Civil & Probate Tentative Rulings

The tentative ruling becomes the order of the court and no hearing is held unless one of the parties contests the tentative by complying with the Rules of Court and Civil Local Rule 8E or Probate Local Rule 2A .

Tentative rulings for certain departments are available this website, on the pages linked below. Click on the Judge's name below for more details. Note: the following departments are the only ones posting tentative rulings at this time.

Tentative rulings will be accessible on the Department pages linked below, after 2:00 p.m. on the court day preceding the scheduled hearing.

NOTICE: Effective June 10, 2024, all matters previously assigned to Judge Manoukian (Department 20) for case management have been reassigned to Judge Shella Deen and will be heard in Department 18b.

Department	Judge	Rulings	Scheduled Hearings
Dept. 1	Le Jacqueline Duong	Probate Law and Motion	Wednesdays & Fridays
Dept. 2	Drew Takaichi	Probate Law and Motion	Mondays & Thursdays
Dept. 3	William Monahan	Civil Law and Motion	Tuesdays & Thursdays
Dept. 6	Evette D. Pennypacker	Civil Law and Motion	Tuesdays & Thursdays
Dept. 7	Charles F. Adams	Complex Civil Litigation	Thursdays
Dept. 10	Frederick S. Chung	Civil Law and Motion	Tuesdays & Thursdays
Dept. 16	Amber Rosen	Civil Law and Motion	Tuesdays & Thursdays
Dept. 18b	Shella Deen	Civil Law and Motion	Tuesdays & Thursdays
Dept. 19	Theodore C. Zayner	Complex Civil Litigation	Wednesdays

Advance Case Status Reports for Probate Cases on the General Probate and Administration of Estate Calendars can be found by  clicking here .