Estate includes VA money: notice and copy of petition, report or account to Veterans Administration office at least 15 days before hearing

15 days before hearing date on the petition, report or account, under Cal. Prob. Code 1461.5.

Rule text

Notice of the time and place of hearing on a petition, report, or account, and a notice of the filing of an inventory, together with a copy of the petition, report, inventory, or account, shall be delivered pursuant to Section 1215 to the office of the Veterans Administration having jurisdiction over the area in which the court is located at least 15 days before the hearing, or within 15 days after the inventory is filed, if both of the following conditions exist: (a) The guardianship or conservatorship estate consists or will consist wholly or in part of any of the following: (1) Money received from the Veterans Administration.

Cal. Prob. Code 1461.5, official source

Calculate this deadline

Deadline
Thursday, October 22, 2026
  1. Trigger (Hearing date on the petition, report or account): Friday, November 6, 2026.
  2. Count back 15 calendar days: Thursday, October 22, 2026.
Rules applied
Cal. Prob. Code 1461.5
Notice of the time and place of hearing on a petition, report, or account, and a notice of the filing of an inventory, together with a copy of the petition, report, inventory, or account, shall be delivered pursuant to Section 1215 to the office of the Veterans Administration having jurisdiction over the area in which the court is located at least 15 days before the hearing, or within 15 days after the inventory is filed, if both of the following conditions exist: (a) The guardianship or conservatorship estate consists or will consist wholly or in part of any of the following: (1) Money received from the Veterans Administration.
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
  • Applies when the estate consists in part of VA money (or its proceeds) and the paper is filed under a provision listed in 1461.5(b).
  • 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.

This calculator applies the cited rules to the dates you enter. It is not legal advice. Court orders, local rules, and case-specific facts can change a deadline; verify before relying on it. Rule set pending attorney review.

Worked example

Hearing date on the petition, report or account on Monday, March 15, 2027, personal service: due Friday, February 26, 2027.

  1. Trigger (Hearing date on the petition, report or account): Monday, March 15, 2027.
  2. Count back 15 calendar days: Sunday, February 28, 2027.
  3. That day is a Sunday. Counting backward, this calculator uses the earlier court day so the full notice period is preserved: Friday, February 26, 2027 (see Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 12c).

Notes

Applies when the estate consists in part of VA money (or its proceeds) and the paper is filed under a provision listed in 1461.5(b).

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Rules current as of 2026-10-23. Confirm against the official source and any local rule or court order before relying on a date. Rules changelog.