Appointment of Guardian
Guardianship Calendar Tentative Rulings June 2, 2026
1. Guardianship of Lillyen Ryan Reher 23PR00270 Status Update
TENTATIVE RULING: APPEARANCES ARE REQUIRED. The Court is in receipt of the Stipulation and Order to Vacate the June 2, 2026, hearing. As the stipulation and order address only the date and time of the review hearing, and do not address the pending petition for a successor guardian, the joint request to vacate the hearing is denied. The petition for appointment of a successor guardian remains pending, and the Court cannot drop the case from calendar without a future court date while the issue of a successor guardian remains open.
The parties are to appear and advise the Court on the status of the pending petition and whether further court dates on the petition are required. If the petitioner seeking successor guardianship status has decided to withdraw the petition, then only that petitioner need appear to advise the court of the decision to withdraw the petition, at which point the Court will drop the review hearing from calendar for all other purposes.
2. Guardianship of Kody Van Clum 25PR00599 Review
TENTATIVE RULING: APPEARANCES ARE NOT REQUIRED. The Court is in receipt of the Notice of Filing Inventory and Appraisal and How to Object form (GC-042), filed March 16, 2026, as previously ordered. All prior orders remain in effect, and the previously set court review date of January 19, 2027, at 9:30 a.m. remains as set.
3. Guardianship of Ember Crawford 25PR01030 Appointment of Guardian
TENTATIVE RULING: APPEARANCES ARE REQUIRED. The parties are to advise the Court on the status of the case, and if the matter is to resolve short of trial. If the matter does not settle, the court orders Minor’s
Counsel to prepare a report to the Court to be filed no later than June 12, 2026, which is two weeks prior to the currently scheduled trial date of June 26, 2026.
4. Guardianship of Laila Sein-Colon 25PR01157 Termination of Guardianship
TENTATIVE RULING: APPEARANCES ARE NOT REQUIRED. The Court has read and considered the Report of the Court Investigator filed May 28, 2026. The Court notes Petitioner has failed to properly notice the Guardian of the petition to terminate. The Petition for Termination of Guardianship is CONTINUED approximately 30 days to July 7, 2026, at 09:30 a.m. in Department 5 to allow the petitioner opportunity to properly notice the Guardian of the petition request. Failure to provide proper notice to the Guardian prior to the July 7 hearing will result in the Court ordering the Petition for Termination of Guardianship denied.
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5. Guardianship of Heather Jean Mello 26PR00167 Appointment of Guardian
TENTATIVE RULING: APPEARANCES ARE REQUIRED. Based upon the objection to the petition for guardianship noted by the minor’s mother, Kayla Brown, in the Sonoma County Human Services Report filed May 29, 2026, pursuant to Probate Code section 1513, it appears an evidentiary hearing is required. If the hearing will take less than twenty (20) minutes, it may occur at the time the case is called. However, all parties must be prepared to give a good faith estimate as to the likely length of the evidentiary hearing.
If any party’s time estimate exceeds twenty minutes, the Court will specially set the matter for an evidentiary hearing at another time convenient to the Court and the parties. All parties should also be prepared to identify a reasonable date for the exchange witness lists and documents (if any) which he/she/they intend to submit for the Court’s consideration at the evidentiary hearing. Finally, all parties are hereby advised that strict compliance with local rules will be required. They should take special review Local Rules 6.2.F. which requires, among other things, that parties meet and confer for purposes of making reasonable efforts to informally resolve any controversies and to file Statements of Issues or Settlement prior to an evidentiary hearing.
6. Guardianship of Sukhmanreet Kaur Pawar 26PR00371 Appointment of Guardian