In Re: Guin Family Trust

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TENTATIVE RULING Petitioner Jane Deacon (“Petitioner”) filed a motion to quash a deposition notice served by Respondent Joseph Perez (“Respondent”) and for protective order. The motion is GRANTED as follows.

Petitioner indicates trial was originally set for March 2, 2026. (Memorandum of Points and Authorities [“MPA”], 2:11-12.) Petitioner states Respondent served a notice of deposition on Petitioner after discovery had closed. Petitioner argues the discovery cutoff was February 2, 2026, 30 days prior to the date initially set for trial, March 2, 2026. Petitioner thus maintains she was not obligated to participate in the deposition set April 27, 2026. Petitioner, through counsel, sought to meet and confer about the alleged untimeliness of the notice of deposition and deposition. (Declaration of Danielle Diebert, ¶ 11, Exhibit 2.)

Respondent disputed the timeliness of his notice of deposition and deposition. Notably, in his response to Petitioner’s meet and confer efforts, Respondent indicates he “will move the Court to reopen discovery under [Code of Civil Procedure] § 2024.050 in the interest of justice.” (Diebert Decl., ¶ 12, Exhibit 3.)

A party may move for a protective order before deposition, and a court, for good cause shown, may make any order that justice requires to protect any party from unwarranted annoyance, embarrassment, or oppression, or undue burden and expense, including that the deposition not be taken at all. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2025.420(a)-(b).) Here, Petitioner moves for protective order on the grounds that the deposition is “harassing, oppressive, and disproportionate to the needs of the

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case,” given the alleged untimeliness of the deposition notice and deposition. (MPA, 4:12.)

“Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any party shall be entitled as a matter of right to complete discovery proceedings on or before the 30th day, and to have motions concerning discovery heard on or before the 15th day, before the date initially set for the trial of the action.” (Code Civ. Proc., § 2024.020(a) [emphasis added].) A court may grant leave to reopen discovery on motion of any party. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2024.050(a).)

This matter was initially set for trial on March 2, 2026. (Declaration of Danielle Diebert [“Diebert Decl.”], ¶ 3.) On November 19, 2025, the trial date was continued to June 1, 2026. (Id., ¶ 7.) The trial date has since been continued to August 3, 2026. (Order Determining Disposition of Ex Parte Application, 4/29/2026.) Thus, based on the initial trial date of March 2, 2026, the deposition notice and deposition are untimely.

“Except as provided in Section 2024.050, a continuance or postponement of the trial date does not operate to reopen discovery proceedings.” (Code Civ. Proc., § 2024.020(b) [emphasis added].) Despite Respondent’s representation that he would move to reopen discovery, Respondent has not sought a court order to reopen discovery, nor has Respondent demonstrated that any exception applies.

The motion to quash the deposition notice and for protective order that the deposition not be taken at all is GRANTED.

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