Division 1 - Probate Rules

Rule 7.1 - Probate Rules
Rule 7.2 - Preliminary provisions
Rule 7.3 - Definitions and use of terms
Rule 7.4 - Waiver of rules in probate proceedings
Rule 7.5 - Waivers of court fees in decedents' estates, conservatorships, and guardianships
Rule 7.10 - Waiver of rules in probate proceedings
Rule 7.50 - Description of pleading in notice of hearing
Rule 7.51 - Service of notice of hearing
Rule 7.52 - Service of notice when recipient's address unknown
Rule 7.53 - Notice of hearing of amended or supplemented pleadings
Rule 7.54 - Publication of Notice of Petition to Administer Estate
Rule 7.55 - Ex parte application for order
Rule 7.101 - Use of Judicial Council forms
Rule 7.102 - Titles of pleadings and orders
Rule 7.103 - Signature and verification of pleadings
Rule 7.104 - Execution and verification of amended pleadings, amendments to pleadings, and supplements to pleadings; use of Judicial Council forms
Rule 7.150 - Acknowledgment of receipt of statement of duties and liabilities of personal representative
Rule 7.151 - Reimbursement of graduated filing fee by successful subsequent petitioner [Repealed Effective September 1, 2023]
Rule 7.201 - Waiver of bond in will
Rule 7.202 - Two or more personal representatives
Rule 7.203 - Separate bonds for individuals
Rule 7.204 - Duty to apply for order increasing bond
Rule 7.205 - Independent power to sell real property
Rule 7.206 - Bond upon sale of real property
Rule 7.207 - Bonds of conservators and guardians
Rule 7.250 - Report of actions taken under the Independent Administration of Estates Act
Rule 7.301 - Spousal or domestic partner property petition filed with petition for probate
Rule 7.401 - Personal representative's action on the claim
Rule 7.402 - Court's action on the claim
Rule 7.403 - Listing all claims in the final report
Rule 7.451 - Refusal to show property to prospective buyers
Rule 7.452 - Petitioner or attorney required at hearing
Rule 7.453 - Petition for exclusive listing
Rule 7.454 - Ex parte application for order authorizing sale of securities or other personal property
Rule 7.501 - Inventory and Appraisal to show suffciency of bond
Rule 7.550 - Effect of waiver of account
Rule 7.551 - Repealed
Rule 7.552 - Repealed
Rule 7.553 - Repealed
Rule 7.575 - Accountings of conservators and guardians
Rule 7.576 - Final account of conservator of the estate
Rule 7.650 - Decree of distribution establishing testamentary trusts
Rule 7.651 - Description of property in petition for distribution
Rule 7.652 - Allegations in petition for distribution concerning character of property
Rule 7.700 - Compensation paid in advance
Rule 7.701 - Allowance on account of statutory compensation
Rule 7.702 - Petition for extraordinary compensation
Rule 7.703 - Extraordinary compensation
Rule 7.704 - Apportionment of statutory compensation
Rule 7.705 - Calculation of statutory compensation
Rule 7.706 - Compensation when personal representative is an attorney
Rule 7.707 - Application of compensation provisions
Rule 7.750 - Application of rules to guardianships and conservatorships
Rule 7.751 - Petitions for orders allowing compensation for guardians or conservators and their attorneys
Rule 7.752 - Court may order accounting before allowing compensation
Rule 7.753 - Contingency fee agreements in guardianships and conservatorships
Rule 7.754 - Use of paralegals in the performance of legal services for the guardian or conservator
Rule 7.755 - Advance payments and periodic payments to guardians, conservators, and to their attorneys on account for future services
Rule 7.756 - Compensation of conservators and guardians
Rule 7.776 - Compensation of trustees
Rule 7.801 - Objections and responses
Rule 7.802 - Electronic filing and service in contested probate proceedings
Rule 7.901 - Trustee's accounts
Rule 7.902 - Beneficiaries to be listed in petitions and accounts
Rule 7.903 - Trusts funded by court order
Rule 7.950 - Petition for approval of compromise of, claim or action or disposition of proceeds of a judgment for minor or person with a disability
Rule 7.950.5 - Petition for expedited approval of compromise of claim or action, or disposition of proceeds of judgment for minor or person with a disability
Rule 7.951 - Disclosure of attorney's interest in petition for approval of compromise of claim
Rule 7.952 - Attendance at hearing on petition for approval of compromise of claim
Rule 7.953 - Order for the deposit of funds of a minor or a person with a disability
Rule 7.954 - Petition for the withdrawal of funds deposited for a minor or a person with a disability
Rule 7.955 - Attorney's fees for services to minor or person with a disability
Rule 7.1001 - Guardian screening form
Rule 7.1002 - Acknowledgment of receipt of Duties of Guardian
Rule 7.1002.5 - Guardianship of ward 18 to 20 years of age
Rule 7.1003 - Confidential guardianship status report form
Rule 7.1004 - Termination of guardianship
Rule 7.1005 - Service of copy of final account or report after resignation or removal of guardian
Rule 7.1006 - Service of copy of final account on termination of guardianship
Rule 7.1007 - Settlement of accounts and release by former minor
Rule 7.1008 - Visitation by former guardian after termination of guardianship
Rule 7.1009 - Standards of conduct for the guardian of the estate
Rule 7.1011 - Taking possession of an asset of the ward at an institution or opening or changing ownership of an account or safe-deposit box in a financial institution
Rule 7.1012 - The good cause exception to notice of the hearing on a petition for appointment of a temporary guardian
Rule 7.1013 - Change of ward's residence
Rule 7.1014 - Communications between courts in different California counties concerning guardianship venue
Rule 7.1015 - Guardianship and certain conservatorship proceedings involving Indian children (Prob. Code, Sections 1449, 1459, 1459.5, 1460.2, 1511(b), (i); Welf. & Inst. Code, Sections 224-224.6; 25 U.S.C. 1901-1963; 25 C.F.R. Sections 23.1-23.144)
Rule 7.1016 - [Effective until 1/1/2025] Participation and testimony of wards in guardianship proceedings
Rule 7.1016 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Participation and testimony of wards in guardianship proceedings (Prob. Code, Section 1514(b)(1); Fam. Code, Section 3042)
Rule 7.1020 - Special Immigrant Juvenile Findings in Guardianship Proceedings
Rule 7.1050 - Conservator forms
Rule 7.1051 - Acknowledgment of receipt of Duties of Conservator
Rule 7.1052 - Termination of conservatorship [Repealed effective September 1, 2023]
Rule 7.1053 - Service of final account of removed or resigned conservator [Repealed effective September 1, 2023]
Rule 7.1054 - Service of final account after termination of conservatorship [Repealed effective September 1, 2023]
Rule 7.1059 - Standards of conduct for the conservator of the estate
Rule 7.1060 - Investigations and reports by court investigators
Rule 7.1061 - Taking possession of an asset of the conservatee at an institution or opening or changing ownership of an account or safe-deposit box in a financial institution
Rule 7.1062 - The good cause exception to notice of the hearing on a petition for appointment of a temporary conservator
Rule 7.1063 - Change of conservatee's residence
Rule 7.1101 - Scope, definitions, and general qualifications
Rule 7.1102 - Qualifications and annual education required for counsel appointed to represent a ward or proposed ward (Prob. Code,sections 1456, 1470(a))
Rule 7.1103 - Qualifications and annual education required for counsel appointed to represent a conservatee, proposed conservatee, or person alleged to lack legal capacity (Prob. Code, Sections 1456, 1470(a), 1471)
Rule 7.1104 - Local administration
Rule 7.1105 - Certification of attorney qualifications