000201 MATTER OF DOUGLAS ROBERTS REVOCABLE TRUST
Hearing on Petition to Confirm Trust Assets:
Please provide supporting documentation reflecting that the financial account was held in the name of the Settlor at the time of death (such as copies of financial account statements with appropriate redactions).
Please provide beneficiary designations for the financial account; may be nonprobate transfer. (Prob. Code 5000 et seq.)
Proposed Order not yet submitted.
Recommend continuance to 07/17/26 to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000247 ESTATE OF MARCIA IRENE SABASTIA, AKA MARCIA I. SABASTIA, MARCIA SABASTIA
Hearing on Petition for Probate of Will and for Letters Testamentary:
Recommend approval of petition and admission of will to probate.
Recommend Inventory Review Hearing 11/03/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.41B.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000249 ESTATE OF JAMES CLIFFORD JONES
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration:
Recommend approval of petition.
Recommend Inventory Review Hearing 11/03/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.41B.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000250 ESTATE OF TRISTAN MIIN-SHI ZENG
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration:
Recommend approval of petition.
Recommend Inventory Review Hearing 10/29/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.41B.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000577 ESTATE OF JUDY ANN HORTON
Discharge Review Hearing:
Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge and Order has been submitted and is recommended for approval.
Hearing will be vacated.
No appearances.

FRIDAY, MAY 01, 2026

Department 22
8:30 a.m.

PR-24-000509 ESTATE OF KARL J. SPARKS, AKA KARL JOHN SPARKS
Hearing on Petition for Final Distribution; for Order on First Account; for Approval of Statutory Personal Representative’s Fees; for Approval of Statutory Attorney’s Fees; for Approval of Costs continued from 03/05/26:
Prior Notes have been cured.
Recommend approval of petition and account as supplemented.
•    Need new proposed Order that:
    o    Agrees with paragraph 23 of the petition, to wit, court’s approval of a single lien of $24,887.05.
    o    Does not reflect that a Request for Special Notice was received, as was corrected per the Supplement (order paragraph 7 on page 3).
Recommend Discharge Review Hearing 11/19/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.92.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-001196 ESTATE OF ASHBINDRA SINGH
Hearing on Spousal Property Petition continued from 12/17/24, 02/07/25, 03/07/25, 07/02/25, 09/19/25, 01/09/26, 02/27/26, 03/27/26:
Prior defects cured.
If no one appears to object, recommend approval of petition.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000491 ESTATE OF JON DAVID BROST
Hearing on Petition for Termination of Proceedings and Discharge continued from 03/12/26:
Nothing has been filed as to this petition since the previous hearing on 03/12/26, when the court held a hearing on the Petition for Termination and Discharge. That hearing was continued to today’s date at counsel’s request to allow her time to meet with her client.
The personal representative has filed a Petition for Final Distribution. In light of that, and since the prior Probate Note for this matter had been that PrC§12251 relief did not appear available to the petitioner in this case, the Probate Examiner recommends, unless counsel for petitioner appears:
-    this petition be dismissed without prejudice for being moot; 
-    the hearing on the Petition for Final Distribution, on 07/09/26, be confirmed; 
-    and the Account Review Hearing of 08/25/26 be vacated.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000841 ESTATE OF DANIEL R. HUTSELL, AKA DANIEL RICHARD HUTSELL
Hearing on Order to Show Cause issued to Guardian ad litem:The court issued this Order to Show Cause on 03/26/26 based on the oral report of a possible conflict of interest. See Local Rule 8.07.
Appearance by Guardian ad litem required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-001211 MATTER OF JOSIE L. CABUENA LIVING TRUST
Hearing on Petition for Order Confirming Trust Asset continued from 03/05/26:
Prior Note remains: The body of the petition and the prayer omitted the legal description of the real property. Reference to an exhibit is not sufficient, as exhibits are meant to support the pleading but not replace required statements of fact.
Recommend continuance to 07/17/26 to allow time to cure defect.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-001277 MATTER OF PAMELA K. THOMAS IRREVOCABLE TRUST
Hearing on Petition for Order Appointing Successor Trustee, and to Modify the Trust Agreement continued from 03/12/26:
Most prior notes have been cured. New Note: Proof of service of the Supplement file-marked 03/13/26 not on file. See CRC rule 7.53.

As was previously noted, once the other defects were cured, the Examiner intended to recommend the court deny the prayer for confirmation of assets to the Trust for being beyond the scope of the petition and the cited authority. 

In response to this earlier Note, the petitioner amended the prayer to include a court order for transfer, assignment and conveyance of the assets to the Trustee. It appears, therefore, that the petitioner intends to affirm his request for confirmation of these two assets to the Trust.

That request appears unsupported by the facts, authority, and documentation presented in the petition; the single reference to the assets in the petition was the statement “The Trust owns the following assets” followed by a description of the assets. Why is that finding and order necessary? On what statutory authority is the request made? On what factual basis does the petitioner assert the trust’s ownership?

Recommend court direct petitioner to:
1.    Specifically cite the relevant subsections of PrC§17200 that authorize the court to determine title or issue instructions regarding trust property. 
2.    Submit documentary evidence demonstrating ownership of the assets in question. This may include (with appropriate redactions of confidential information including all but the last four digits of account numbers):
a.    Current policy declarations or endorsement pages showing the owner as the trust and the trustee of record, or the most recent bank statement(s) listing the account owner as the trust, along with any bank letters or account opening documents referencing the trust.
b.    Any assignment or change forms, along with a letter from the insurer confirming ownership and primary beneficiary designation as the trust. 
3.    Give notice of hearing to the insurance company and the bank.
4.    File proof of service of the 03/13/26 Supplement purs. to CRC rule 7.53.
With all of the above, the Examiner believes an Amendment to the petition is necessary, at minimum, if not an Amended Petition, pursuant to CRC rule 7.3. The deficiencies in the petition as to the prayer for confirmation of assets were such that, it appears to this Examiner, a supplement and/or Memorandum of Points and Authorities alone would not suffice.  
Recommend continuance to 08/13/26.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000205 ESTATE OF THOMAS N. TOLLEFSON
Hearing on Petition to Determine Succession to Primary Residence continued from 04/21/26:
Prior Notes have been cured.
Recommend court find notice complete and approve the petition, if no one appears to object.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

MONDAY, MAY 04, 2026

Department 24
10:00 a.m.

PR-23-000155 ESTATE OF FRANK R. HERNANDEZ
Settlement Conference:Appearances mandatory.
Any person wishing to appear remotely must obtain the court’s permission to appear via VCourt by contacting the courtroom clerk.

PR-25-000508 TRAMMELL 1998 TRUST DTD JUNE 11, 1998, AS AMENDED – THE BYPASS TRUST
Settlement Conference:Appearances mandatory.
Any person wishing to appear remotely must obtain the court’s permission to appear via VCourt by contacting the courtroom clerk.

Department 22 
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