In Re Mensah

No appearances are necessary. Case Management is continued to September 16, 2024 at 1:30 in Dept. 1. At CMC the parties shall be prepared to give specific information regarding outstanding discovery so the matter may be set for settlement conference and trial.

Case Number: 24STCP01322 Hearing Date: July 12, 2024 Dept: 86 NO APPEARANCE IS NECESSARY. The petition will be granted. A copy of the signed decree will be available in Room 112 of the Clerk's Office seven days after the date of the hearing.

FL-23-001672 – MEDINA-NARANJO VS SINGLETON Petitioner’s Request for Order re Change Venue—DENIED, without prejudice. There is no proof of service on file and an Affidavit of Non-Service was filed on July 11, 2024.  Moreover, the current custody order provides that neither party may change the minor child’s county of residence from this forum except upon forty-five (45) days prior written notice.  (FOAH Mediation, p. 4 of 5, No. 19.) The following are the tentative ruling cases calendared before Judge David I. Hood in Department #25: THERE ARE NO TENTATIVES.

Case Number: 24STCP01245 Hearing Date: July 12, 2024 Dept: 86 NO APPEARANCE IS NECESSARY. The petition will be granted. A copy of the signed decree will be available in Room 112 of the Clerk's Office seven days after the date of the hearing.

24CV01645 IN RE: REED, THOMAS MARCUS EVENT: Petition for Change of Name If proper proof of publication is submitted at or before the hearing, the Petition will be granted.

Case Number: 24STCP00964 Hearing Date: July 12, 2024 Dept: 86 NO APPEARANCE IS NECESSARY. The petition will be granted. A copy of the signed decree will be available in Room 112 of the Clerk's Office seven days after the date of the hearing.

IN RE: WEDEMEYER Case Number: 24CV-0204666 Tentative Ruling on Petition for Change of Name: Petitioner Phoebe Joy Wedemeyer seeks to change her name to Phoebe Joy Mills. No proof of publication has been submitted. The Court requires a Certificate of Publication from the publishing newspaper before the Petition may be granted. If the Certificate of Publication is provided, the Court intends to grant the Petition, vacate all future dates, and close the file.

FL-21-000328 – DEGUDINO VS ALVAREZ a) Petitioner’s Request for Order re Quash Subpoena—HEARING REQUIRED; b) Petitioner’s Request for Order re Spousal Support, etc.—HEARING REQUIRED, in part; DENIED, without prejudice, in part. a) For good cause, the Court is inclined to order an Informal Discovery Conference (IDC) regarding this motion pursuant to the Local Rules.  Counsel shall appear to be heard regarding the IDC and/or to schedule the earliest mutually available date for such. b) The child visitation, child support and spousal support requests require a hearing.  The bifurcation request is denied without prejudice as the required bifurcation attachment (FL-315) was not filed and served with the motion.  (Cal. Rules of Ct., rule 5.390.)  The request for a pendente lite sale order of the marital residence is denied without prejudice as Petitioner does not offer any evidence that the alleged failure to make mortgage payments as ordered has resulted in the lender instituting foreclosure proceedings.  (Fam. Code, § 2108.)  Lastly, the request for a forensic economist to be appointed by the Court pursuant to Evidence Code section 730 is also denied without prejudice as each party has the right and ability to select and retain their own expert witnesses under the Civil Discovery Act and no showing has been made that the Court will require an “independent” or “tie-breaker” expert in order to adjudicate the marital estate in this case. The following are the tentative ruling cases calendared before Judge David I. Hood in Department #25: THERE ARE NO TENTATIVES.