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.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2026

Department 22
8:30 a.m.

PR-21-000344 ESTATE OF RUDOLPH REYES
1.    Account Review Hearing continued from 11/20/24, 01/08/25, 09/09/25, 10/10/25, 11/14/25, 12/12/25:
Account Review Hearing will be dropped.

2.    Hearing on Order to Show Cause issued 05/08/25 to the personal representative, Richard Reyes, continued from 09/09/25, 10/10/25, 11/14/25, 12/12/25:
To appear and show cause why he should not be removed as personal representative purs. to Probate Code section 8500 for distributing the estate assets without the authority to do so.
On 12/12/25, the court imposed a surcharge of $2,750.00 on the personal representative, ordered the personal representative to open a blocked estate account at a financial institution, deposit the surcharge amount in the account, and thereafter file proof of the deposit in the blocked account with the court. Proof of deposit, Judicial Council Form MC-356, not on file.
A Dismissal of Creditor’s Claim was filed 01/07/26, by the Department of Health Care Services, dismissing the claim for $2,728.00.
Recommend court hold hearing on further surcharge or sanction for failure to abide with the court’s order.

3.    Hearing on Petition for Final Distribution:
•    Petition does not appear to describe which acts Administrator took under the Independent Administration of Estates Act without court authorization, or that no such acts were taken (CRC 7.250 and Local Rule 8.83 N).
•    Petition includes request for statutory compensation for the Administrator and authorization to reimburse Administrator for costs “upon sale of real property of the Estate”. How does the Administrator propose this be accomplished? Is the Administrator asking the court to authorize him to issue a promissory note to himself prior to discharge and secure it with a recorded Deed of Trust?
•    The caption of pleading appears inadequate as the personal representative is also seeking ordinary compensation [see Probate Code § 10830, California Rule of Court 7.102, Local Rule 8.83L].
    o    Notice therefore appears defective, as well, [PrC § 10830(b), 11000(b), CRC 7.50].
•    In the Supplemental Declaration file-marked 02/04/26, petitioner adds a request for reimbursement from the estate for $5,000.00 in attorney’s fees. Please provide a copy of the invoice for legal expenses. Please also elaborate: were the attorney’s fees incurred by the Administrator in his capacity as an heir, for either the petition for partition sale, or to attempt to secure a rescission deed following his unauthorized transfer of estate property to the heirs? Neither appears to have been necessary for this estate’s administration. If Administrator disagrees, please present points and authorities in support of the request for reimbursement for attorney’s fees incurred as an heir of the estate.
•    Attached to a Supplemental Declaration file-marked 02/04/26 is a First and Final Account; the petitioner may not submit an account for the court’s approval via a supplement, as is a materially new request. Please review California Rules of Court rules 7.3 and 7.53. Recommend court order Administrator to file an “Amended First and Final Account, Petition for Statutory Compensation, Reimbursement of Costs, and for Final Distribution” and give new notice of hearing of same.
•    Schedule of Property on Hand at close of account (Schedule H) attached to the supplemental declaration does not appear correct – as has been previously noted, the Administrator already distributed the real property belonging to the estate in 2022 without having the authority to do so. The transfer belongs on a Schedule of Distributions.
•    Attached to a Supplemental Declaration file-marked 02/04/26 is a document titled “proposed distribution” which appears to include itemization of administration costs for which Administrator seeks authority to reimburse himself:
    o    One of the publication costs is not reimbursable, as was noted in the Probate Note posted online 07/07/21, as the first publication was made in the wrong newspaper.
    o    The $435.00 filing fee paid on or around 12/23/22 does not appear to be a cost of the administration of this estate, as the partition petition was filed by Administrator in his separate capacity as an individual, having received transfer of a one-third share of the decedent’s 50% interest in the real property following the unauthorized transfer by the Administrator.
    o    Please elaborate further as to the purpose of the undated $905.00 expense for “document preparation”, and provide a receipt or invoice noted as “paid”, or something similar, to provide documentary support for the request.
•    In the petition, Administrator prays for the court to allow him to “deliver payment” to the estate beneficiaries, and that “distribution of the estate in petitioner’s hands and any other property of decedent or the estate not now known or discovered by made to the persons entitled to it, as set forth in the petition…” The personal representative has neglected to report to the court that there are currently no assets in his possession because he distributed the estate assets more than three years ago.

Recommend court on its own motion take judicial notice of the (now dismissed) Petition for Partition file-marked 12/20/22 and the pleading attached as Exhibit “A”.
Exhibit “A” is a recorded Administrator’s Deed recorded 09/22/22 reflecting that Administrator transferred the decedent’s 50% interest in the subject property to each of the three intestate heirs (Petitioner, Respondent, and deceased surviving heir Radella Reyes), as tenants-in-common. 
This appears to have been done without authority – the court has made no order that the Administrator be authorized to distribute any property of this estate, nor does the Administrator appear to have such authority under the Independent Administration of Estates Act.

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

PR-22-000192 ESTATE OF TONY NUNES, AKA ANTHONY F. NUNES
Discharge Review Hearing continued from 10/16/25:
Receipt of distribution is 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.
Recommend continuance to 07/30/26 to allow time for above pleading to be submitted.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred

PR-22-000314 ESTATE OF RAYMOND ANTHONY LOZANO
Discharge Review Hearing:
Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge has been received and recommended for approval.
Hearing will be vacated.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-22-000727 ESTATE OF RUTH MARIE ANTONIO
Discharge Review Hearing continued from 09/18/25:
Prior Note remains:
The last of the fourteen receipts of distribution was very recently filed.
Form DE-295, Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge, not yet submitted.
Recommend continuance to 06/25/26 to allow time for Form DE-295 to be submitted.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-22-000785 ESTATE OF ANA ROSA SERRANO
Discharge Review Hearing:
Form DE-295, Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge, was recently returned for correction.
Recommend continuance to 05/21/26 to allow time for above documents to be submitted.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-000245 ESTATE OF BERNARD PASION DE JESUS, AKA BERNARD DE JESUS
Discharge Review Hearing:
One of the six receipts of distribution not on file: N. de Jesus.
Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge not yet submitted.
Recommend continuance to 05/21/26 to allow time for above documents to be submitted.
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:
•    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, reset by Minute Order 11/07/25:
•    On 11/07/25, the court ordered notice to be perfected purs. to PrC§17203 or the Account and Petition would be dismissed. 
Recommend pleading be dismissed for lack of notice.

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

Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-000669 ESTATE OF DENNIS ALLEN BOYLES, AKA DENNIS ALLEN BOYLES, SR.
Discharge Review Hearing:
Per counsel’s Declaration file-marked 02/18/26, all but one heir has received their distributions.
No receipts of distribution yet on file: three heirs, one inheritance advance company.
Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge not yet submitted.
Recommend continuance to 08/26/26 as requested in counsel’s Declaration.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-000727 ESTATE OF DEAN ROBBINS, JR.
Discharge Review Hearing:
Receipts of distribution on file.
Form DE-295, Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge and Order, not submitted.
Recommend court order the personal representative to submit the above form forthwith.
Recommend continuance to 08/26/26 to allow time for above pleading to be submitted.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-000859 ESTATE OF JENIA SHLIMON
Discharge Review Hearing:
One of eight receipts of distribution not on file: from M. Lachin.
Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge not yet submitted.
Recommend continuance to 08/26/26 to allow time for above to be submitted.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-001292 ESTATE OF MARCIA LYNN BENSON
Discharge Review Hearing continued from 12/18/25:
See Local Rule 8.92. 
Form DE-295, Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge and Order, not yet submitted.
Consider downloading the form from https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/DE-295. 
Appearance by Personal Representative (self-represented) required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000030 ESTATE OF MARIA L. GUERRERO, AKA MARIA LUISA GUERRERO, AKA MARIA GUERRERO
Discharge Review Hearing:
The three receipts of distribution not on file.
Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge not yet submitted.
Recommend continuance to 05/21/26 to allow time for above documents to be submitted.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000831 ESTATE OF EUTIGUIO ORTEGA DEANDA, AKA E. O. DEANDA
Discharge Review Hearing:
Receipts of distribution not on file.
Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge not yet submitted.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000508 TRAMMELL 1998 TRUST DTD JUNE 11, 1998, AS AMENDED – THE BYPASS TRUST
Trial Readiness Conference:
A STIPULATION TO CONTINUE TRIAL HAS BEEN SIGNED. THIS HEARING HAS BEEN VACATED. 

PR-18-000614 ROBERT ROHSLAN, JR. SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST
Hearing on Third Account Current and Report of Trustee and for Allowance of Attorney’s Fees and Trustee’s Fees:
•    Petition requests bond amount remain the same based on payment of note. Did this note get paid?  Please itemize the annual income and recovery costs along with the current account period amount to confirm the bond amount is still adequate for the Court’s verification.  See CRC rule 7.903(c)(5) and PrC§2320.
Recommend continuance to 03/27/26 to allow time for notice and review.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).
 

PR-21-000750 ESTATE OF RAJEND PRASAD
Hearing on Amendment (file-marked 02/11/26) to 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 Costs:
The Amendment to this pleading, file-marked 02/11/26, appears to completely restate the original pleading rather than merely modifying the original pleading. See CRC Rule 7.3. The Examiner therefore reviewed only the “Amendment” file-marked 02/11/26.
•    Paragraph 6 does not appear correct: the Franchise Tax Board filed multiple claims. Examiner does not consider this a defect requiring correction, as the schedule of claims described later in the pleading appears correct purs. to PrC§10900.
•    Paragraph 20, “Administrative Expenses and Costs”, does not agree with Schedule D “Administrative Costs”. It appears that the costs for all the items omitted from paragraph 20 were perhaps included as a single lump sum in the item dated 12/04/25 ($1,813.16), whereas Schedule D reflects that item actually cost $5.95.
•    The Schedule of Losses on Sale(s) must include the complete calculation of appraisal less sales price; the total of the loss alone is not sufficient.
•    Schedule E, “Estate Disbursements”, includes a disbursement for “unpaid debt for real property”. Was the decedent the sole holder of that debt, and not also the other 50% owner of the property? What was the nature of the debt?
•    The report contains an allegation purs. to PrC§1064(a)(5) that the administrator maintained all cash belonging to the estate in an interest-bearing account but for an amount reasonably necessary for the estate’s execution. The accounting reflects that the estate received no interest at all, and that all but $3,000.00 (see note below) is held in the attorney’s client trust account. The accounting reflects that the administrator received the foreclosure sale proceeds on or around 02/01/23. The report together with the accounting indicate that the administrator appears not to have complied with Probate Code section 9652 (keeping cash in an interest-bearing account). This issue will be submitted to Judge for determination once other Notes are cured.
•    Property on hand at end of account describes the sale proceeds from the sale of the truck; how is the cash currently held - is the $3,000.00 in an interest-bearing account at a federally-insured financial institution purs. to PrC§9652? 
•    The petition requests authority to distribute $7,548.66 to each of the heirs. The heirs are fifteen years old, thirteen years old, and eleven years old. Please provide points and authorities as to the request to distribute cash directly to minors. See Local Rule 8.84.
•    A copy of the “Order on Petition to Determine Title” was not attached as Exhibit B as described in line 21 on page 5; Exhibit B is a breakdown of counsel’s extraordinary fees.
•    Please provide a copy of documentation received by Administrator following the foreclosure sale, such as Notice of Trustee’s Sale if that document provides the final details of the sale, or Surplus Funds Notification, etc.
•    Please provide a copy of the invoice for the “legal fees for trustee sale” described in Schedule E “Estate Disbursements”, unless the fees are addressed in the documentation requested in the above Note.
Recommend continuance to 06/18/26 to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000771 ESTATE OF MICHAEL HOWARD WEAVER, AKA MICHAEL H. WEAVER
Hearing on Second PrC§12200 Status Report of Administration:
Recommend court allow estate to remain open and set a further Account Review Hearing 09/10/26.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000061 ESTATE OF CLAUDIO M. SILVA
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration:
Proposed bond of $850,000.00 appears adequate.
Recommend approval of petition, with bond of $850,000.00.
Need proposed Letters.
Recommend Inventory Review Hearing 08/26/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.41 B.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000064 ESTATE OF GREGORY C. MERCIADIS
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 08/27/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.41 B.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-001007 ESTATE OF DAVID BRADLEY, AKA DAVID LESLIE BRADLEY, DAVID L. BRADLEY
Discharge Review Hearing:
Form DE-295 has been submitted and is recommended for approval.
Hearing will vacate.
No appearances.

PR-23-001183 ESTATE OF THOMAS GREGG JOHNSON, AKA THOMAS G. JOHNSON
Discharge Review Hearing:
Form DE-295 has been submitted and is recommended for approval.
Hearing will vacate.
No appearances.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2026

Department 22
8:30 a.m.

PR-21-001017 ESTATE OF KAMIL ABRAM, AKA MIKE ABRAM, MAJED ABRAM, MIKE IBRHIM
Hearing on (First and Final Account/Waiver of Account) and Report of (Executor/Administrator/Administrator with Will Annexed), Petition for (Allowance of Statutory Fees to Personal Representative and for) Final Distribution [sic] continued from 11/05/25, 01/14/26:
Nothing filed since previous hearing. Prior Notes remain:
•    Caption of pleading omitted the recently added alias for the decedent (which was the reason given for this subsequent administration).
•    This is a report of the subsequent administration of the estate, purs. to PrC§12252; please report the facts of the subsequent administration, to wit: order was approved 04/15/25, Letters were issued 04/21/15. This report and petition cannot replace or supersede the report and petition approved by this court for the original probate, purs. to the court’s order file-marked 11/22/23. 
•    The court already approved statutory compensation from the original probate, based on the value of the real property asset, in its order of 11/22/23. Are administrator or administrator’s counsel requesting any compensation for the subsequent probate?
•    The court already authorized distribution of the real property asset in its order of 11/22/23. Were there any additional assets marshaled in this subsequent administration?
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-22-000686 MATTER OF OZBIRN FAMILY 1993 TRUST
(1)    Order to Show Cause issued 01/09/26 to Alfred L. Whitehurst, Esq.:
To appear and show cause for failure to appear and why sanctions should not be ordered.  Declaration regarding Order to Show Cause on file.  Submitted to Judge for determination.

(1)    Hearing on Court’s Motion to Dismiss set per minute order dated 10/13/25 and continued from 01/09/26:
Petition for Approval of Settlement not yet filed.  Need status of settlement.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-22-000843 ESTATE OF JAMES ARNOLD PAIONI, AKA JAMES A. PAIONI, JIM A. PAIONI
Hearing on Order to Show Cause issued to personal representative on 01/08/26:
Order to Show Cause will be discharged as Letters have been issued.

Inventory Review Hearing continued from 01/08/26:
Personal representative was appointed purs. to the court’s ruling (Tentative Decision file-marked 04/29/25), and the will was admitted to probate; the Order for Probate was subsequently filed on 07/02/25. 
Letters Testamentary were only recently submitted and issued.
Recommend continuance to 06/24/26 to allow time for I&A to be filed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-23-000868 ESTATE OF MARY ELIZABETH ALLEY
(2)    Order to Show Cause issued 01/16/26 to David L. Alley:
To appear and show cause for failure to cure defects as directed.

(3)    Hearing on First and Final Report of Administrator on Waiver of Account and Petition for Allowance of Compensation to Attorney for Ordinary Services, and for Final Distribution continued from 10/09/25, 12/02/25, 01/16/26:
Nothing filed since last hearing. Prior notes remain:
•    Report paragraph 5 (regarding Creditor’s Claims) does not appear sufficiently detailed pursuant to Local Rule 8.83 B.  There were two creditors’ claims filed. Were they paid?  A release of creditor’s claim is on file for Stanford Health Care. 
    o    Notice to remaining unpaid creditor (JP Morgan) also appears necessary.
•    Paragraph 17 “statutory fees” appears to contain an error in the computation of statutory fees. Please see calculator tool available online at https://www.stanislaus.courts.ca.gov/divisions/probate/calculator-tools 
•    Report reflects property on hand is cash.  This does not agree with the Final Inventory and Appraisal. Was the real property sold?  If so, gains/losses on sale were not included in the fee base calculation nor was a schedule attached.
•    Itemization of costs of administration was omitted (see Local Rules 8.69, 8.83K).
•    Order not yet submitted.

Appearance by administrator and administrator’s counsel mandatory (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:
Nothing filed since last hearing. Prior notes remain.
•    If minor listed under item 9 are living issue of decedent, Guardian ad Litem will be required for acceptance of Notice of Hearing on behalf of minors.
On 01/09/26, the Court indicated if guardian ad litem is not filed prior to the next hearing, the court will dismiss this petition. 
Based on the Court’s indication at the last hearing, Recommend dismissal of petition.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000773 MATTER OF NORLEEN FAMILY TRUST
Hearing on Petition for Order Directing that Assets be Transferred into Trust continued from 12/11/25:
•    Prior Note: Upon what factual basis does petitioner allege that decedent intended to transfer the property to the Trust after completion of refinancing (paragraphs 13 and 16 of the petition)? 
    o    Updated Note: Supplement file-marked 01/07/26 responded to this Note by referring to the fact that the Trust, executed prior to the refinancing, reflects that the Trustor assigned the property to the Trust. That does not appear to cure this Note. In petition paragraph 13, the petitioner alleged “[Trustor] intended to retitle the Property to the Trust after the refinancing was completed”. In petition paragraph 16, the petitioner alleged “However, due to inadvertence and/or error, he unintentionally died while holding title to the Property in his name and not in the name of the Trust”. On what facts does petitioner base these allegations?
•    Prior Note: Please provide copies of the prior recorded grant deeds reflecting the chain of title back to the time that the decedents first obtained title to the real property.
    o    Updated Note: Exhibit E to the Supplement file-marked 01/07/26 is a copy of a notarized Quitclaim Deed but not a copy of the recorded Quitclaim Deed.
    o    Updated Note: Supplement file-marked 01/07/26: lines 15-18 on page 3 describe Exhibit C correctly as a Quitclaim Deed reflecting that decedent took title in his own name; line 28 on page 3 incorrectly identifies Exhibit C as a Grant Deed dated 08/15/2000. A copy of that recorded deed does not appear to have been attached.
•    Once notes are cured, please provide a new proposed Order with the correct APN as noted in the Supplement file-marked 01/07/26.
Recommend continuance to 04/24/26 to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000857 ESTATE OF MELODY JEAN BURNS, AKA MELODY J. BURNS, MELODY BURNS
Hearing on Amended Petition (file-marked 11/10/25) for Probate of Will and for Letters Testamentary continued from 09/18/25, 11/14/25, 01/09/26:
Prior Notes have been cured.
Recommend approval of amended petition and admission of will to probate.
Recommend Inventory Review Hearing 08/27/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.41 B.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-001155 ESTATE OF THAYER LORING BECK
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration continued from 12/11/25, 01/21/26:
Nothing filed since previous hearing. Prior Notes remain:
•    Petition 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 $420,136.00 based on estimated value of decedent’s estate alleged in the petition. 
    o    Waivers of bond are on file for the three living relatives identified in the petition. See item below, as it is not clear if there are additional intestate heirs other than these three.
•    Petition item 8:
    o    Did not include the date of death of the decedent’s late spouse.
    o    Did not include the date of death of the decedent’s late daughter.
    o    Did not include the names, ages, and addresses of the issue who inherit through the decedent’s late daughter (decedent’s grandchildren by the daughter who predeceased the decedent).
•    Need new proposed Form DE-150, Letters: item 4 on the right-hand column must include the date of city where the petitioner signed the form.
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).

MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2026

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

Department 24
10:00 a.m.

PR-24-000298 JOSEPH SALLABERRY AND JEANINE SALLABERRY REVOCABLE 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.

TUESDAY, MARCH 03, 2026

Department 22
8:30 a.m.

PR-21-000536 ESTATE OF JESUS PLANCARTE-BOCANEGRA AKA JESUS PLANCARTE BOCANEGRA
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 07/07/26 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-24-000152 EDMUND PAUL SCIARINI, AKA EDMUND P. SCIARINI, EDMOND SCIARINI
Account Review Hearing:
PrC §12200 Status Report filed and set for hearing 04/02/26. 
Hearing of 04/02/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-001150 ESTATE OF BEVERLY ANN SARABIA
Inventory Review Hearing:
Letters Issued 09/18/25.  Inventory and Appraisal due 01/18/26.
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 personal representative (self-represented) required (Anyone appearing may do so in person or remotely, by telephone using VCourt).

PR-25-000041 ESTATE OF ANGELA VELAZQUEZ DELAGRANDE, AKA ANGELA V. DELAGRANDE
Inventory Review Hearing:
Letters issued 09/02/25. Inventory and Appraisal due 01/02/26.
Final Inventory and Appraisal not on file.
Recommend court extend the time for filing the Inventory and Appraisal purs. to the Declaration filed by counsel for the personal representative. 
Recommend court set an Account Review Hearing 10/15/26 when a PrC§12200 Status Report will be due if the estate is not in a position to be closed and order the Inventory and Appraisal must be on file by that date.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000042 ESTATE OF AUGUSTINE L. DELAGRANDE JR., AKA AUGUSTINE DELAGRANDE JR.
Inventory Review Hearing:
Letters issued 09/02/25. Inventory and Appraisal due 01/02/26.
Final Inventory and Appraisal not on file.
Recommend court extend the time for filing the Inventory and Appraisal purs. to the Declaration filed by counsel for the personal representative. 
Recommend court set an Account Review Hearing 10/15/26 when a PrC§12200 Status Report will be due if the estate is not in a position to be closed and order the Inventory and Appraisal must be on file by that date.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000077 ESTATE OF DON HENRY ANDRINO, AKA DON H. ANDRINO, DON ANDRINO
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal on file.
Recommend Account Review Hearing 11/10/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000144 ESTATE OF RONALD EUGENE DAFFORD, AKA RONALD DAFFORD
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal on file.
Recommend Account Review Hearing 11/17/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000287 ESTATE OF FREDEVINDA MOTA CARRILLO, AKA FREDEVINDA M. CARRILLO
Inventory Review Hearing:
Letters issued 09/02/25. Inventory and Appraisal due 01/02/26.
Final Inventory and Appraisal not on file.
A PrC§12200 Status Report has been filed and set for hearing 04/15/26.
Hearing of 04/15/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000575 ESTATE OF LISA M. MICHAEL
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal on file.
A Petition for Final Distribution has been filed and set for hearing 03/26/26.
Hearing of 03/26/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000654 ESTATE OF DONNAR RUTH WILKERSON DEHART, AKA DONNA R. WILKERSON-DEHART
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal on file.
A Petition for Final Distribution has been filed and set for hearing 04/22/26.
Hearing of 04/22/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000658 ESTATE OF LUKE JOSEPH MOLTHEN, AKA LUKE MOLTHEN, AKA LUKE J. MOLTHEN
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is on file.
A Petition for Final Distribution has been filed and set for hearing 03/11/26.
Hearing of 03/11/26 will be confirmed.
Inventory and Appraisal must be filed before next hearing.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000067 ESTATE OF ROBIN G. CARTER
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:
Please be aware in future Notes that paragraph 12 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. 
Recommend continuance to 05/06/26, to coincide with Account Review Hearing already set, to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000290 AURORA CHIPPONERI SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST
Hearing on First Account and Report of Trustee’ Petition to Settle Account; to Transfer Venue; to Confirm and Authorize Interim Trustee Fees; and to Fix and Allow attorneys’ Fees and Costs:
No defects in petition or notice.
Request to transfer of venue submitted to Judge for determination.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000130 ESTATE OF ROBIN LAUREEN JOB
Hearing on First and Final Account and Report of Administrator and Petition for its Settlement on Waiver of Accounting, Allowance of Statutory Fees and Costs and for Final Distribution:
•    Need schedule calculating gains/losses on sales pursuant to Local Rule 8.65 B 4, CRC rule 7.550(b).
•    Report omitted a statement as to the character of the property. See Local Rule 8.83H.
•    Need Order.
See California Rules of Court rules 7.3 and 7.53 regarding the types of forms that may be used to address these defects.
Recommend continuance to 03/27/26 to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-001209 MATTER OF JULIAN THURMAN REVOCABLE TRUST AND OF FERNANDES FAMILY LIVING TRUST
Hearing on Petition for Order Determining Title to and Requiring Transfer of Real Property and to Quiet Title:
Petitioners present this pleading as to two distinct interests in the same property; brought in their capacity each as the Trustee of a Trust unrelated to the other except as to their interests in the property. Please provide points and authorities to show that this dual-matter petition is permitted, rather than filing separate petitions and a Notice of Related Action. This will be submitted to the court for determination once all notes are cured.
•    Need a copy of each Trust to determine if notice is complete.
•    The petitioners invoked quiet title procedures in the pleading.  Proof of service of Civil Summons not on file.  See CCP §§412.20, 413.10 et seq, PrC §1000.  
•    Notice of Lis pendens not on file [CCP § 761.010(b)].
•    Petition incorrectly asserts that appropriate venue is the county where the real property is located, and/or where related estate proceedings arose; please clarify where the Trustee(s) reside. See PrC§§17005(a)(1), 17002.
•    Proposed Order not yet submitted.
Recommend continuance to 06/24/26 to allow time to cure defects.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000066 ESTATE OF PHILIP K. CHRISTENSEN, AKA PHILIP KIM CHRISTENSEN, AKA PHILIP CHRISTENSEN
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration:
•    Waivers of Bond on file for all but one of the intestate heirs: specifically, Evan Heywood, who is a minor.  Bond may be required.  Minimum bond would be $20,000.00 pursuant to Local Rule 8.33. Based on this petitioner’s estimate of the estate value, maximum bond would be $368,000.00.  Bond matter submitted to Judge for determination.
•    One of the heirs is a minor. A Guardian ad Litem may be necessary. Submitted to judge for determination.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).
 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 04, 2026

Department 22
8:30 a.m.

PR-18-000650 ESTATE OF JOELLA SARGENT
Account Review Hearing continued from 10/29/25:
On 10/29/25 court ordered the personal representatives to file a PrC§12200 Status Report with Notice within 90 days if estate is not in a position to be closed.
•    Neither Petition for Final Distribution nor PrC§12200 Status Report have been filed.
Recommend court issue Order to Show Cause to personal representatives and personal representatives’ 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 personal representative 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 Personal Representatives and their counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).
Appearance required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000047 A & T 2005 REVOCABLE TRUST
Related Decedent’s Estate matter PR-24-000104.
(1)    Hearing on Petition for 1. Removal of Trustee; 2. Request for Temporary Order; 3. Modification of Trust; 4. Allocation of Trust Assets; 5. Accounting; 6. Intentional Interference with Expected Inheritance; 7. Elder Financial Abuse continued from 04/03/24, 05/23/24, 09/11/24, 12/10/24, 07/03/25, 12/03/25:
Objection filed – 03/26/24 (by Tina Marie Silva).
Possible long cause matter.

(2)    Hearing on Tina Marie Silva’s Cross-Petition for Financial Elder Abuse and Isolation and Intentional Interference with Expected Inheritance and Objection of Tina Silva continued from 05/23/24, 09/11/24, 12/10/24, 07/03/25, 12/03/25:
Answer filed – 05/17/24 (by Julio Silva, Frank Silva and Susan Silva).
Possible long cause matter.

On 11/06/25, the court granted a request for an extension of the accounting deadline until 12/15/25. These hearings were continued to coincide with Motion to Expunge Notice of Pendency of Action.

(3)    Hearing on Respondent Tina Marie Silva’s Motion to Expunge Notice of Pendency of Action:
SEE TENTATIVE RULING, to be posted day prior to hearing at https://www.stanislaus.courts.ca.gov/online-services/tentative-rulings/…

Appearances required (by VCourt if preferred).
 

PR-24-000104 ESTATE OF ARTHUR F. SILVA, AKA ARTHUR SILVA
Related Trust matter PR-24-000047.
Hearing on Petition for Probate of Lost Will and for Letters of Administration with Will Annexed continued from 03/06/24, 04/03/24, 05/23/24, 09/11/24, 12/10/24, 07/03/25, 12/03/25:
Prior defects cured.
Objection filed - 02/28/24 (by Tina Marie Silva).
On 12/03/25, this matter was continued to trail related case PR-24-000047.
Possible long cause hearing.
Appearances required (by VCourt if preferred). 
 

PR-24-000984 ESTATE OF JESSICA SHAW
Account Review Hearing:
Petition for Final Distribution has been filed and set for hearing on 03/18/26.
Hearing of 03/18/26 will be confirmed.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-001042 ESTATE OF LARRY WAYNE HELLER, AKA LARRY W. HELLER
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 07/09/26 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-25-000217 ESTATE OF CARL. N. HELTON
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is on file.
Recommend court set Account Review Hearing 11/19/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.

Hearing on Petition for Partition of Real Property [partition by sale] continued from 12/10/25:
Prior Notes remain:
•    Proof of service of summons not on file for the defendants who were identified in the petition by name. See CCP§872.310(a).
•    Proof of by publication not on file for persons unknown claiming any interest in the property as identified in paragraph 13 of the petition. See CCP§§872.310(b), 872.550.
•    Notice of lis pendens not on file. Continuance appears mandatory purs. CCP§872.250(c).
Submit to court’s determination whether paragraph 15 specifically and the rest of the petition generally provide justification for relief sought in sufficiently “ordinary” language purs. to CCP§872.230(e).
Recommend court set deadline for defects to be cured or petition may be dismissed.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000261 ESTATE OF JOAN BARBARA CRUZ, AKA JOAN CRUZ
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is on file.
Recommend Account Review Hearing 12/01/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000328 ESTATE OF VINCENT JOSEPH WILEY
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is 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 Account Review Hearing 11/10/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000497 ESTATE OF FREDEVINDA MOTA CARRILLO, AKA FREDEVINDA M. CARRILLO
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is on file.
Recommend Account Review Hearing 12/01/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000653 ESTATE OF MARIA OTILIA ROBERTSHAW, AKA MARIA O. ROBERTSHAW, MARIA ROBERTSHAW
Inventory Review Hearing:
Final Inventory and Appraisal is on file.
Recommend Account Review Hearing 11/03/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.82.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000746 ESTATE OF ROY ROGER MEDEIROS, AKA ROY R. MEDEIROS, ROY MEDEIROS
Hearing on First and Final Report of Executor on Waiver of Account and Petition for Allowance of Statutory Compensation to Executor and Attorney, and for Final Distribution:
Waivers are not notarized. Both personal representatives are sole heirs and have waived the accounting in their verified petition; therefore, Examiner does not view this as a defect in this instance.
Recommend approval of petition.
Recommend Discharge Review Hearing 09/24/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.92.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-24-000929 ESTATE OF JOSE JUAN GUTIERREZ, AKA JOSE JUAN GUTIERREZ, SR.
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:
Petitioner seeks the court’s approval of a non-pro rata distribution. The petitioner requests that the court award him the only asset of the estate, to wit: decedent’s 1/3 interest in real property, upon the petitioner’s paying a specific amount of cash to the other three intestate heirs [specifically, the cash value of the reappraisal for sale ($143,550.00) less 33% of the current mortgage (33% of $134,610.48 is $44,421.45), less the amount of statutory compensation due to him if the property sold for the amount of the reappraisal (which he calculated as $5,059.00), less the amount of cash that would have been due to him as one of decedent’s heirs had the property sold for the amount of the reappraisal (which he calculated as $17,289.99)], in the amounts of $24,248.65 to the surviving spouse and $15,603.65 each to the two other issue, not including the personal representative himself. Neither notarized consents or a notarized and signed agreement between the heirs to the proposed non-pro rata distribution is on file. See Local Rule 8.87.
The personal representative made an allegation as to the “current amount” of the mortgage but did not provide documentation to show the current amount, the date on which the amount was calculated, or to show the names of the mortgagees. 
Does the personal representative as an individual have sufficient cash on hand to satisfy the proposed distributions? Is he able to deposit the entire amount of cash into an estate account?
Request for non-pro rata distribution submitted to court for determination.
Appearance by counsel required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-000243 ESTATE OF DOUGLAS B. PRICE, AKA DOUG PRICE
Hearing on First and Final Report of Administrator on Waiver of Account and Petition for Allowance of Statutory Compensation to Administrator and Attorney, and for Final Distribution:
•    Notice of Proposed Action must be filed, with affidavit of mailing attached, per Local Rules 8.83 N and 8.100.
Recommend court vacate the Inventory Review Hearing of 03/05/26.
Recommend continuance to 04/24/26 to allow time to cure defect.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-25-001202 J. WILMAR JENSEN AND JUDITH A. JENSEN IRREVOCABLE 1996 TRUST
Hearing on Petition for Distribution and Termination of Trust [Probate Code §§15403, 15409, 1700(a), (b)(6)(13)]
Recommend approval of petition.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred). 

PR-25-001210 MAH MANZAR MOHAMMADI TABRIZI REVOCABLE TRUST DTD JUNE 12, 2012
Hearing on Beneficiary’s Petition under Probate Code §17200 for Removal of Incapacitated Trustee, Appointment of Successor Trustee, Demand for Accounting, Request for a Surcharge and Instructions:
•    It appears it may be necessary that the court set a bond pursuant to PrC§15602(a)(2), however Paragraph VIII of the petition did not allege the amount of bond that would be appropriate.  Bond matter will be submitted to Judge for determination.
•    Need medical documentation establishing that the current trustee is unable to continue serving due to incapacity. Family members declarations will be submitted to Judge for determination.
•    Trust names Behnaz Mohammadi Tabrizi aka Behnaz Nayrami as first successor trustee. Need declination of first named successor trustee or further evidence explaining unwillingness to serve. 
•    Order not yet submitted. 
Hearing required.
Appearances required (by VCourt if preferred). 
 

PR-26-000072 ESTATE OF MICHAEL STEPHEN THORINGTON, AKA MICHAEL S. THORINGTON
Hearing on Petition to Determine Succession to Primary Residence:
If no one appears to object, recommend court find notice complete and approve the petition.
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

PR-26-000068 ESTATE OF FRANKLIN ORVIS CRAMER
Hearing on Petition for Letters of Administration:
Recommend approval of petition.
Recommend Inventory Review Hearing 09/03/26 pursuant to Local Rule 8.41B.
•    Need new order reflecting “Bond is not required.”
Appearance not required (by VCourt if preferred).

9:30 A.M.

PR-25-000508 TRAMMELL 1998 TRUST
Court Trial:
This hearing was continued to 05/19/26 at 9:30 a.m. pursuant to a stipulation filed 02/23/26.