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.

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:
Court has reviewed the supplement. Finds that the defect has been corrected.
Court will sign the order.
No appearance.

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. 

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.
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-25-000508 TRAMMELL 1998 TRUST DTD JUNE 11, 1998, AS AMENDED – THE BYPASS TRUST
Settlement Conference:
This hearing has been reset and continued on the court’s own motion to 05/11/26 in Department 24 at 10:00am.
No appearances.

PR-23-000155 ESTATE OF FRANK R. HERNANDEZ
Settlement Conference:
This hearing has been reset and continued on the court’s own motion to 05/18/26 in Department 24 at 10:00am.
No appearances.
 

Department 22 
There are no decedent's estates or trusts on calendar

TUESDAY, MAY 05, 2026

Department 22
8:30 a.m.

PR-18-001116 ESTATE OF GUADALUPE A. OROZCO, AKA LUPE OROZCO   
Hearing on Petition for Surcharge and Sanctions Against Samuel Orozco, et al., and Reimbursement to Rebecca Orozco for Estate Attorney Services Paid continued from 01/16/26:
•    Notice of Hearing file-marked 04/15/26 reflects notice is incomplete:
    o    Not on file for the personal representative (in addition to his attorney). See Pr. Code § 1214.
    o    Not on file for the law offices of Berliner Cohen (filed Request for Special Notice on 06/27/18) or Ogden (filed Request for Special Notice on 04/09/24).
•    Please provide additional supporting documentation as to petitioner’s payment of legal costs that support petitioner’s argument that the cashier’s checks were paid on behalf of the estate. See California Rules of Court rules 7.3 and 7.53 for the types of documents that may be filed to address this Note.
    o    In apparent response to this Note, the petitioner filed three nearly identical documents, all titled ‘Supplement to “Surcharge and Sanctions”’, etc. (file-mark dates 01/08/26, 01/12/26, 01/21/26), without proof of service attached; petitioner subsequently filed a Notice of Hearing Form DE-120 on 04/15/26 which gave notice of a document titled ‘Supplement to “Surcharge and Petition”’ in item 1 on page 1. Because there are three Supplements with identical titles, the Notice of Hearing file-marked 04/15/26 cannot be considered proof that all interested parties were served with a copy of the Supplement as required by CRC rule 7.53, as the NOH does not indicate which of the three nearly identical Supplements was served.
    Recommend court admonish petitioner that it is improper to file the same document multiple times in order to address defects in earlier versions; the document may be amended purs. to CRC rule 7.3. They do not replace each other unless they are labeled “Amended” or “Second Amended”, but must instead be read together as individual and separate pleadings. Recommend court order the petitioner to file a proof of service reflecting the title and file-mark date of the Supplement of which parties were served with a copy.
•    Proposed Order submitted 01/12/26 did not include court’s finding regarding notice. See PrC§1260.

Opposition filed – 12/23/25, by Samuel Orozco, Sr., Paul Orozco, Samuel Orozco, Jr., and Jeremy Orozco.
Prior Note was cured; verifications and proof of service filed separately.
Request for Judicial Notice filed – 12/23/25.
Response to Opposition filed – 01/06/26, by petitioner, Rebecca Orozco.
•    Proof of service of Response is not on file.

Appearance required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-001148 JOHN AND LUPE OROZCO FAMILY TRUST
Hearing on Petition for Instructions and for Approval of Reimbursement of Attorney’s Fees and Costs from Trust Principal; Request for Offsets, Discretionary Allocation of Taxable Costs, Accounting-Coordination Directive, and Ancillary Relief (filed by Samuel R. Orozco, Co-Trustee) continued from 02/25/26, 04/15/26:
Prior defects cured by supplement.
Appearance required. (by VCourt if preferred)
 

PR-24-000357 ESTATE OF LARRY D. EMENS, SR.
(1) Hearing on Order to Show Cause issued 05/08/25 to the personal representative continued from 09/09/25, 01/07/26:
•    To appear and show cause why surcharge should not be imposed for failing to appear on 05/08/25 and failing to file the Final Inventory and Appraisal as required by statute.
•    To appear and show cause why he should not be removed from office for neglecting his duties as personal representative of this estate purs. to PrC§8804, 8502, as ordered on 01/07/26.
On 01/07/26, the court suspended the personal representative in anticipation of his possible removal from office purs. to PrC§§8500 et seq.

(2) Account Review Hearing continued from 05/08/25, 01/07/26:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is now on file.
A PrC§12200 Status Report of Administration has been filed and set for hearing on 06/04/26.
Recommend court lift the suspension imposed on 01/07/26 as the personal representative has complied with the court’s prior orders.
Recommend court set aside the referral to the Public Administrator.
Recommend court confirm hearing of 06/04/26.

Appearance by Administrator (self-represented) mandatory (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000826 ESTATE OF MARY LOUISE GREGG HANEY
Inventory Review Hearing continued from 01/06/26:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is on file.
•    Inventory and Appraisal omits characterization of decedent’s property (separate or community property) [PrC§8850(c)]. This information will be needed prior to the closing of the estate.
Recommend Account Review Hearing 11/06/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-001350 ESTATE OF MATTHEW MCPHERSON
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 09/09/26 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-25-000040 ESTATE OF BOB A. ARSANIS, AKA BABAKHAN A. ARSANIS, BOB ABAJALOO ARSANIS
Account Review Hearing:
On 10/29/25, the court directed personal representative to file the Final Inventory and Appraisal before the next hearing.  Final Inventory and Appraisal is on file.  
PrC §12200 Status Report filed and set for hearing 06/09/26. 
Hearing of 06/09/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000349 ESTATE OF BERONIA YOUSIF OSHANA
Letters of Special Administration expire today unless extended. 
Hearing on Petition for Probate of Will and for Letters Testamentary (filed by Nrain Dinkha) continued from 11/06/25, 01/07/26:
Nothing filed since previous hearing. Prior Notes remain:
•    Petition item 3g(1) was not completed, although petitioner seeks appointment as Executor.
•    Counsel’s signature on the petition, page 4, was not dated.
•    The decedent’s will named two people as joint co-executors. Declination of co-executor is not on file. See Local Rule 8.18.
•    Form DE-147 Duties and Liabilities: item 2 on page 2 contains an illegible address and omitted the petitioner’s telephone number.
•    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.
•    Will waives bond for personal representative, however personal representative resides out of state. See PrC§8571. 
              o    Waivers of bond [Form DE-142/DE-111(A-3e)] not on file.  Bond may be required.
Recommend court set deadline for defects to be cured or case may be dismissed. At the next hearing, the court may instruct the Special Administrator to file for discharge.
Appearance by petitioner’s counsel and Special Administrator required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000618 FELIPE M. TERAN SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST
(1)    Hearing on Second Account and Report of Trustee of Felipe Teran’s Special Needs Trust; Petition to Settle Account; and to Fix and Allow Trustee and Attorney Fees: 
•    This account is represented as a “second Account and report of trustee.”  A First Account is not on file in the special needs trust matter. Paragraph 6 references the first account as being attached to the Petition. Please explain why petitioner believes this to be the second account. 
    o    Caption title of the petition and notice may need to be corrected to reflect it is the First Account.
•    The amounts recited in Paragraph 7, Summary of account, do not agree with attached form GC-400(SUM) Summary of Account; specifically: Receipts, Total Charges, Disbursements, and Total Credits and appears to reflect a difference of $1,166.08.  
•    Please describe in detail the annual income of $48,267.21 alleged in Paragraph 13.
See California Rules of Court rules 7.3 and 7.53 regarding the types of pleadings that may be used to address these defects.
Recommend continuance of the Account and Report to 08/13/26 to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance by counsel for trustee not required.

(2)    Hearing on Petition to Request Back Pay, Cell Phone Purchase, Vacation Allowance and Vehicle Purchase continued from 02/10/26, 04/01/26:
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 court direct petitioner, Isabel Yrias, to cure defects in her petition by the next hearing or it may result in dismissal of this petition.

Appearance by counsel for conservator of the person required (by VCourt if preferred).
 

PR-25-000967 ESTATE OF KENT PAUL GONZALES
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final and Supplemental Inventory and Appraisals on file.
It appears, based on the Notice of Proposed Action and Consents thereto filed in this matter, that the personal representative intends to or already has sold personal property belonging to this estate to himself. That act does not appear permitted even with full authority under the Independent Administration of Estates Act (see PrC§10537) without this court’s prior approval. See PrC§10501(a)(5).
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred). 

PR-25-001019 ESTATE OF BETTY JANE SALLES, AKA BETTY J. SALLES, BETTY SALLES
Inventory Review Hearing:
Letters issued 12/05/25. Inventory and Appraisal due 04/06/26.
Final Inventory and Appraisal not on file.
Recommend court allow an additional six months for the filing of the I&A pursuant to PrC§8800(b) based on the circumstances described in the Status Report file-marked 04/16/26 (proof of service attached).
Recommend Account Review Hearing 01/27/27 when PrC§12200 Status Report will be due, if Petition for Final Distribution is not on file. 
Inventory and Appraisal must be filed before next hearing.
See Local Rules 8.82 and 8.41 B.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-001033 ESTATE OF WILMER D. ORIGEL, AKA WILMER DORADO ORIGEL, WILMER ORIGEL
Inventory Review Hearing:
Letters issued 11/12/25. Inventory and Appraisal due 03/12/26.
Final Inventory and Appraisal not on file.
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-25-001253 ESTATE OF RICHARD EUGENE WALKER
Hearing on Petition for Probate of Will and for Letters Testamentary continued from 01/13/26:
Some Notes have been cured. Prior Notes remain:
•    Form DE-147 Duties and Liabilities not on file.
•    Affidavit of publication not on file. See Local Rule 8.12.
•    Form DE-140, proposed Order, not submitted.
•    Need new Form DE-150, proposed Letters, as new counsel has substituted on.
Will waives bond for personal representative, and Waivers of Bond are on file from the devisees named in the decedent’s will; personal representative resides out of state. See PrC§8571. Once notice is complete, will submit to court’s determination whether bond is required.
Recommend continuance to 07/24/26 to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-001257 ESTATE OF JOHN JEFFREY PAINTER, AKA JOHN J. PAINTER, JOHN PAINTER
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration continued from 01/08/26:
A Request for Dismissal has been submitted and is pending processing.
Matter will be dismissed.
No appearances required.

PR-22-001147 ESTATE OF VIRGINIA J. WILTON
Hearing on Second and Final Account and Petition for Final Distribution and for Compensation for Ordinary and Extraordinary Services:
In the future, please ensure that the caption is specific as to whether compensation is sought for personal representative, or counsel, or both.
• Statement regarding interest bearing accounts omitted [see PrC§1064(a)(5)].
• Description of assets on hand omitted legal description of real property as required by CRC 7.651(b)(3).
• What is the source and description of the receipt for $13,115.00 dated 01/22/24?
• How were the disbursements made (dated 01/30/24, 07/13/24, and 02/12/26)? The estate funds were ordered placed in a blocked account. (See Order file-marked 10/19/23: “Any and all sums of money”.)
      o    The Agreement signed by the heirs indicates that the personal representative may have been using the rent money paid by himself as an individual as a source of petty cash for the estate to pay expenses, rather than depositing the rent directly into the blocked account. Is that correct? 
• Costs for conducting legal research do not appear to be reimbursable as an expense of administration (Exhibit E, costs paid by attorney).
• Agreement for distribution in a manner other than that provided by the will (Exhibit B): 
      o    Does not include a notary’s acknowledgement. See Local Rule 8.87.
      o    Reflects that the agreement was entered into based on the reported value of the real property at $458,000.00; that value was the appraisal value in the Inventory and Appraisal file-marked 07/18/23, so the appraisal value of $458,000.00 is as of the decedent’s date of death, 09/14/22. Did the PR obtain a reappraisal on sale? What is the current market value of the real property?
Recommend court direct the personal representative to obtain a Reappraisal for sale of the real property and use that appraisal value when entering into an agreement with the other heirs and obtain a notary’s acknowledgement for the heirs’ signatures on the new agreement.
Recommend continuance to 09/01/26 to allow time to obtain reappraisal, new signatures on agreement, and to cure other defects.
Appearance not 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 continued from 04/30/26:
SEE TENTATIVE RULING, to be posted day prior to hearing at https://www.stanislaus.courts.ca.gov/online-services/tentative-rulings/…

Hearing on Demurrer:
SEE TENTATIVE RULING, to be posted day prior to hearing at https://www.stanislaus.courts.ca.gov/online-services/tentative-rulings/…

PR-23-001192 ESTATE OF RYAN SCOTT THOMPSON
Hearing on §12200 Status Report of Administration:
This hearing will be vacated.

PR-24-001303 ESTATE OF LAURA PEREZ-MANZO
Hearing on Petition for Final Distribution of Estate; First and Final Account and Report of Administrator; for Allowance of Attorney Statutory Fees and Costs:
•    Please file a copy of the Letters for the estate of the deceased heir; it does not appear a copy has been filed yet, as reported in petition paragraph 15. If the Letters were issued by any county other than Stanislaus, the copy must be certified.
Recommend continuance to 07/15/26, to coincide with Account Review Hearing already set, to allow time to file copy of Letters.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000206 DON MURRISON 2005 FAMILY TRUST
Hearing on Verified Petition to (1) Remove Trustee; (2) Compel Accounting; and 3) Appoint Successor Trustee:
•    Body of Petition omitted the names and mailing addresses of those entitled to notice (PrC§17201).
See California Rules of Court rules 7.3 and 7.53 regarding the types of pleadings that may be used to address these defects.
Recommend continuance to 08/13/26 to allow time to cure defect.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000251 ESTATE OF PAUL J. SWIDERSKI, SR.
Hearing on Petition for Probate of Will and for Letters Testamentary:
•    Updated Note: as reflected in the Supplement file-marked 04/30/26, the proposed personal representative is the same person as the trustee of the Trust which the will names as contingent beneficiary. Please identify the beneficiaries of the Trust; they are also due notice of this proceeding purs. to PrC§§8110, 1208, Local Rule 8.14. See also Petition item 8 (3).
•    Updated Note: Proposed Order submitted 04/30/26 has the decedent’s name instead of the client’s in item 3, which is the order appointing the personal representative. 
•    Proposed Letters not yet submitted.
Recommend continuance to 07/24/26 to allow time to cure defects
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000252 ESTATE OF KIMBERLY DAWN RAMOS, AKA KIM D. KUHN
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration:
Waivers of Bond on file for all intestate heirs.
Recommend approval of petition.
Recommend Inventory Review Hearing 11/05/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.41B.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).
 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2026
Department 22
8:30 a.m.

PR-23-000443 ESTATE OF CRAIG GERARD COKER, AKA CRAIG G. COKER
Inventory Review Hearing continued from 04/14/26:
Nothing filed since previous hearing. Prior Notes remain:
Letters were issued 10/23/25. Final Inventory and Appraisal was due 02/23/26.
Inventory and Appraisal not on file.
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.

Hearing on Petition to Establish Probate Ownership of Property continued from 01/15/26, 04/14/26:
Nothing filed since previous hearing. What is the petitioner’s request as to this petition, in light of the petition in related Case PR-26-000236, also on calendar this day?

Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000236 CRAIG GERARD COKER LIVING TRUST
Hearing on Petition to Appoint Trustee ad Litem of the Craig Gerard Coker Living Trust; to Terminate the Trust; and to Distribute the Assets of the Trust to Probate Estate of Craig Gerard Coker:
•    Consent to Electronic Service and Notice not on file for heir L. Lynch.
•    Please provide beneficiary designations or change forms (if any) for the bank and investment accounts; they may be nonprobate transfers that pass outside of will and trust directly by financial institution. (See Prob. Code § 5000 et seq.)
•    Please provide copies of recorded grant deeds showing the initial transfer to the Trustor. This will corroborate that the Trust is the current title holder of 100% of the real property assets at issue. The Deed attached for asset with A.P.N. 012-033-009 is sufficient in this regard, so this Note applies only to the other real property assets.
Recommend court require petitioner to provide notice of hearing to the bank and investment company.
Given the request before the court, which is based on the petitioner’s inability to locate the Trust, recommend court direct petitioner to publish notice of hearing in the form as found in PrC§1211 (form of notice) and in the manner found in PrC§19040 (where and how often to publish the notice). 
The court has authority to require further or additional notice, and set the provisions for notice, purs. to PrC§§1202, 1221.
Recommend continuance to 08/25/26 to allow time to cure defects, give notice.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-000653 ESTATE OF ROSEMARY CHAVEZ  
Order to Show Cause reissued 06/11/25 to former personal representative, continued from 08/14/25, 12/11/25, 04/23/26:
•    To appear and show cause why she should not be surcharged (PrC§§12204, 8500) for failure to appear, failure to present an account after being ordered to.
•    The court will consider a referral to the District Attorney’s Office.
•    Failure to appear may result in sanctions and/or surcharge.

Account Review Hearing for the court to consider the informal account filed 12/02/25 by the attorney for the removed personal representative upon information and belief continued from 08/14/25, 12/11/25:
Notice of hearing appears complete
Recommend approval. Need proposed order.

Need status from Special Administrator. On 12/11/25, the court directed the attorney for the removed personal representative to provide County Counsel with the account number and financial institution of the estate account. Once that information was received, the Public Administrator was to determine if any funds remained from the sale of the property.

Appearance by Elisa Flores (former administrator) mandatory, appearance by counsel for former administrator and County Counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000067 ESTATE OF ROBIN G. CARTER
Account Review Hearing:
Account Review Hearing will be dropped.

Hearing on First and Final Account and Report of Administrator and Petition for Final Distribution; Waiver of Compensation by Administrator; for Allowance of Compensation to Attorney for Ordinary Services and for Final Distribution continued from 03/03/26:
Nothing filed since previous hearing. Prior Notes remain:
•    Paragraph 12 of the Report does not appear sufficiently detailed pursuant to PrC§9202(b) (knowledge of personal representative or estate attorney).
•    Costs of Probate do not appear correct (petition paragraph 26). The totals of the left-hand column (costs paid by the estate) and the right-hand column (costs paid by attorney) both appear to contain mathematical errors; the Examiner’s tabulations totaled $1,135.79 and $589.48, respectively.
•    Beginning date of account period as reflected in the body of the report (paragraph 19) and in the Summary of Account does not match (02/28/24 or 08/27/24). The date ought to agree throughout the pleading.
•    The petition reflects it is petitioner’s allegation that the entirety of this estate is comprised of community property. 
•    An election of the surviving spouse to administer community property purs. to PrC§13502 was not filed.
•    Neither the petition nor the Final Inventory and Appraisal are clear – are the assets reported in the I&A only the decedent’s 50% community property interest, or are the assets 100% of the community property (decedent’s 50% as well as the surviving spouse’s 50%)? If the latter, the calculation of statutory compensation appears incorrect. 
•    The proposed omnibus clause appears to apply only to community property but does not appear correct as to any separate property of the decedent’s not known and hereafter discovered. 
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000688 ESTATE OF RONALD L. BROWN
(1)    Account Review Hearing:
Recommend court drop this hearing.

(2)    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 continued from 03/12/26:
Prior defects cured.
Recommend approval of petition as supplemented.
Recommend Discharge Review Hearing 11/19/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.92.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-001126 ESTATE OF NORMAN E. FOX
Account Review Hearing continued from 01/21/26:
Petition for Final Distribution has been filed and set for hearing on 05/07/26.
Hearing of 05/07/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000149 ESTATE OF MELANIE A. HORIO, AKA MELANIE ANNE HORIO, MELANIE HORIO
Account Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal on file.
A PrC§12200 Status Report has been filed and set for hearing 06/17/26. 
Hearing of 06/17/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000170 SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST OF JAMES W. MALLEY
Hearing on Order to Show Cause issued 01/15/26 to Trustee:
•    To appear and show cause why court should not impose surcharge of $50.00 per day for each day after 03/16/26 the Second Account Current was not filed; why court should not surcharge and/or remove Trustee for failure to appear on 01/15/26 and failure to abide by the court’s order.

Hearing on Order to Show Cause issued 01/15/26 to Trustee’s counsel:
•    To appear and show cause why court should not impose surcharge of $50.00 per day for each day after 03/16/26 the Second Account Current was not filed; why court should not sanction counsel, surcharge and/or remove Trustee for failure to appear on 01/15/26 and failure to abide by the court’s order.

Account Review Hearing continued from 06/06/25, 01/15/26:
A Petition to Approve Accounting was filed on 04/09/26 and has been set for hearing 06/04/26. 
Filing date of 04/09/26 was twenty-four days after 03/16/26.

Appearance by Trustee and Trustee’s counsel mandatory (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000963 MATTER OF VALRIE D. THOMPSON REVOCABLE TRUST
Hearing on Petition to Determine Validity of Purported Trust and to Impose Constructive Trust continued from 01/14/26:
Prior Notes remain:
• Please file a verified Supplement to the petition alleging whether the interested people identified in paragraph 20 are minors or adults. If any minor’s share would be impacted by the granting of a petition, a Guardian ad litem may be required if there is no Guardian of the child’s estate. See Local Rule 8.07. 
      o    If there is a Guardian of the child’s estate, please identify the Guardian and, if possible, file a copy of the Letters of Guardianship. Letters issued by another county must be certified; if the Letters were issued by this county, the copy need not be certified.
• The petition describes one interested party, D. Edwards, as having a developmental disability. Is that party competent? Does he have an attorney-in-fact, a conservator of the estate? If not, and he lacks capacity, a Guardian ad litem may be required. See Local Rule 8.07.
Objection filed 01/09/26, by E. Shipley. 
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000964 RICHARD AND JEAN KERSHNER FAMILY LIVING TRUST DTD SEPTEMBER 05, 1991 AS AMENDED AND RESTATED MAY 11, 2016
Hearing on Petition for an Order to Confirm Validity of Trust; confirm Trustee; and Confirm Assets to Trust continued from 01/13/26:
REVIEW IN PROGRESS. PLEASE CHECK BACK.

PR-25-001022 ESTATE OF CHARLES D. JONES
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is on file.
•    Inventory and Appraisal omits characterization of decedent’s property (community or separate property) [PrC§8850(c)]. This information will be needed prior to the closing of the estate.
Recommend Account Review Hearing 01/06/27 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-001034 ESTATE OF JOSEPH MARION CABEZUT, JR.
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is on file.
Recommend Account Review Hearing 01/06/27 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-001099 ESTATE OF PAMELA J. DOBBYN, AKA PAMELA JUNE DOBBYN
Hearing on First and Final Account of Administrator and Petition for Allowance of Compensation to Attorney for Ordinary and Extraordinary Services and to Administrator for Ordinary Services and for Final Distribution:
• The Corrected Amended Final I&A file-marked 03/05/26:
      o    Bears the same signatures and dates of signature from the personal representative and her attorney as appear on the Amended I&A file-marked 07/15/25, which indicates that the form was signed, filed, then altered and filed again. This is not appropriate.
      o    The appraisal values of items listed in Attachment 1 (appraised by the personal representative) appear to have changed, but the Corrected I&A does not indicate what changed or why. Please refer to the MCLE presentation by the probate court team held on 04/01/26, and the Probate Referee Guide (available for download online).
      o    Please file a Second Corrected Final I&A with new signatures from the personal representative and her counsel only, with the Corrected Attachment 1; a new Attachment 2 is not necessary as there appears to have been no change to the Referee’s portion. This is in keeping with the Probate Referee Guide.
• Schedule of Disbursements indicates that the current personal representative and the former PR, who resigned, were reimbursed out of the estate’s funds during this estate’s administration. That is not an act for which the personal representative has authority without the court’s prior approval. 
      o    Please provide copies of supporting documentation for all the expenses (e.g., receipts, invoices noted as paid, or as a last resort copies of financial account statements with the account numbers redacted). If the court does not approve the reimbursements after the fact, the court may order the personal representative to reimburse the estate from her personal funds.
      o    Please note for the future that funeral expenses are considered a creditor’s claim purs. to PrC§§9000 et seq.
• The cash on hand at the end of the account reflected in the Account ($294,606.01) does not agree with the property on hand for distribution reflected in the Schedule of proposed Distribution ($294,409.01). Did this account not balance? What did the accountant say?
• Schedule of proposed Distribution: Subtotal of compensation and fees does not appear correct (this Examiner calculated $20,873.64, not $20,873.94).
Recommend continuance to 06/10/26, to coincide with Account Review Hearing already set, to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-001343 ESTATE OF BARBARA JANE LOFING
Hearing on PrC§12200 Status Report of Administration:
Recommend court allow estate to remain open and set a further Account Review Hearing 04/01/27 at which time a Second PrC§12200 Status Report will be due if the estate is not in a position to be closed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000927 ESTATE OF ELSIE MERTLE HAWKINS, AKA ELSIE HAWKINS
Hearing on First and Final Account and Report of Administrator and Petition for Settlement Thereof; for Allowance of Compensation for Ordinary Services; for Reimbursement of Costs Advanced; and for Final Distribution:
In the future, please ensure that the caption is clear as to whether compensation is sought as to the personal representative or counsel or both.
Recommend approval of Account and Petition.
Recommend Discharge Review Hearing 11/19/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.92.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-001101 MATTER OF MATTHEW EOFF, OR MATTER OF DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY OF RUFUS SANTOS, PRINCIPAL
Hearing on Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings:
SEE TENTATIVE RULING, to be posted day prior to hearing at https://www.stanislaus.courts.ca.gov/online-services/tentative-rulings/…

PR-26-000230 FRASER FAMILY LIVING TRUST DTD AUGUST 30, 1995
Hearing on Report on First and Final Account and Petition for Final Distribution, Approval of Trustee Acts, Instructions Regarding Beneficiary Tax Identification Numbers, Termination of Trust, and Discharge of Trustee:
REVIEW IN PROGRESS. PLEASE CHECK BACK.

PR-26-000254 ESTATE OF WILLIAM A. NELSON
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration:
REVIEW IN PROGRESS. PLEASE CHECK BACK.

PR-26-000258 ESTATE OF INEZ BOSS, AKA INEZ SHARON BOSS, AKA INEZ S. BOSS
Hearing on Petition for Probate of Lost Will and for Letters Testamentary:
REVIEW IN PROGRESS. PLEASE CHECK BACK.