Tentative Ruling: Estate of Edward Valencia

Case Number

26PR00037

Case Type

Hearing Date / Time

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 09:30

Nature of Proceedings

Will Contest

Tentative Ruling

Probate Notes:

Appearances required.

On January 20, 2026, Lisa Marie Valencia filed a Petition for Probate of Will and Letters Testamentary.  On March 11, 2026, Rosalie Valencia filed an objection to the Petition of Lisa Marie Valencia.  That objection was amended and filed on April 9, 2026, after a competing petition for Letters of Administration was filed on March 26, 2026, and a summons served on May 28, 2026.  This places the matter of appointment and admission of the will at issue, requiring evidentiary hearing to resolve.  (In re Estate of Lensch (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 667, 676; Conservatorship of Farrant (2021) 67 Cal.App.5th 370, 377.)

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