Petition for Probate of Will and Letters Testamentary; Petition for Authorization to Administer Under the Independent Administration of Estates Act PREGRANT ORDER
The court pregrant previously continued the matter for petitioner to address issues identified on April 23, 2019. A Supplemental Declaration was filed by the Petitioner and a copy of the Trust was filed under confidential cover. However, there are issues that remain unresolved. For these reasons, the court on its own motion continues the hearing to September 24, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 22. Pending the continued hearing, the petitioner shall address the following issues:
1. The original will and codicil is not on file. The Supplemental Declaration indicates that the will is lost. The petition on file before the court is not for a lost will. If the petitioner intends to file an Amended Petition, then the procedure for an Amended Petition must be filed per California Rules of Court, Rule 7.3(4) and has its own requiremen