Gates, Aaron v. Shmidt, Inna

STATUS CONFERENCE TENTATIVE DECISION 04/03/2026, 9:00 a.m. Department 3

Case No. FL0003634 Petitioner: Gates, Aaron Attorney: Self-Represented Respondent: Shmidt, Inna Attorney: Self-Represented

1. Status Conference is continued to 10/02/2026, at 9:00 a.m. in Department 3 of Superior Court of California, County of Nevada, Nevada City Branch. Please check the Court website tentative ruling page to see if a tentative ruling has been posted and if your appearance is necessary. Tentative ruling should be posted on or before 09/30/2026.

2. The Court notes that the following are still required: a. FL-141 Declaration re: Service of Declaration of Disclosure from Petitioner. b. Corrected FL-115 Proof of Service of Summons. FL-115 is not complete. The address information is incomplete. It appears that this was served in another a country. If that is the case, Petitioner needs to show compliance with the Hague Convention. Hague Conference on Private International Law - HCCH | HCCH Members If the original server is not available to correct this, the documents will need to be re-served.

When the Court has the correct Proof of Service, the Court requires one of the following: i. FL-120 Response and FL-141 Declaration re: Service of Declaration of Disclosure from Respondent, OR ii. Agreement that Respondent has additional time to file Response. Parties may use FL14 Family Law Stipulation (Nevada County) if signed by both parties or MC-030 Declaration if only signed by Petitioner. OR iii. FL-165 Request to Enter Default from Petitioner more than thirty days after Petition package has been deemed served.

If there is an agreement, Respondent must file FL-141.

3. The required forms shall be served and filed no later than ten (10) days before 10/02/2026, the next Status Conference date stated in item 1.

4. The standard terms listed at the top of the tentative decision posting are incorporated by reference.

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