Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee

November 2, 2023 Meeting (Closed)

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

• Notice and Agenda

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Past Meetings

• 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

 

Under rule 10.44 of the California Rules of Court, the advisory committee comprises judicial officers with experience in probate; probate court lawyers, examiners, and investigators; lawyers who practice primarily decedents’ estate, trust, guardianship, conservatorship, or elder abuse law; persons knowledgeable in mental health or developmental disability law; a public interest lawyer; a private fiduciary; and a county counsel, public guardian, or similar public officer familiar with guardianship and conservatorship issues. The committee reports to the Judicial Council’s Rules Committee. Members are appointed by the Chief Justice to staggered three-year terms.
 

• 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
• 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
• Prof. David Horton, Martin Luther King, Jr., Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law
• 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

Rule 10.44. Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee

(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.