In re: The Trudi Tucker Living Trust

26PR000648: IN RE: THE TRUDI TUCKER LIVING TRUST 04/15/2026 Ex Parte - Probate in Department 129

Tentative Ruling

APPLICATION FOR: (1) JUDICIAL APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE OF LIS PENDENS [CCP §405.21]; (2) TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER PROHIBITING SALE OF REAL PROPERTY; AND (3) EMERGENCY ORDER PRESERVING TRUSTOR ACCOUNTS PENDINF HEARING

FILED: 4/2/2026

RE: IN RE: THE TRUDI TUCKER LIVING TRUST, 26PR000648

MOVING PARTY: Sherri Arsten, In Pro Per

RESPONDING PARTY: Wendi Heise, In Pro Per

NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 1.06 (A), the court will make a tentative ruling on the merits of this matter by 2:00 p.m., the court day before the hearing. The complete text of the tentative ruling may be downloaded off the court’s website. If the party does not have online access, they may call the dedicated phone number for the Probate Department at (916) 875-2529 between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on the court day before the hearing and receive the tentative ruling. If you do not call the court and the opposing party by 4:00 p.m. the court day before the hearing, no hearing will be held.

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26PR000648: IN RE: THE TRUDI TUCKER LIVING TRUST 04/15/2026 Ex Parte - Probate in Department 129

California Rules of Court, Rule 2.956. Requirements for requesting a court reporter are listed in the Policy for Official Reporter Pro Tempore available on the Sacramento Superior Court website at https://www.saccourt.ca.gov/court-reporters/docs/crtrp-6a.pdf. Parties may contact Court- Approved Official Reporters Pro Tempore by utilizing the list of Court Approved Official Reporters Pro Tempore available at https://www.saccourt.ca.gov/court-reporters/docs/crtrp-13.pdf.

A Stipulation and Appointment of Official Reporter Pro Tempore (CV/E-206) is required to be signed by each party, the private court reporter, and the Judge prior to the hearing, if not using a reporter from the Court’s Approved Official Reporter Pro Tempore list.

Once the form is signed it must be filed with the clerk. If a litigant has been granted a fee waiver and requests a court reporter, the party must submit a Request for Court Reporter by a Party with a Fee Waiver (CV/E-211) and it must be filed with the clerk at least 10 days prior to the hearing or at the time the proceeding is scheduled if less than 10 days away. Once approved, the clerk will forward the form to the Court Reporter’s Office and an official reporter will be provided.

TENTATIVE RULING Movant Sherri Arfsten filed an ex parte application for judicial approval of her notice of pendency action pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure, section 405.21. Movant also seeks a temporary restraining order and emergency order preserving the trustor’s accounts pending this hearing.

The motion is DENIED as follows.

While Movant cites to Code of Civil Procedure, section 405.21 in her caption, the moving papers do not comply with Code of Civil Procedure, section 1010 or California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1110(a), requiring a notice of hearing/motion which sets forth the specific grounds for the motion presented. Defective notice deprives the court of jurisdiction to act. (Lee v. Placer Title Co. (1994) 28 Cal.App.4th 503, 509.) Movant’s only filed document regarding notice, her declaration of notice of ex parte application on 3/26/2026, likewise does not list the specific grounds for the motion presented.

Further, all arguments are unsupported by any legal authority and are thus rejected. (See Tanguilig v. Valdez (2019) 36 Cal.App.5th 514, 520.) Movant does not provide

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO

26PR000648: IN RE: THE TRUDI TUCKER LIVING TRUST 04/15/2026 Ex Parte - Probate in Department 129

case law, statutory authority, or any other legal basis supporting her request for relief.

The motion is DENIED.

This minute order is effective immediately. No formal order or other notice is required. (Code Civ. Proc. §1019.5; CRC, Rule 3.1312.)