Case Type Decedent's Estate Hearing Date / Time Tue, 05/19/2026 - 09:00 Nature of Proceedings Petition for Probate and Letters Testamentary Tentative Ruling Probate Notes: The following must be submitted: Proof of Publication. No proof of publication was filed. Jurisdiction of the Probate Court is obtained by publication in accordance with Article 3 of Division 7, Part 2, Chapter 2 Probate Code. (Prob. Code, Sec. 8003(b).) Publication requires the notice to be published in a newspaper adjudicated as a newspaper of general circulation in the city of decedent's residence (Prob.

Code, Sec.Sec. 8121, 7122) and to contain the substantially same language and format shown in Probate Code section 8100. If the city of decedent's residence has no newspaper adjudicated as a newspaper of general circulation, publication must occur "in a newspaper of general circulation in the county which is circulated within the area of the county in which the decedent resided or the property is located." (Prob. Code, Sec.8121(b).) It is unacceptable to merely file a copy of the newspaper clipping as proof of publication.

A Petitioner must obtain an affidavit executed under the penalty of perjury by the person with authority to affect publication at the newspaper. (Prob. Code, Sec.8124.) PUBLICATION MUST BE IN THE SANTA MARIA TIMES.