2018 State of the Court

STATE OF THE COURT REPORT | 2018 EDITION

PROBATE

PROBATE

CASE FILINGS

FY 2017/2018

394

CONSERVATORSHIP

615

GUARDIANSHIPS

844

47 th District Assemblymember Eloise Reyes (center), with Assistant Presiding Judge Michael A. Sachs (left) and Judge Tara Reilly (second from right) celebrate with LASSB staff during the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the CAJ program.

ESTATES

634

Under California probate law, estate matters involve the legal process of administering the property and assets left behind by a deceased individual. Conservatorship matters consist of the legal process by which one adult is appointed to care for another adult who cannot address their own needs or finances. In guardianship matters, the Court awards someone other than a child’s parent the custodial rights of the child, and in some cases grants the guardian the ability to manage the child’s property or estate.

PROBATE-OTHER

199

TRUSTS

2,686

CAREGIVERS ACCESSING JUSTICE PROGRAM ASSISTS PROBATE LITIGANTS AT NO COST

TOTAL FILINGS

The Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino (LASSB) launched the Caregivers Accessing Justice (CAJ) program on March 15, 2018 with an official ribbon cutting ceremony on June 5, 2018. The CAJ program provides free legal assistance in English and Spanish to self-represented litigants with guardianship or conservatorship cases. Qualified self-represented litigants can receive assistance on service issues, form completion, and answers to case-related guardianship and conservatorship related questions. The LASSB surpassed their goal of serving 300 litigants, by serving over 700 litigants in 2018.

SAN BERNARDINO JUSTICE CENTER

COURTHOUSES THAT HANDLE PROBATE

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT (SBCSC)

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