Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee

May 26, 2023 Legislative Subcommittee Meeting (Closed)

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• Agenda

May 12, 2023 Legislative Subcommittee Meeting (Closed)

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April 28, 2023 Legislative Subcommittee Meeting (Closed)

• Notice
• Agenda

April 14, 2023 Legislative Subcommittee Meeting (Closed)

12:10 p.m.

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March 14, 2023 Meeting (Closed)

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

• Notice and Agenda

March 09, 2023 Meeting (Closed)

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

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March 01, 2023 Meeting (Closed)

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

• Notice and Agenda

February 09, 2023 Meeting (Closed)

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

• Notice and Agenda

January 24, 2023 Meeting (Closed)

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

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Past Meetings

• 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

 

The advisory committee comprises appellate and superior court judicial officers; 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 Committee. Members are appointed by the Chief Justice to staggered three-year terms. The current membership term runs through September 14, 2023.

• 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. 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
• 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
• Ms. Amber A. Rodriguez, Attorney, Law Office of Amber Rodriguez, Ventura
• 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

Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee Liaison

• Hon. Alesia F. Jones, Assistant Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Solano

Court Executives Advisory Committee Liaison

• vacant

CJER Advisory Committee Liaison

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

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.