Connolly – Probate

Petitioner Steven M. Aguirre’s Motion to Compel Responses and/or Further Responses to Requests for Production (Set One) on Braidee Foote (ROA 203) is DENIED as moot regarding the request for responses and further responses. The court reserves its ruling on the request for sanctions as set forth below.

Petitioner Steven M. Aguirre’s Motion to Compel Responses and/or Further Responses to Special Interrogatories (Set One) on Braidee Foote (ROA 195) is DENIED as moot regarding the request for responses and further responses. The court reserves its ruling on the request for sanctions as set forth below.

The three motions to compel were filed on March 6, 2026 after 7:00 pm—one day after further supplemental responses were served to each of the subject sets of discovery. Accordingly, the motions were moot from the time of filing as to any request for an order compelling further responses.

However, the request for sanctions remains an open issue. The parties should be prepared to address the issue of sanctions at oral argument.

3 Connolly – Probate; 30-2026-01538097 MOTION TO STRIKE

4 Street – Trust; 30-2024-01378180 MOTION TO ENFORCE

Richard James Vanderpool’s Motion to Enforce April 22, 2016 Settlement Agreement (ROA 145) is DENIED.

Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedures section 664.6 (§664.6), James moves to enforce a settlement agreement entered between himself and Petitioners Chelsea Vanderpool and Courtney Vanderpool on April 22, 2016 (the Settlement). (Because the parties share a surname, the court refers to them by their first names. No disrespect is intended.)

The Settlement, which resolved prior litigation between the parties, reads in full: “Respondent shall create an irrevocable trust of which Petitioners shall be the sole beneficiaries. He shall transfer the Lemon Street apartment houses to that trust. Net income of the trust shall be paid to the beneficiaries in equal shares not less frequently than quarterly. The principal shall be distributed to the