2024 California Rules of Court
Rule 7.204. Duty to apply for order increasing bond
(a) Ex parte application for order
Immediately upon the occurrence of facts making it necessary or appropriate to increase the amount of the bond, the personal representative, or the guardian or conservator of the estate, must make an ex parte application for an order increasing the bond.
(Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2003; previously amended effective January 1, 2002.)
(b) Attorney's duty
If the personal representative, or the guardian or conservator of the estate, has not already made application under (a), the attorney for the personal representative, or the attorney for the guardian or conservator of the estate, must make the ex parte application immediately upon becoming aware of the need to increase bond.
(Subd (b) amended effective January 1, 2003; previously amended effective January 1, 2002.)
(c) Amount
(1) The application by a personal representative under (a) or by the attorney for a personal representative under (b) must show the value of the estate's personal property and the probable annual gross income of the estate.
(2) The application by a guardian or conservator of the estate under (a) or by the attorney for a guardian or conservator of the estate under (b) must show the value of the estate's personal property, the probable annual gross income of all of the property of the estate, and the sum of the probable annual gross payments of the public benefits of the ward or conservatee identified in Probate Code section 2320(c)(3).
(3) If the personal representative has full Independent Administration of Estates Act (IAEA) authority or the guardian or conservator of the estate has authority to sell estate real property without court confirmation, the application must also show the amount of the equity in estate real property.
(Subd (c) amended effective January 1, 2003; previously amended effective January 1, 2002.)
Rule 7.204 amended effective January 1, 2002; adopted effective January 1, 2000.