In The Matter of Allison Busse

In Reply, Defendants argue that the Court should also sustain the demurrer because Defendant Paradigm Performance Group Inc. is a suspended corporation and is appearing in propria persona. These points were raised for the first time in Reply, and therefore, the Court’s order sustaining the demurrer is not based on them. However, the Court notes, for Plaintiffs’ benefit in amending their complaint, that Defendants have asserted accurate propositions of law. (See Grell v. Laci Le Beau Corp. (1999) 73 Cal.App.4th 1300, 1306 [“During the period that a corporation is suspended for failure to pay taxes, it may not prosecute or defend an action....”]; CLD Constr., Inc. v.

City of San Ramon (2004) 120 Cal.App.4th 1141, 1145 [“[A] corporation, unlike a natural person, cannot represent itself before courts of record in propria persona, nor can it represent itself through a corporate officer, director or other employee who is not an attorney ... [i]t must be represented by licensed counsel in proceedings before courts of record.”].)

In The Matter of Allison Busse 26CV000841

PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

APPEARANCE REQUIRED to discuss the following two items.

Where a Petition for change of name of a minor is brought by only one parent, the nonpetitioning parent, if living, must be personally served with the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (OSC) and given 30 days’ notice of the hearing. (See Code of Civ. Proc. § 1277, subd. (a)(4).) Where notice to the minor’s father cannot reasonably be accomplished, the Court may allow Petitioner to utilize another manner of service which is reasonably calculated to give actual notice to the father. (Ibid.) The court file contains no proof of service on the minor’s father or proof (i.e., declaration) that such service cannot reasonably be accomplished. The Petition only indicates the non-petitioning parent’s location are “unknown.” Petitioner’s appearance is required to explain her efforts to find and serve the non-petitioning parent.

Moreover, an Order to Show Cause (OSC) was entered in this matter on April 23, 2026. Petitioner is required to publish the OSC in the manner set forth in Code of Civil Procedure, section 1277. There is no proof of publication (POP) in the Court’s file. If no POP is filed prior to the hearing date, the Court will be forced to continue the matter, and the length of the continuance depends upon the status of publication. Petitioner’s appearance is required to report to the Court the status of publication.