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Chapter 5 (Rules 7.200 to 7.203): the nature and form of claims (Rule 7.200); claims of personal representatives and attorneys (Rule 7.202); and funeral claims (Rule 7.203).
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Chapter 5. Creditors’ Claims Rule 7.200. Nature and Form of Claims (a) Claim vs. expense of administration (1) The Court will not approve “creditors’ claims” which represent obligations of the estate arising after the death of the decedent (except reasonable funeral expense). Such expenses are properly expenses of administration, not creditor’s claims, and may be included for approval in the account or report. (2) The Court will not approve “creditors’ claims” which are requests for reimbursement by the person who paid what may otherwise have been a creditor claim. These are claims for equitable subrogation, and may be included for approval in the account or report. (b) Form of creditor’s claims Creditor’s claims will be liberally construed in favor of their sufficiency. (Rule 7.200 revised effective 1/1/15) Rule 7.201. Claims Filed with Clerk and Mailed to Personal Representative [Repealed 1/1/03] (see California Rules of Court, Rule 7.401; Probate Code 9150) Rule 7.202. Claims of Personal Representatives and Attorneys (a) Creditor’s claim by personal representative A creditor’s claim of the personal representative or attorney shall be noted as such. Such a claim must be processed as provided in Probate Code Section 9252 notwithstanding authority to act under the IAEA. Where there is more than one personal representative, a creditor’s claim submitted by one of the personal representatives must be approved by the other(s) before submission to the Court for approval. (b) Hearing on claim of personal representatives or attorney Unless a claim by a personal representative or attorney for the personal representative appears reasonable, and any persons requesting special notice have waived the notice as to the claim, a hearing shall be held as set forth in Probate Code Section 9252(a) and notice given to all persons entitled to such notice, including all residuary beneficiaries, together with a copy of the claim, pursuant to Probate Code Section 1220. (Rule 7.202(b) revised effective 1/1/15) (Rule 7.202 revised effective 1/1/15) Rule 7.203. Funeral Claims An unusually large claim for the decedent’s funeral and/or interment is a questionable claim and may be set for hearing pursuant to the procedure set forth in Local Court Rule 7.202(b) above. Counsel is advised to review the case of Estate of Malgor (1947) 77 Cal.App.2d 535, 176 P2d 66. Where appropriate, the personal representative shall either include facts in the petition or file a separate declaration to justify an unusually large expenditure for funeral expenses by reason of the value of the estate and/or the standard of living adopted by the decedent during his lifetime. Interest will be allowed on creditor’s claims for funeral expenses only as made payable by Health and Safety Code Section 7101. (Rule 7.203 revised effective 1/1/15)
Chapter 5. Creditors’ Claims Rule 7.200. Nature and Form of Claims (a) Claim vs. expense of administration (1) The Court will not approve “creditors’ claims” which represent obligations of the estate arising after the death of the decedent (except reasonable funeral expense). Such expenses are properly expenses of administration, not creditor’s claims, and may be included for approval in the accou
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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.