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Tentative Ruling: Estate of Marguerite Jacqueline Downs

Case Number

24PR00166

Case Type

Decedent's Estate-Probate & Letters Testamentary

Hearing Date / Time

Thu, 05/23/2024 - 09:00

Nature of Proceedings

Petition: Probate Will & Letters Testamentary

Tentative Ruling

The following must be submitted:

Proof of Publication. Jurisdiction of the Probate Court is obtained by publication in accordance with Probate Code section 8121. (Prob. Code, § 8003(b).) No proof of publication was filed. Publication requires the notice to be published in newspaper adjudicated as a newspaper of general circulation in the city of decedent’s residence. (Prob. Code, §§ 8121, 7122.)

Proof of Service of Notice of Hearing (Form DE-121). Notice must be given 15 days prior to hearing, served on all known heirs and devisees, as well as on the Personal Representative (if not the petitioner) and special notice requestors. (Prob. Code, §§ 8100 & 8110.) Notice must be sent to the person, not the person’s representative. (§1220.) No such document was filed.

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