Guardianship Tentative Rulings
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Guardianship Tentative Rulings
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.
Judge Mark A. Urioste
NOTE: FOR ANY REQUESTS FOR APPEARANCE, PLEASE CALL THE COVERING JUDICIAL ASSISTANT AT 707-521-6722
- Guardianship of Amelia Sophia Panoski
SPR87247
Status Update
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCE OF THE GUARDIAN IS REQUIRED. A stipulation to the termination of the current guardianship has not been received by the Court. The parties are to appear and update the court on the status of the guardianship and whether Paternal Grandmother has/will file a petition for appointment as guardian upon the agreed termination of the current guardianship.
- Guardianship of Edwin Alezis Tenorio Gallardo
26PR00019
Appointment of Guardian
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCES ARE NOT REQUIRED. Absent objection, the Petition for Guardianship is GRANTED and the Court will sign the proposed order submitted by Petitioner(s). The Court finds good cause to waive and does waive further investigation if any is required under Prob. Code § 1513.
Petitioner/Guardian is directed to file the Confidential Guardianship Status Report, GC-251, within one year and 30 days from the date of the order granting the Petition for Guardianship, and annually thereafter. (Form GC-251 is available at the following URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/forms.htm) To ensure compliance with the requirement of an annual GC-251, this matter is SET for Case Management Conference at 9:00 a.m. on April 6, 2027, in Department 5. If the Guardian has at that time filed the required GC-251, an appearance will be waived and a new hearing date shall be set for one year out for the filing of the annual Status Report.
Absent objection, the Request for Special Immigrant Juvenile Findings is GRANTED and the Court will sign the proposed order submitted by Petitioner.
Further advisements which are not part of tentative ruling: If any objections are filed at or before the time of hearing, the Court will not adopt the tentative ruling and will, instead, set the matter for a contested hearing and the parties will be notified by the Court as to when they should next appear.
- Guardianship of Valeria Azucena Gutierrez Ochoa
26PR00033
Appointment of Guardian
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCES ARE NOT REQUIRED. Absent objection, the Petition for Guardianship is GRANTED and the Court will sign the proposed order submitted by Petitioner(s). The Court finds good cause to waive and does waive further investigation if any is required under Prob. Code § 1513.
Petitioner/Guardian is directed to file the Confidential Guardianship Status Report, GC-251, within one year and 30 days from the date of the order granting the Petition for Guardianship, and annually thereafter. (Form GC-251 is available at the following URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/forms.htm) To ensure compliance with the requirement of an annual GC-251, this matter is SET for Case Management Conference at 9:00 a.m. on April 6, 2027, in Department 5. If the Guardian has at that time filed the required GC-251, an appearance will be waived and a new hearing date shall be set for one year out for the filing of the annual Status Report.
Absent objection, the Request for Special Immigrant Juvenile Findings is GRANTED and the Court will sign the proposed order submitted by Petitioner.
Further advisements which are not part of tentative ruling: If any objections are filed at or before the time of hearing, the Court will not adopt the tentative ruling and will, instead, set the matter for a contested hearing and the parties will be notified by the Court as to when they should next appear.
- Guardianship of Charlene L. Nuzum
26PR00037
Appointment of Guardian
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCES ARE NOT REQUIRED. Absent objection, the Petition for Guardianship is GRANTED and the Court will sign the proposed order submitted by Petitioner(s).
Petitioner/Guardian is directed to file the Confidential Guardianship Status Report, GC-251, within one year and 30 days from the date of the order granting the Petition for Guardianship, and annually thereafter. (Form GC-251 is available at the following URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/forms.htm) To ensure compliance with the requirement of an annual GC-251, this matter is SET for Case Management Conference at 9:00 a.m. on April 6, 2027, in Department 5. If the Guardian has at that time filed the required GC-251, an appearance will be waived and a new hearing date shall be set for one year out for the filing of the annual Status Report.
Further advisements which are not part of tentative ruling: If any objections are filed at or before the time of hearing, the Court will not adopt the tentative ruling and will, instead, set the matter for a contested hearing and the parties will be notified by the Court as to when they should next appear.
- Guardianship of Guadalupe Ines Olivera Gonzalez
26PR00050
Appointment of Guardian
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCES ARE NOT REQUIRED. Absent objection, the Petition for Guardianship is GRANTED and the Court will sign the proposed order submitted by Petitioner(s). The Court finds good cause to waive and does waive further investigation if any is required under Prob. Code § 1513.
Petitioner/Guardian is directed to file the Confidential Guardianship Status Report, GC-251, within one year and 30 days from the date of the order granting the Petition for Guardianship, and annually thereafter. (Form GC-251 is available at the following URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/forms.htm) To ensure compliance with the requirement of an annual GC-251, this matter is SET for Case Management Conference at 9:00 a.m. on April 6, 2027, in Department 5. If the Guardian has at that time filed the required GC-251, an appearance will be waived and a new hearing date shall be set for one year out for the filing of the annual Status Report.
Absent objection, the Request for Special Immigrant Juvenile Findings is GRANTED and the Court will sign the proposed order submitted by Petitioner.
Further advisements which are not part of tentative ruling: If any objections are filed at or before the time of hearing, the Court will not adopt the tentative ruling and will, instead, set the matter for a contested hearing and the parties will be notified by the Court as to when they should next appear.
- Guardianship of Astrid Jatziri Martinez Arellano
26PR00061
Appointment of Guardian
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCES ARE NOT REQUIRED. Absent objection, the Petition for Guardianship is GRANTED and the Court will sign the proposed order submitted by Petitioner(s). The Court finds good cause to waive and does waive further investigation if any is required under Prob. Code § 1513.
Petitioner/Guardian is directed to file the Confidential Guardianship Status Report, GC-251, within one year and 30 days from the date of the order granting the Petition for Guardianship, and annually thereafter until the ward reaches the age of 21, at which point the guardianship will terminate by operation of law. (Form GC-251 is available at the following URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/forms.htm) To ensure compliance with the requirement of an annual GC-251, this matter is SET for Case Management Conference at 9:00 a.m. on April 6, 2027, in Department. If the Guardian has at that time filed the required GC-251, an appearance will be waived and a new hearing date shall be set for one year out for the filing of the annual Status Report.
Absent objection, the Request for Special Immigrant Juvenile Findings is GRANTED and the Court will sign the proposed order submitted by Petitioner.
Further advisements which are not part of tentative ruling: If any objections are filed at or before the time of hearing, the Court will not adopt the tentative ruling and will, instead, set the matter for a contested hearing and the parties will be notified by the Court as to when they should next appear.
- Guardianship of Baryond Carlos Ward Torassa
26PR00062
Appointment of Guardian
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCES ARE NOT REQUIRED. The court has referred the matter to the Juvenile Court and the Sonoma County Human Services Department for investigation pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) section 329. The petition for appointment of a guardian is stayed pending the investigation by the department. This matter is SET for a status update on May 5, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. in Department 5.
- Guardianship of Valentina Marchbanks, Maurice Marchbanks
25PR00948
Report
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCES ARE REQUIRED. The court has reviewed the report filed by Minor’s Counsel on March 2, 2026, based upon which the court believes that denial, or withdrawal, of the petition request is the desire of all parties. The parties are to appear and advise the court on the status of the petition request.
- Guardianship of Cyrus Bemesderfer, Samuel Bemesderfer
25PR01134
Appointment of Guardian
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCES ARE NOT REQUIRED. The court has received and reviewed the Notice of Stipulated Continuance. The matter is CONTINUED to May 19, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. in Department 5, for the same purposes for which it was previously regularly calendared.
- Guardianship of Aviana Camille Bonnet, Elyas Thomas Michael Bonnet
SPR094625
Visitation
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCES ARE REQUIRED. It appears an evidentiary hearing is required. If the hearing will take less than twenty (20) minutes, it may occur at the time the case is called. However, all parties must be prepared to give a good faith estimate as to the likely length of the evidentiary hearing. If any party’s time estimate exceeds twenty minutes, the Court will specially set the matter for an evidentiary hearing at another time convenient to the Court and the parties. All parties should also be prepared to identify a reasonable date for the exchange witness lists and documents (if any) which he/she/they intend to submit for the Court’s consideration at the evidentiary hearing. Finally, all parties are hereby advised that strict compliance with local rules will be required. They should take special review Local Rules 6.2.F. which requires, among other things, that parties meet and confer for purposes of making reasonable efforts to informally resolve any controversies and to file Statements of Issues or Settlement prior to an evidentiary hearing.
- Guardianship of Aliah Diane Claeys Klaas
26PR00618
Review
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCES ARE REQUIRED. The Form MC-356 (Receipt and Acknowledgment of Deposit) has not been received by the Court for any institution in which a CD account was created. The Guardian is to appear and advise the Court as to why the forms have not been timely filed as previously ordered on February 3, 2026.
- Guardianship of Anwar Gomez Gonzalez
26PR00206
Appointment of Guardian
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCES ARE NOT REQUIRED. Absent objection, the Petition for Guardianship is GRANTED and the Court will sign the proposed order submitted by Petitioner(s). The Court finds good cause to waive and does waive further investigation if any is required under Prob. Code § 1513.
Petitioner/Guardian is directed to file the Confidential Guardianship Status Report, GC-251, within one year and 30 days from the date of the order granting the Petition for Guardianship, and annually thereafter until the ward attains the age of 21, at which point the guardianship will terminate by operation of law. (Form GC-251 is available at the following URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/forms.htm) To ensure compliance with the requirement of an annual GC-251, this matter is SET for Case Management Conference at 9:00 a.m. on April 6, 2027, in Department 5. If the Guardian has at that time filed the required GC-251, an appearance will be waived and a new hearing date shall be set for one year out for the filing of the annual Status Report.
Absent objection, the Request for Special Immigrant Juvenile Findings is GRANTED and the Court will sign the proposed order submitted by Petitioner.
Further advisements which are not part of tentative ruling: If any objections are filed at or before the time of hearing, the Court will not adopt the tentative ruling and will, instead, set the matter for a contested hearing and the parties will be notified by the Court as to when they should next appear.
***End of Tentative Rulings***
Guardianship CMC Tentative Rulings
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.
Judge Mark A. Urioste
NOTE: FOR ANY REQUESTS FOR APPEARANCE, PLEASE CALL THE COVERING JUDICIAL ASSISTANT AT 707-521-6722
- Guardianship of Josue Lorenzo Diaz Morales
24PR00971
OSC Hearing
TENTATIVE RULING:
NO APPEARANCES REQUIRED. The required document has been received and reviewed. The order to show cause is vacated.
The matter is SET for the next annual Case Management Conference at 9:00 a.m. on April 6, 2027, in Department 5 for review of compliance with the filing of the Confidential Guardianship Status Report (Judicial Council Form GC-251). If a completed GC-251 has been filed in a timely fashion prior to the court date, appearances will be waived.
- Guardianship of Danny Eliezer Romero Morales
24PR00977
OSC Hearing
TENTATIVE RULING:
NO APPEARANCES REQUIRED. The required document has been received and reviewed. The order to show cause is vacated.
The matter is SET for the next annual Case Management Conference at 9:00 a.m. on April 6, 2027, in Department 5 for review of compliance with the filing of the Confidential Guardianship Status Report (Judicial Council Form GC-251). If a completed GC-251 has been filed in a timely fashion prior to the court date, appearances will be waived.
- Guardianship of Karandeep Singh
24PR01049
OSC Hearing
TENTATIVE RULING:
NO APPEARANCES REQUIRED. The ward has attained the age of 21 years old during the last review period and the guardianship is terminated by operation of law. The order to show cause is VACATED.
- Guardianship of Zayden Natalie Dailyn Yoder
24PR01083
Case Management Conference
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCE OF THE GUARDIAN IS REQUIRED. A review of the court file reveals the Guardian has NOT timely filed the required Form GC-251 as previously ordered. The Guardian is to appear and explain the failure to timely file the required form and/or file the document at the court appearance.
- Guardianship of Cody Yuji Hirasa
25PR00470
OSC Hearing
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCE OF THE GUARDIAN IS REQUIRED. The court imposes the $250 sanction for the failure to appear on February 3, 2026, and provide the court with a status of the guardianship. The guardianship is terminated for failure to comply with the Court’s July 15, 2025, order directing the Guardian to appear on February 3, 2026, and show cause why the guardianship should not be terminated.
- Guardianship of Elijah Stephan Seal, Justin Samuel Seal
SPR093008
OSC Hearing
TENTATIVE RULING:
APPEARANCE OF THE GUARDIAN IS REQUIRED. The court imposes the $250 sanction for the failure to appear on February 3, 2026, and provide the court with a status of the guardianship and explain the failure to timely file the Form GC-251. The Guardian is ordered to appear on April 7, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. in Department 5 to show cause why the court should not terminate the guardianship for failure to comply with the requirement of timely filing the Form GC-251 as previously ordered.
***End of Tentative Rulings***