Probate Courtroom Schedule & Requirements
Probate Courtroom Schedule
The courtroom schedule below provides information about the various hearings and the times they are scheduled in each of the Probate and Mental Health courtrooms.
Probate Calendar Schedule
- Probate's Statement on Continuances February 2021
- Probate Trial/Hearing Guidelines December 2021
- Cases on Calendar
Law and Motion Information: It is the responsibility of the parties to make sure that they obtain a hearing date that complies with any and all applicable deadlines. To reserve your hearing date, you must use Probate - Reserve a Motion Date.
Courtroom Standing Orders
CM05 Judge Ebrahim Baytieh (here)
CM06 Judge Megan Wagner (here)
CM08 Commissioner Anderson (here)
CM03 Judge Erin Rowe
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |||||
| 9:00 AM | Trials | 9:00 AM |
Trials |
9:00 AM | Trials | 9:00 AM | Trials | 9:00 AM | Trials |
| 1:30 PM | Probate Ex Partes
Trial Setting Conferences |
1:30 PM | Probate Ex Partes
Trial Setting Conferences |
1:30 PM | Probate Ex Partes
Trial |
1:30 PM | Probate Ex Partes
Trial |
1:30 PM | Trials |
CM04 Judge Carol L Henson
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |||||
| 8:30 AM | LPS Jury Trials; Conservatorship Hearings | 8:30 AM | Fee Waiver Appeals | 8:30 AM | LPS Conservatorship Hearings | 8:30 AM | LPS Conservatorship Hearings | 8:30 AM | MSCs (Probate) |
| 9:00 AM | Mental Health Court Trials & Rehearings; OSC’s; Medical Petitions | 9:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Mental Health Court Trials & Rehearings; OSC’s; Medical Petitions | 9:00AM | Status Conferences & Rehearings | 10:00 AM | Facility Hearings | |
| 1:30PM | Writs & Rieses, Medical Petitions, Firearm Petitions 1st and 3rd Monday of each month, Placement Reviews 2nd and 4th Monday of each month | 1:30 PM |
HOPs, 6500s, 4800 Writs, Regional Center Client Hearings, Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Hearings, Writs & Rieses, |
1:30 PM |
Public Guardian/Public Administrator Petitions and Accountings; Fact of Death, Birth, or Marriage Ex Parte Elder/Dependent |
1:30 PM | Writes & Rieses | 1:30 PM | Ex Parte Elder/Dependent Adult Abuse TRO |
| 3:00 PM |
CM05 Judge Ebrahim Baytieh
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |||||
| 8:45 AM |
Elder/ Dependent Adult Abuse OSC Hearings |
9:00 AM | Assisted Outpatient Treatment Hearings | 9:00 AM | Trials | 8:45 AM |
Elder/ Dependent Adult Abuse OSC Hearings |
9:00 AM | Trials |
| 9:45 AM | CARE Court- Prima Facie | 9:45 AM | CARE Court | 9:45 AM | CARE Court | 9:45 AM | CARE Court | 9:45 AM | CARE Court |
| 1:30 PM | Probate Ex Partes
Ex Parte Elder/ Dependent Adult Abuse TRO Trial |
1:30 PM | Probate Ex Partes
Trial |
1:30 PM |
Probate Ex Partes Trial |
1:30 PM | Probate Ex Partes
Trial |
1:30 PM | Trial |
CM06 Judge Megan Wagner
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |||||
| 8:45 AM | Trials | 8:45 AM | Elder/Dependent Adult Abuse OSC Hearings | 8:45 AM | Trials | 9:00 AM | Accounts and Trusts | 8:45 AM | Trials |
| 1:30 PM | Probate Ex Partes
Trials |
1:30 PM | Probate Ex Partes
Ex Parte Elder/ Dependent Adult Abuse TRO Trials |
1:30 PM | Probate Ex Partes
Trials |
1:30 PM | Probate Ex Partes
Trials |
1:30 PM | Trial |
CM06 Judge Wagner Standing Order
CM07 Commissioner Aaron W. Heisler
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |||||
| 9:00 AM | 9:00 AM | 9:00 AM |
Minor’s Compromises, including Motions to Seal Records |
9:00 AM | Trials | 9:00 AM | Trials | ||
| 1:30 PM |
Probate Ex Partes Guardianship Petitions to Appoint/ Terminate |
1:30 PM | Probate Ex Partes
Limited Conservatorship |
1:30 PM |
Probate Ex Partes Law and Motion |
1:30 PM |
Probate Ex Partes Decedent Estates |
1:30 PM | Trials |
CM08 Commissioner Sharon M. Anderson
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |||||
| 8:45 AM |
Elder/Dependent Adult Abuse OSC Hearings |
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| 9:00 AM | Trial Setting Conferences | 9:00 AM |
Sales of Real Property & Petitions for Declaration of Emancipation of minor |
9:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Expedited Decedent Final Accounts/ Waivers | 9:00 AM | Trials | |
| 1:30 PM |
Probate Ex Partes Guardianship Petitions to Appoint/ Terminate |
1:30 PM |
Probate Ex Partes General Conservatorship Petitions |
1:30 PM |
Probate Ex Partes Decedent Estates |
1:30 PM |
Probate Ex Partes |
1:30 PM | Trials |
Probate Notes
Cases on Calendar
Probate Related Information
Petition:
Petitions are set for hearing at the time of filing and are not reserved ahead of time. See Probate Filing Fees for information regarding petition fees.
Ex Parte:
Please see Ex Parte Procedures. See Probate Filing Fees for information regarding petition fees.
Mental Health:
See the Probate Calendar Schedule located on this page for hearing days, times and department
Motion:
See the Probate Calendar Schedule located on this page for information regarding days, times, and departments for motions. See Probate Filing Fees for information regarding fees.
Mandatory Settlement Conference:
Mandatory Settlement Conference and trial dates are set by the court in the course of the action.