Important Notice:

The Clerk’s Offices of the Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma – Hall of Justice, which serves Criminal, Traffic, Collections, Probate, Records Requests, Jury Services, and Juvenile Dependency matters, will begin relocating operations to 625 Administration Dr., Santa Rosa, CA 95403, starting July 20, 2026.

Effective July 20, 2026 , Courtroom 10/11 serving Traffic matters will also move to the new location. For more information on additional courtroom changes, please visit Court Relocation Information.

Change of Name or Gender

If the tentative ruling is accepted, no appearance is necessary unless otherwise indicated.
You must notify the Judicial Assistant at (707) 521-6602 if you wish to be heard in response to the tentative ruling and whether that appearance will be in person or via Zoom. Any interested party who wishes to be heard in opposition to a petition must notify all other parties of the intent to appear. Both notifications must be completed no later than 4:00 p.m. on the court day immediately preceding the day of the hearing.

Unless notification to the Judicial Assistant has been given as provided above, the tentative rulings shall become the rulings of the court at 3:15 p.m. on the day of the hearing. 

CourtCall is not permitted for this calendar.

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Department 19 Hearings

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Tentative Rulings

Wednesday, June 24, 2026  3:00 p.m.
/06.24.26 D19 Change of Name Tentative Rulings/8218

 

Change of Name or Gender

 

1.         PETITION OF BRADLEY DEAN HODSON

            26CV02546

TENTATIVE RULING: No Appearance is Required. The Court finds that Petitioner Bradley Dean Hodson has complied with all prerequisites outlined under California Code of Civil procedure (“C.C.P.”) §1276 et. seq. for a Petition for Change of Name. The Court finds that no timely objection has been filed against said Petition. Therefore, the Court now GRANTS the Petitioner’s’ Decree Changing Name of “Bradley Dean Hodson” to “Bradley Dean Wilson”.

2.         PETITION OF ELIZABETH AHRENS

            26CV02705

TENTATIVE RULING: No Appearance is Required. The Court finds that Petitioner Elizabeth Raine Aherns has complied with all prerequisites outlined under California Code of Civil procedure (“C.C.P.”) §1276 et. seq. for a Petition for Change of Name. The Court finds that no timely objection has been filed against said Petition. Therefore, the Court now GRANTS the Petitioner’s’ Decree Changing Name of “Elizabeth Raine Aherns” to “Elizabeth Raine Cantwell”.

3.         PETITION OF CHERI SINGLETARY

            26CV03021

TENTATIVE RULING: No Appearance is Required. The Court finds that Petitioner Cheri Lavonne Singletary has complied with all prerequisites outlined under California Code of Civil procedure (“C.C.P.”) §1276 et. seq. for a Petition for Change of Name. The Court finds that no timely objection has been filed against said Petition. Therefore, the Court now GRANTS the Petitioner’s’ Decree Changing Name of “Cheri Lavonne Singletary” to “Cheri Lavonne Seeley”.