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Chapter 17 (Rules 17.01 to 17.07): a private professional or licensed guardian or conservator may lodge the originals of the account statements of Probate Code section 2620, subdivision (c) (17.01); successor conservators and guardians to file an Inventory and Appraisal within 90 days of appointment (Probate Code §2610) (17.02); the court to assess fees for investigations in guardianship and conservatorship cases unless waived due to hardship (Probate Code sections 1851.5 or 1513.1), monthly payments on request, and payment remitted within thirty (30) days of receipt of the bill (17.03); the conservator to file a notice of the conservatee’s death with a copy of the death certificate within thirty (30) days and serve a copy on the Court Investigator’s Office, and to file a final accounting within sixty (60) days (17.04); all conservators, except corporate or institutional conservators, to obtain the Handbook for Conservators and, if available, view the online video “With Heart: Understanding Conservatorship” before Letters of Conservatorship are issued, and to submit the online verification form prior to the hearing (17.05); the petitioner to file an Order Appointing Court Investigator (form GC-330) with a Petition for Appointment of Conservator, and standing orders appointing the Amador County Court Investigator to conduct review and biennial review investigations (17.06); and all capacity declarations (Form GC 335) deemed confidential (17.07).
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CHAPTER 17—PROBATE 17.01 Accountings in Guardianships and Conservatorships Pursuant to Probate Code section 2620, subdivision (c)(3), the private professional or licensed guardian or conservator may elect to lodge with the Court the originals of the account statements referenced in section 2620, subdivisions (c)(1), (2), and (3). The originals of the account statements shall be released by the Court as provided in section 2620, subdivision (c)(3). (Effective 1/1/09; Amended 7/1/2015; Renumbered Effective 7/1/2017) 17.02 Successor Conservators and Guardians Successor conservators and guardians shall file an Inventory and Appraisal of the estate within 90 days of the date of appointment. (See Probate Code §2610.) (Effective 7/1/09; Renumbered Effective 7/1/2017) 17.03 Investigator Fees Unless investigator fees are waived due to hardship per Probate Code sections 1851.5 or 1513.1, the court will assess fees for the cost of investigations in guardianship and conservatorship cases. Petitioners in guardianship cases who do not qualify for waiver of investigation fees may request permission from the court to make monthly payments due to hardship. Bills will be sent to conservators and guardians or parents, and copies will be set to their attorneys. Upon receipt of the bill, payment must be remitted to the Court within thirty (30) days, unless a proper objection to the same is received. (Effective 7/1/09; Renumbered Effective 7/1/2017) 17.04 Death of Conservatee Within thirty (30) days of the death of the conservatee, the conservator must file a notice of death of the conservatee with a copy of the conservatee’s death certificate attached and must serve a copy of the notice on the Court Investigator’s Office. Within sixty (60) days of the conservatee’s death, the conservator must file a final accounting with the court. (Effective 7/1/09; Renumbered Effective 7/1/2017) 17.05 Conservator’s Duty to Download Handbook and View Online Video Before Letters of Conservatorship are issued, all conservators (except corporate or institutional conservators) must obtain a copy of the Handbook for Conservators published by the Judicial Council of California and, if available, view an online video on the duties and responsibilities of a conservator. Both the Handbook and video “With Heart: Understanding Conservatorship” are available on the court’s website – Probate Division – at www.amadorcourt.org/dv-probate.aspx . After watching the video, prospective conservators must complete the online verification form and submit it to the court prior to the hearing on the conservator petition. (Effective 1/1/10; Amended 7/15/2015; Amended and Renumbered Effective 7/1/2017; Amended 1/1/2023) 17.06 Appointment of Investigator in Conservatorship Matters Upon filing a Petition for Appointment of Conservator, the petitioner is required to file an Order Appointing Court Investigator (form GC-330) for the Court’s review and approval. The Court is not required to prepare an Order Appointing Court Investigator (form GC- 331) for the review investigations required by Probate Code sections 2684 and 2686. The Court adopted a standing order appointing the Amador County Court Investigator to conduct review investigations and investigations concerning the appointment of a successor conservator. The Court is not required to prepare an Order Settling Biennial Review Investigation and Directing Status Report before Review (GC-332) when it orders biennial review investigations and directs status reports under Probate Code section1850 (a). The Court adopted a standing order appointing the Amador County Court Investigator to perform the biennial review investigations and prepare status reports. (Effective 7/1/11; Amended 7/1/2015; Renumbered Effective 7/1/2017) 17.07 Capacity Declarations All capacity declarations (Form GC 335) are deemed confidential. (Effective 7/1/12; Renumbered Effective 7/1/2017)
CHAPTER 17—PROBATE 17.01 Accountings in Guardianships and Conservatorships Pursuant to Probate Code section 2620, subdivision (c)(3), the private professional or licensed guardian or conservator may elect to lodge with the Court the originals of the account statements referenced in section 2620, subdivisions (c)(1), (2), and (3). The originals of the account statements shall be released by the Cou
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Amador build 2026-10-12) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-amador/docs/local-rules/2025-01-01_local-rules-court-accessible.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF AMADOR Local Rules of Court Effective Date: January 1, 2025”, as fetched 2026-10-12; 2731170 bytes, sha256 a1d85880106808eb0665ed0313fc1d63b254623347ace78066f5cee3167f614e; 86 pages; this part PDF pages 68 to 70, printed pages 67 to 69) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the preface and the rules (PDF pages 6 to 70, printed 5 to 69) composed as one text and cut at the preface's heading and the eighteen chapter headings, each matched once as a whole line (no chapter opens a page of its own); each page's running header (“State of California Superior Court” / “County of Amador”) and running footer (“Revised 01/01/2025”, the page number, “Z/local rules/2025-01.01”, “www.amadorcourt.org”) removed as chrome (390 lines); lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's number set with its title, each lettered or numbered subdivision starting a line and each rule's history (“(Effective ...)”) on a line of its own; no table in the rules; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-12.txt) lists 20 struck runs on 23 pages - every mark, rendered and read (review/render/strike-marks-2026-10-12.png), is a short filled tick, red or black, crossing one printed letter or a space inside a word, or a forms table's rule (PDF pages 72 and 85) - no text is struck, and the book is composed without strike-out; 5 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: the headings of Rules 1.02, 13.10 and 17.05, each printed on a line of its own, set apart from the first sentence the reflow ran onto them; Rule 8.14(F)'s heading, printed “F. Time” / “Limits:”, set as one line; two bullets of Rule 11.06(A)'s list of calendars, which the reflow joined, set apart); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-12.txt and review/book-audits-after-fixes-2026-10-12.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py) - one gap junction, two page breaks, two fragments, four two-line rule titles and Rule 6.04(C)(1)'s unfinished last sentence kept as printed; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover (PDF page 1), the table of contents (2 to 5), the appendix of local forms (71 to 72), the filing instructions and summary of changes (73), the alphabetical index (74 to 78), the list of effective dates (79 to 84) and the appendix of local forms ordered by name (85 to 86) belong to no card. Review note: Carried as printed: Rule 17.03 says copies of the bills “will be set to their attorneys”. Rule 17.06 refers to two standing orders appointing the Amador County Court Investigator (review investigations and biennial review investigations); neither is posted on the court’s site (none was captured) - recorded with the gaps.
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.