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Chapter 4 (Rules 4.0 to 4.3): the Probate and Guardianship Calendar heard the first, second and third Monday of the month at 11:00 a.m. at the Willows Courthouse, guardianship matters where temporary orders are requested submitted to the judge for review and set for a hearing within twenty (20) days, all other probate matters calendared a minimum of sixty 60 calendar days after filing, LPS and Conservatorships heard the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, all matters set for hearing initially by the Clerk upon the filing of the first petition and later documents required before a hearing to bear the hearing date, notices requiring the Clerk’s posting completed on a Judicial Council form of notice of hearing and filed concurrently with the petition, orders submitted to the Probate Division at least three (3) court days in advance of the hearing, the hearing date stated in the order, prepared on the assumption the petition will be granted, court investigations upon filing of a guardianship or conservatorship petition and at the time of each accounting, charges assessed pursuant to PROB § 1513.1 as a lien on the estate until paid, filing fees waived pursuant to CRC Rule 3.50 et seq and GC § 68633 recoverable at the time of appointment and payable prior to the issuance of letters, and any confidential report filed as a separate document with the word “CONFIDENTIAL” in the caption, verified by the party presenting it (4.0); the proposed formal order for a noticed hearing presented to the Clerk not less than two (2) judicial days prior to the hearing, and petitions with a request for statutory attorney’s fees to include a calculation of the fee (4.1); the attorney for petitioner (or petitioner if in propria persona) responsible for the mailing of all required notices, a petition to allege that there are no relatives within the second degree, a copy of the petition with each notice of hearing, petitions for appointment set for a hearing no sooner than 30 days after filing, no ex parte appointment of a permanent guardian, petitions to allege whether the minor(s) is a party to a civil action for monetary damages, with the file number and the county, an investigation and report required when a petition for guardianship is filed (PROB §§ 1513, et seq. and 1543) on the Order Appointing Investigator [GCSC PR-0001.], petitions where an investigation is required pursuant to PROB § 1540, et seq. calendared a minimum of 45 days after filing, and no guardianship of the person where Family Law Court has jurisdiction over custody, adoption proceedings are pending or the minor is subject to the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court (4.2); and the attorney for the petitioner (or the petitioner if in propria persona) responsible for the mailing of all required notices, a separate proceeding for each person for whom a conservator is sought, service at the county seat on relatives whose whereabouts are unknown sufficient only on a declaration of reasonable efforts to locate them, petitions for appointment set for hearing no sooner than 45 days after filing, the Clerk to set a petition for hearing and, upon presentation, issue the citation, incomplete service perfected only by issuance of an amended citation, a petition for termination of a conservatorship (PROB § 1860, et seq.) set no sooner than 20 days after filing, and the termination for a living conservatee granted only if the conservatee personally appears in court or is excused on a physician’s affidavit or declaration (4.3).
CHAPTER 4. PROBATE DEPARTMENT 4.0 GENERAL A. PROBATE CALENDAR The Probate and Guardianship Calendar is heard the first, second and third Monday of the month at 11:00 a.m., at the Willows Courthouse. All guardianship matters where temporary orders are being requested will be submitted to the judge for review and set for a hearing within twenty (20) days. All other probate matters will be calendared
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Glenn build 2026-10-12) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-glenn/docs/forms-and-filings/glenn-county-local-rules-court-effective-1-1-2026.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “GLENN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT LOCAL RULES OF COURT Effective January 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-12; 1023437 bytes, sha256 9afef5cd2a39956be24b1f9f46c288fa5b1f4479b2b3a6a11bd34eb5e91e99fc; 73 pages; this part PDF pages 35 to 39, printed pages 22 to 26) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the General Provisions and the rules (PDF pages 14 to 68, printed 1 to 55 - pages 14 and 15 both print 1) composed as one text and cut at the introduction's heading (“RULES OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF GLENN”) and the eight chapter headings, each matched once at a line start (a chapter may begin mid-page); the text after the “ALPHABETICAL INDEX” line on PDF page 68 (the index's first entries) cut off; the running header of pages 14 and 15 (“Superior Court of California, County of Glenn”) and every page's number removed as chrome, with the second drawing of Rule 3.2(A)(1)'s bold phrase the Word export drew twice at one place (43 glyphs; the page shows it once) - 58 chrome 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; Chapter 8's two ruled tables of local forms (PDF pages 66 to 68) set row by row; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-12.txt) lists 2 struck runs on 2 pages, both outside the rules (an invisible stroke in the contents, a struck index entry) - the book is composed without strike-out; 3 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: three terms of the General Provisions' definitions - “Clerk”, “CC” and “GCRC”, each printed on a row of its own - set apart from the line the reflow ran them into); 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) - five words the page itself breaks between two lines with a letter or two lost (“im” / “rtance” and others), carried as printed with three more of the kind, one page break inside a paragraph, and the tables' rows; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover (PDF page 1), the adoption page (2), the list of effective dates (3 to 7), the table of contents (8 to 13) and the alphabetical index (68 to 73) belong to no card. Review note: Carried as printed: Rule 4.0(A) “a minimum of sixty 60 calendar days”; Rule 4.2(B) names the Order Appointing Investigator “[GCSC PR-0001.]”, the form the Local Forms page lists as PR-001.
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.
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CHAPTER 4. PROBATE DEPARTMENT 4.0 GENERAL A. PROBATE CALENDAR The Probate and Guardianship Calendar is heard the first, second and third Monday of the month at 11:00 a.m., at the Willows Courthouse. All guardianship matters where temporary orders are being requested will be submitted to the judge for review and set for a hearing within twenty (20) days. All other probate matters will be calendared for hearing a minimum of sixty 60 calendar days after filing. LPS and Conservatorships are heard the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month at the Willows Courthouse. (Effective 7/1/19, amended 7/1/20) B. SCHEDULED HEARING DATES All matters shall be set for hearing initially by the Clerk upon the filing of the first petition. All subsequent documents, which are required to be filed prior to a hearing, e.g., proof of service, proof of publication, proof of subscribing witness, etc., shall bear the hearing date. (Effective 7/1/19) C. POSTED NOTICE Notices requiring the Clerk's posting are to be completed on a Judicial Council form of notice of hearing, together with all necessary copies, and filed concurrently with the petition. Said notices shall be posted within the courthouse. (Effective 7/1/19) D. PREPARATION OF ORDERS Orders must be submitted to the Probate Division at least three (3) court days in advance of the scheduled hearing date. The hearing date shall be stated in the order. The proposed order shall be prepared on the assumption the petition will be granted, including requested fees. Orders submitted later will be reviewed and processed after the hearing and will generally be available the morning after the hearing. (Effective 7/1/19) E. COSTS OF INVESTIGATIONS Court investigations will be conducted upon filing of a guardianship or conservatorship petition and at the time of each accounting. Charges will be assessed for each investigation and review pursuant to PROB § 1513.1 and shall be a lien on the estate until paid. (Effective 7/1/19) F. RECOVERY OF WAIVED FEES Filing fees waived pursuant to CRC Rule 3.50 et seq and GC § 68633 are recoverable at the time of appointment of the guardian or conservator. If the guardian or conservator can reimburse the Court for waived fees, said fees shall be due and payable prior to the issuance of letters. (Effective 7/1/19) G. CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS Any confidential report filed in a guardianship or conservatorship proceeding shall be filed as a separate document, shall contain the word "CONFIDENTIAL" in the caption, and shall be verified by the party presenting it. (Effective 7/1/19) 4.1 APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS A. FORMAL ORDERS The proposed formal order for a noticed hearing shall be presented to the Clerk not less than two (2) judicial days prior to the scheduled hearing. Orders not so presented may not be signed at the time of the hearing. (Effective 7/1/19) B. ATTORNEYS FEES Petitions, which include a request for statutory attorney’s fees, must include a calculation of the way the fee is calculated. (Effective 7/1/19) 4.2 GUARDIANSHIPS OF MINORS A. APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN OF MINOR 1. The attorney for petitioner (or petitioner if in propria persona) shall be responsible for the mailing of all required notices. 2. If there are no relatives within the second degree, the petition shall so allege. A copy of the petition shall accompany each notice of hearing. 3. All petitions for appointment shall be set for a hearing no sooner than 30 days after filing. 4. There shall be no ex parte appointment of a permanent guardian. 5. Petitions for guardianship shall contain an allegation as to whether the minor(s) has been or is a party to a civil action in which monetary damages are claimed. If the minor(s) is such a party, the file number of the action must be indicated, as well as the name of the county in which the case is pending. (Effective 7/1/19) B. ORDER APPOINTING INVESTIGATOR Pursuant to PROB §§ 1513, et seq. and 1543, Superior Court of California, County of Glenn requires an investigation and report when a petition for guardianship is filed. The required form of Order Appointing Investigator [GCSC PR-0001.] (Effective 7/1/19) C. NON-RELATIVE GUARDIANSHIP OF PERSON If investigation is required pursuant to PROB § 1540, et seq., the petition for appointment of guardian shall be calendared a minimum of 45 days after filing in order to give the appropriate agency(ies) time within which to conduct the investigation. (Effective 7/1/19) D. EFFECT OF OTHER PROCEEDINGS A guardianship of the person will not be granted by the Probate Court under any of the following circumstances: 1. Family Law Court has jurisdiction over custody of the proposed ward; 2. Adoption proceedings are pending; or 3. The minor is subject to the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court. (Effective 7/1/19) 4.3 CONSERVATORSHIPS A. APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR 1. The attorney for the petitioner (or the petitioner if in propria persona) shall be responsible for the mailing of all required notices. If there are no relatives within the second degree, the petition shall so allege. There shall be a separate proceeding for each person for whom the appointment of a conservator is sought. If there are relatives within the second degree whose whereabouts are alleged to be unknown, service upon any such relative at the county seat will be sufficient ONLY if a declaration is filed showing that reasonable efforts were made to locate such relatives. 2. All petitions for appointment shall be set for hearing no sooner than 45 days after filing. (Effective 7/1/19) B. PLACING PETITION ON CALENDAR When a petition is filed, the Clerk shall set the same for hearing and upon presentation, issue the citation. If service of the citation is incomplete on the return date, it cannot be perfected by continuance and completion of service, except by issuance of an amended citation. In such circumstances, the original citation shall be filed showing no service. (Effective 7/1/19) C. TERMINATION OF CONSERVATORSHIP 1. A conservatorship may be terminated in the manner prescribed in PROB § 1860, et seq. Except in cases where the conservatee is deceased, a petition for termination of a conservatorship shall be set for hearing no sooner than 20 days after filing. 2. A petition for termination of conservatorship of a living person will not be granted unless the conservatee personally appears in court or is excused after the filing of a physician's affidavit or declaration setting forth the reasons why the conservatorship is no longer required. (Effective 7/1/19)
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.