Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee

January 24, 2020 Meeting (Closed)

10:00 – 4:00 pm 

• Notice and Agenda

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Past Meetings

• 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

The advisory committee comprises superior court judges; probate court attorneys, examiners, and investigators; attorneys who practice primarily decedents' estate, trust, guardianship, conservatorship, or elder abuse law; persons knowledgeable in mental health or developmental disability law; 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 and Projects Committee. Members are appointed by the Chief Justice to staggered three-year terms. The current membership term runs through September 14, 2020.

• Hon. Jayne Chong-Soon Lee, Chair, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin
• Hon. David L. Belz, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Orange
• Hon. Thomas H. Cahraman, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside
• Hon. David J. Cowan, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
• Ms. Terri L. Daniel, District Manager, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
• Ms. Mary K. deLeo, Attorney, Weintraub Tobin, Sacramento
• Ms. Denise Esquivel, Supervising Court Investigator, Superior Court of California, County of Orange
• Mr. Oliver A. Greenwood, Attorney, Law Offices of Oliver Greenwood, Pleasant Hill
• Ms. Sheri Gulino, Probate Director, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside
• Ms. Scarlet D. Hughes, Executive Director, California Association of Public Administrators, Public Guardians, and Public Conservators, Sacramento
• Ms. Marilyn R. Kriebel, Private Fiduciary, Kriebel & Associates, El Cajon
• Dr. Bonnie J. Olsen, Professor of Clinical Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• Ms. Stella Pantazis, Managing Attorney & General Counsel, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
• Ms. Ylianna Perez-Guerrero, Supervising Attorney, Public Counsel, Los Angeles
• Ms. Amber A. Rodriguez, Attorney, Law Office of Amber Rodriguez, Ventura
• Mr. Dean J. Silliman, Managing Probate Attorney, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
• Ms. Julie R. Woods, Probate Research Attorney, Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa

Advisory Member

• Mr. James R. Birnberg, Attorney at Law (ret.), Sherman Oaks

Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee Liaison

• Hon. Tamara Mosbarger, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Butte

Court Executives Advisory Committee Liaison

• Mr. T. Michael Yuen, Court Executive Officer, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco

CJER Advisory Committee Liaison

• Hon. Michael A. Knish, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Shasta

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.