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Limited Conservatorship Calendar

If the tentative ruling is accepted, no appearance is necessary unless otherwise indicated.  You must notify the Judicial Assistant at (707) 521-6893 if you wish to be heard in response to the tentative ruling.  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 probate clerk has been given as provided above, the tentative rulings shall become the rulings of the court at 1:45 p.m. on the day of the hearing. 

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  • Be patient. Check in will take more time and the experience from those who have tried this before is that proceedings are a little slower generally.

Tentative Rulings

Honorable Jennifer V. Dollard
April 17, 2025, at 3:30 p.m.

  1. Limited Conservatorship of Tatiana Cauchon
    25PR00045
    Appointment of Limited Conservator

Tentative Ruling: NO APPEARANCES REQUIRED. Matter is CONTINUED to Thursday, May 15, 2025, to allow time for Petitioner to obtain an amended citation with the new hearing date and ensure its completion and return.  The Court Investigator may not begin their review until this is completed and returned.  The Court notes this is different from the proof of service of Notice of Hearing served on April 12, 2025, and filed on April 14, 2025.

Petitioner may contact the Family Law Facilitator for no cost assistance with the outstanding document. The Family Law Facilitator is located at the Civil and Family Law Courthouse, 3055 Cleveland Avenue Santa Rosa, California 95403, telephone number (707) 521-6545.  More information can be found at their website:   https://sonoma.courts.ca.gov/self-help/family-law-facilitator-self-help-center

 

  1. Limited Conservatorship of Todd Richard Van Rees
    25PR00101
    Appointment of Limited Conservator

Tentative Ruling: NO APPEARANCES REQUIRED. The petition for appointment of Dennis Van Rees and Denise Van Rees, as limited co-conservators of the person is APPROVED with the powers pursuant to Probate Code § 2351.5(b)(1) through (7).

Both co-conservators have equal powers and may act either jointly or separately. 

The Court directs that Dennis Van Rees, father, be approached first when exercising medical authority. If he is not available to act, then Denise Van Rees shall be contacted.

The matter is SET on Thursday, August 28, 2025, at 3:30 p.m., in Department 12, for review of compliance with the Probate Code sections listed below:

-Probate Code § 1830: Notice of Conservatee’s Rights (Judicial Council Form GC-341) and a copy of the Order Appointing Conservator shall be mailed on or before the 30th day following the filing date of the Order Appointing Conservator.

-Probate Code § 2352.5: Confidential Conservatorship Care Plan – Part 1 (Judicial Council Form GC-355) shall be filed with the court within 120 days of the date of the Court’s Order Appointing Conservator.

If the limited co-conservators comply with all requirements above, no appearance shall be required, and a date for the annual review and report of the court investigator shall be set on the limited conservatorship calendar for one year after the establishment of the limited conservatorship.

 

  1. Limited Conservatorship of Jeremy Malicay
    SPR71261
    Account and Report

Tentative Ruling: NO APPEARANCES REQUIRED. The limited conservatorship of the person shall continue without modification.

The First Account and Report of the Successor Trustee and Conservator, Andrea Wolcott, and the Supplemental Account of the former Trustee and Conservator, Don Hughes, are APPROVED.

Fees for the services of the Successor Trustee are approved as prayed.

Fees for the services of Attorney for Successor Trustee are approved as prayed.

Request for reimbursement of costs advanced by Attorney for Successor Trustee are approved as prayed.

Successor Trustee is directed to pay to the Office of the Court Investigator the amount of $600.00 within 30 days of this order.

Matter is SET on Thursday, April 22, 2027, at 3:30 p.m. in Department 12 for the biennial review and report of the court investigator and for status of accounting for the Special Needs Trust.

 

  1. Limited Conservatorship of Ely Ingram Moore-Holmes
    SPR87966
    Review

Tentative Ruling: NO APPEARANCES REQUIRED. The limited conservatorship shall continue without modification.

The Request and Order for Waiver of Account for the period of August 13, 2022 through August 12, 2024, is APPROVED.

Payment for an assessment in the amount of $600.00, for the services of the court investigator, is deferred.

Matter is SET on Thursday, April 15, 2027, at 3:30 p.m. in Department 12, forthe biennial review and report of the court investigator. The conservators are directed to submit a Request and Order for Waiver of Account, for the period of August 13, 2024, through August 13, 2026, no later than March 15, 2027, assuming the qualifications for a waiver continue to be met.

The Court orders the case of SPR097010 and this case related pursuant to California Rules of Court Rule 3.300(a)(1) & (2).

 

  1. Limited Conservatorship of Ethan M. Mansueto
    SPR093950
    Termination of Conservatorship

Tentative Ruling: NO APPEARANCES REQUIRED. The Petition is APPROVED.  The Limited Conservatorship of the person is terminated.  The death of the conservator terminates the limited conservatorship by operation of law.  See Probate Code section 1860.5(a)(1).  As to the conservatorship of the estate, an accounting is desirable.  However, the most recent information is that the estate here would have qualified for a waiver of account had one been submitted prior to the death of the limited conservator.  There is no evidence before the Court that the character of the limited conservatorship estate has substantially changed.  Therefore, the limited conservatorship of the estate is also terminated.  Any funds still remaining in the name of the Limited Conservatorship, or any account associated with it, shall be payable to any Special Needs Trust established for Ethan Mansueto. 

 

***End of Tentative Rulings***

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