ESTATE OF DAVID SHUI-LUNG CHAU

June 15, 2026 Dept. 9 Probate Tentative Rulings

7. 24PR0198 ESTATE OF DAVID SHUI-LUNG CHAU Final Distribution Hearing

Letters of Administration/Letters Testamentary were issued on September 9, 2024, granting Petitioner full authority under the Independent Administration of Estates Act.

A Final Inventory and Appraisal was filed on April 2, 2025 at the time the inventory and appraisal is filed, you must also file a change of ownership statement with the county recorder or assessor in each county where the decedent owned real property at the time of death, as provided in section 480 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code.

Proof of Service of Notice of the hearing on the Petition was filed on May 28, 2026. No one has filed a request for special notice in this proceeding.

The proposed distribution of the estate includes specifics of distribution.

Per Local Rule 10.07.12 Petitions for final distribution must include a report of the following: 3. That no federal or California estate taxes are payable or that they have been paid; 4. That income taxes and all other taxes (e.g. supplemental real property taxes or personal property taxes, if any, have been paid or otherwise provided for. If estate taxes are payable or paid: 1) the petition shall set forth whether said taxes were prorated pursuant to Probate Code section 20100, et seq., or the provisions of the will; and 2) the petition must reflect whether or not there are non-probate assets includable in the gross estate for estate tax purposes. The Petition requests:

1. Notice of the Petition has been given as required by law;

2. The administration of the estate be brought to a close without the requirement of an accounting;

3. The First and Final Account filed with the Petition be settled, allowed and approved;

4. All acts, transactions and proceedings of the Administrator be ratified, confirmed and approved;

5. The Administrator be authorized to pay statutory attorney fees in the amount of $19,006.32, plus $951.00 for costs advanced to the estate;

6. The Administrator be authorized to pay herself $19,006.32 in statutory compensation;

June 15, 2026 Dept. 9 Probate Tentative Rulings

7. Approval of distribution of the estate to the persons entitled to it pursuant to the Petition for Final Distribution, specifics of distribution;