REVIEW HEARING
TENTATIVE RULINGS
FOR: June 18, 2026
If you do not see a tentative ruling for a scheduled matter, then attendance at the hearing is required.
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If you have cases scheduled in both courtrooms at the same time, first log-in to the Zoom session for the department that has your quickest matter(s), and upon check-in, ask the clerk to email the clerk in the other department to advise that you will be late to the other Zoom session.
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“Recording Court proceedings (whether by Zoom’s AI Meeting Summary functionality or by any other means) is PROHIBITED without express permission from a judicial officer. (Cal. Rules of Court, Rule 1.150(c) & (d))
** All matters originally set in Dept. B will be heard in Dept. A **
PROBATE CALENDAR – Hon. Robert Stamps, Dept. A (Historic Courthouse) at 8:30 a.m.
Conservatorship of Kiana Stagner 17PR000109
REVIEW HEARING
TENTATIVE RULING: After a review of the matter, the Court finds the Conservator is acting in the best interest of the Conservatee. Thus, the case is set for a Review- Biennial hearing
in two years on June 21, 2028, at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. B. The Court Investigator shall prepare an investigator report for the next hearing date. The Clerk is directed to send notice to the parties.
Based on the report of the court investigator, the Court determines by clear and convincing evidence that the conservatee can communicate a desire to participate in the voting process, and therefore orders the conservatee’s right to register to vote shall be restored, pursuant to Elections Code section 2209, subdivision (b).
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In The Matter of The Bressler Irrevocable Trust 26PR000097
VERIFIED PETITION TO COMPEL TRUST ACCOUNTING; TO COMPEL ACCOUNTING OF ACTS OF ATTORNEY-IN-FACT; FOR BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY AND SURCHARGE; FOR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE; AND FOR DOUBLE DAMAGES UNDER PROBATE CODE § 859
APPEARANCE REQUIRED. The parties shall attend prepared to discuss whether any opposition is anticipated, whether the parties intend to submit on verified pleadings and affidavits (see Evangelho v. Presoto (1998) 67 Cal.App.4th 615, 620), whether any discovery or other pre-hearing practice is anticipated, and whether the parties are willing to participate in alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Should any party desire an evidentiary hearing, the parties shall be prepared to provide the Court with an estimate for the length of the hearing, and to set the hearing on the Court’s calendar. Counsel are directed to meet and confer on the foregoing issues prior to the hearing.
In The Matter of The Harnett Family Trust 26PR000100
PETITION TO APPOINT PUBLIC GUARDIAN SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF THE HARNETT FAMILY TRUST
TENTATIVE RULING: The matter is CONTINUED to July 23, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. A. Petitioner is directed to provide notice of the continued hearing and to serve the petitioning papers on Steven Heun. (Prob. Code, § 17203, subd. (a)(1).)
Conservatorship of Deirdre Combs 26PR000101
PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PROBATE CONSERVATOR OF THE ESTATE
APPEARANCE REQUIRED
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