Orange — Administrative Order 20/07 - Probate Order Regarding Court Closure

Source: https://www.occourts.org/system/files/adminorder20_07.pdf

Superior Court of California County of Orange

Chambers of

KIRK NAKAMURA 700 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE WEST PRESIDING JUDGE P.O. BOX 1994 SANTA ANA, CA 92702-1994

March 20, 2020

Administrative Order No. 2020/07

PROBATE ORDER REGARDING COURT CLOSURE

Pursuant to the provisions of Government Code section 68115, at the Court ’s request California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye has issued an emergency order permitting the closing of the Court’ s facilities to the public, with minimal exceptions. Therefore, all hearing dates on any Probate case set during the closure period of March 17, 2020 to March 27, 2020 are deemed vacated and will be reset for a date after the court resumes operations. Special letters of administration, temporary letters of guardianship, temporary letters of conservatorship, and interim trustee appointments which may otherwise expire during the closure of court facilities to the public are extended until a date to be determined when the court resumes operations. Notice will be provided to all parties. Although hearings may continue to display as calendared in electronic online case access, no hearings will be conducted during the closure period.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 20" day of March 2020, at Santa Ana California.

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Kirk H. Nakamura

Presiding Judge