Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee

April 18, 2024 Meeting (Closed)

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

• Notice and Agenda

April 11, 2024 Legislative Subcommittee Meeting (Closed)

• Notice
• Agenda

March 28, 2024 Legislative Subcommittee Meeting (Closed)

• Notice
• Agenda

March 21, 2024 Meeting (Closed)

• Notice and Agenda

March 7, 2024 Legislative Subcommittee Meeting (Closed)

• Notice
• Agenda

February 22, 2024 Meeting (Closed)

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

• Notice and Agenda

Past Meetings

• 2024 Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee Meeting
• 2023 Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee Meeting
• 2022 Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee Meeting
• 2021 Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee Meeting
• 2020 Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee Meeting
• 2019 Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee Meeting
• 2018 Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee Meeting
• 2017 Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee Meetings
• 2016 Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee Meetings
• 2015 Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee Meetings
• 2014 Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee Meetings

• Hon. Jayne Chong-Soon Lee, Chair, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin
• Hon. Julia Campins, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa
• Hon. Joseph M. Quinn, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
• Hon. Maria E. Stratton, Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Eight
• Ms. Johanna Bloomfield, Managing Attorney, Mental Health Advocacy Services, Los Angeles
• Mr. Mark A. Gonzalez, Lead Deputy County Counsel, Office of the County Counsel, County of Santa Clara
• Ms. Sheri Gulino, Probate Director, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside
• Mr. Christopher Haug, Probate Attorney, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
• Ms. Bertha Sanchez Hayden, Directing Attorney, Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Los Angeles
• Mr. Thomas M. Johnson, Managing Attorney, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside
• Ms. Julia Kaufman, Research Attorney, Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento
• Ms. Marilyn R. Kriebel, Professional Fiduciary, Kriebel & Associates, El Cajon
• Dr. Bonnie J. Olsen, Professor of Clinical Family Medicine & Vice Chair for Research, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles
• Ms. Stella Pantazis, Managing Attorney & General Counsel, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
• Mr. Ryan J. Szczepanik, Senior Wealth Strategist, BNY Mellon Wealth Management, San Francisco
• Ms. Sandra Marquez Webb, Court Investigator, Superior Court of California, County of Solano

Judicial Council Lead Staff to the Committee

• Mr. Corby Sturges, Attorney, Center for Families, Children & the Courts, Judicial Council of California

(a) Area of focus
The committee makes recommendations to the council for improving the administration of justice in proceedings involving:

(1) Decedents' estates, trusts, conservatorships, guardianships, and other probate matters; and

(2) Mental health and developmental disabilities issues.

(b) Additional duty
The committee must coordinate activities and work with the Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee in areas of common concern and interest.