Trustee notification (Prob. Code 16061.7): 60 days after triggering event

60 days after date of triggering event (settlor death making trust irrevocable, change of trustee of irrevocable trust, or 16061.7(a)(3) event); or date new trustee began serving if there was a vacancy, under Cal. Prob. Code 16061.7(f).

Rule text

(f) The notification by trustee shall be served not later than 60 days following the occurrence of the event requiring service of the notification by trustee, or 60 days after the trustee became aware of the existence of a person entitled to receive notification by trustee, if that person was not known to the trustee on the occurrence of the event requiring service of the notification. If there is a vacancy in the office of the trustee on the date of the occurrence of the event requiring service of the notification by trustee, or if that event causes a vacancy, then the 60-day period for service of the notification by trustee commences on the date the new trustee commences to serve as trustee.

Cal. Prob. Code 16061.7(f), official source

Calculate this deadline

Deadline
Tuesday, January 5, 2027
  1. Trigger (Date of triggering event (settlor death making trust irrevocable, change of trustee of irrevocable trust, or 16061.7(a)(3) event); or date new trustee began serving if there was a vacancy): Friday, November 6, 2026.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 60 calendar days: Tuesday, January 5, 2027.
Rules applied
Cal. Prob. Code 16061.7(f)
(f) The notification by trustee shall be served not later than 60 days following the occurrence of the event requiring service of the notification by trustee, or 60 days after the trustee became aware of the existence of a person entitled to receive notification by trustee, if that person was not known to the trustee on the occurrence of the event requiring service of the notification. If there is a vacancy in the office of the trustee on the date of the occurrence of the event requiring service of the notification by trustee, or if that event causes a vacancy, then the 60-day period for service of the notification by trustee commences on the date the new trustee commences to serve as trustee.
Official source
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 12, 12a, 12b, 10, 17(b)(4), applied to probate proceedings by Prob. Code 1000; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 1.10
CCP 12: "The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded." CCP 12a(a): "If the last day for the performance of any act provided or required by law to be performed within a specified period of time is a holiday, then that period is hereby extended to and including the next day that is not a holiday. For purposes of this section, “holiday” means all day on Saturdays, all holidays specified in Section 135 and, to the extent provided in Section 12b, all days that by terms of Section 12b are required to be considered as holidays." CCP 12b: "If any city, county, state, or public office, other than a branch office, is closed for the whole of any day, insofar as the business of that office is concerned, that day shall be considered as a holiday for the purposes of computing time under Sections 12 and 12a." CCP 10: "Holidays within the meaning of this code are every Sunday and any other days that are specified or provided for as judicial holidays in Section 135." CCP 17(b)(4): "“Month” means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed." Prob. Code 1000(a): "Except to the extent that this code provides applicable rules, the rules of practice applicable to civil actions, including discovery proceedings and proceedings under Title 3a (commencing with Section 391) of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, apply to, and constitute the rules of practice in, proceedings under this code."
Official source
  • Served by any 1215 method to last known address (16061.7(e)); no extension. Content: 16061.7(g); contest warning: 16061.7(h). See trustee_notification_new_person for later-discovered recipients.
  • If the clerk's office is closed or inaccessible on the last day (weather, emergency or local closure orders), the deadline may be extended. Check local orders.

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Worked example

Date of triggering event (settlor death making trust irrevocable, change of trustee of irrevocable trust, or 16061.7(a)(3) event); or date new trustee began serving if there was a vacancy on Monday, March 15, 2027, personal service: due Friday, May 14, 2027.

  1. Trigger (Date of triggering event (settlor death making trust irrevocable, change of trustee of irrevocable trust, or 16061.7(a)(3) event); or date new trustee began serving if there was a vacancy): Monday, March 15, 2027.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 60 calendar days: Friday, May 14, 2027.

Notes

Served by any 1215 method to last known address (16061.7(e)); no extension. Content: 16061.7(g); contest warning: 16061.7(h). See trustee_notification_new_person for later-discovered recipients.

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