ESTATE OF MICHAEL DWIGHT BAILEY

March 16, 2026 Dept. 9 Probate Tentative Rulings

2. 24PR0304 ESTATE OF MICHAEL DWIGHT BAILEY Final Distribution

Letters of Administration/Letters Testamentary were issued on December 23, 2024, granting Petitioner full authority under the Independent Administration of Estates Act.

A Final Inventory and Appraisal was filed on July 7, 2025. At the time the inventory and appraisal is filed, you must also file a change of ownership statement with the county recorder or assessor in each county where the decedent owned real property at the time of death, as provided in section 480 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code.

Proof of Service of Notice of the hearing on the Petition was filed on February 27, 2026. No one has filed a request for special notice in this proceeding.

The proposed distribution of the estate is in equal shares to decedent’s two children.

The Petition complies with Local Rule 10.07.12. The Petition requests:

1. The First and Final Account filed with the Petition be settled, allowed and approved;

2. All acts, transactions and proceedings of the Administrator be ratified, confirmed and approved;

3. The Administrator be authorized to pay statutory attorney fees in the amount of $10,615.28, plus $1,393.20 for costs advanced to the estate;

4. The Administrator be authorized to reimburse himself for costs advanced to the estate in the amount of $56,454.12;

1. Approval of distribution of the estate to the persons entitled to it pursuant to the Petition for Final Distribution;

2. Distribution of the estate in Petitioner’s hands and any other property of the estate not now known or later discovered be distributed to the beneficiaries as set forth in the Petition;

5. Upon filing of receipts and the Ex Parte Petition for Discharge, Petitioner may be discharged and released from all liability that may be incurred thereafter.

March 16, 2026 Dept. 9 Probate Tentative Rulings

TENTATIVE RULING #2: ABSENT OBJECTION THE PETITION IS GRANTED AS REQUESTED. ANY PERSON WHO HAS AN OBJECTION MAY MAKE IT ANY TIME, EVEN ORALLY AT THE HEARING (PROBATE CODE § 1043