DE-120 - Notice of Hearing—Decedent's Estate or Trust

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Notice of Hearing—Decedent's Estate or Trust

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Form ID: DE-120
Title: Notice of Hearing—Decedent's Estate or Trust
Effective Date: 2020-01-01
Mandatory Form: yes
Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/DE-120
Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/de120.pdf
Form Detail Page:
Notice of Hearing—Decedent's Estate or Trust
(DE-120)
If you file a paper in court relating to an estate or a trust, tell all interested persons about the date, time, and place of a hearing relating to that paper.
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Effective: January 1, 2020
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DE-120
ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY STATE BAR NUMBER:
NAME:
FIRM NAME:
STREET ADDRESS:
CITY: STATE: ZIP CODE:
TELEPHONE NO.: FAX NO.:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
ATTORNEY FOR (name):
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
STREET ADDRESS:
MAILING ADDRESS:
CITY AND ZIP CODE:
BRANCH NAME:
ESTATE OF (name): IN THE MATTER OF (name):
DECEDENT TRUST OTHER
NOTICE OF HEARING—DECEDENT'S ESTATE OR TRUST
FOR COURT USE ONLY
CASE NUMBER:
This notice is required by law. You are not required to appear in court, but you may attend the hearing and object or 
respond if you wish. If you do not respond or attend the hearing, the court may act on the filing without you.
1. NOTICE is given that (name):
(fiduciary or representative capacity, if any):
has filed a petition, application, report, or account (specify complete title and briefly describe):*
The filing is a report of the status of a decedent's estate administration made under Probate Code section 12200. See the 
NOTICE below.
Please refer to the filed documents for more information about the case. (Some documents filed with the court are confidential.)
2. A HEARING on the matter described in 1 will be held as follows:
Hearing 
Date
Date: Time:
Dept.: Room:
Name and address of court, if different from above:
NOTICE 
If the filing described in 1 is a report of the status of a decedent's estate 
administration made under Probate Code section 12200, 
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO PETITION FOR AN ACCOUNTING 
UNDER SECTION 10950 OF THE PROBATE CODE.
Requests for Accommodations  
Assistive listening systems, computer-assisted real-time captioning, or sign language interpreter services are available if 
you ask at least five days before the hearing. Contact the clerk's office or go to www.courts.ca.gov/forms for Request for
Accommodations by Persons With Disabilities and Response ( ). (Civ. Code, § 54.8.)
* Do not use this form to give notice of a petition to administer an estate (see Prob. Code, § 8100, and use form DE-121), notice of a 
hearing in a guardianship or conservatorship case (see Prob. Code, §§ 1511 and 1822, and use form GC-020), or notice of a hearing on a 
petition to determine a claim to property (see Prob. Code, § 851, and use form DE-115/GC-015). Page 1 of 2
Form Adopted for Mandatory Use 
Judicial Council of California 
DE-120 [Rev. January 1, 2020]
NOTICE OF HEARING— DECEDENT'S ESTATE OR TRUST
Probate Code, §§ 1211, 1215, 1220, 
1230, 12201, 17100, 17203 
www.courts.ca.gov

DE-120
ESTATE OF (name): IN THE MATTER OF (name):
DECEDENT TRUST OTHER
CASE NUMBER:
CLERK'S CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
1. I certify that I am not a party to this cause.
2. A copy of the foregoing Notice of Hearing—Decedent's Estate or Trust
a. was posted at (address):
b. was posted on (date):
Date: Clerk, by , Deputy
PROOF OF SERVICE BY MAIL*
1. I am over the age of 18 and not a party to this cause. I am a resident of or employed in the county where the mailing occurred.
2. My residence or business address is (specify):
3. I served the foregoing Notice of Hearing—Decedent's Estate or Trust  on each person named below by enclosing a copy in an 
envelope addressed as shown below AND
a. depositing the sealed envelope on the date and at the place shown in item 4 with the U.S. Postal Service with the 
postage fully prepaid.
b. placing the envelope for collection and mailing on the date and at the place shown in item 4 following our ordinary 
business practices. I am readily familiar with this business's practice for collecting and processing correspondence for 
mailing. On the same day that correspondence is placed for collection and mailing, it is deposited in the ordinary 
course of business with the U.S. Postal Service in a sealed envelope with postage fully prepaid.
4. a. Date mailed:
b. Place mailed (city, state):
5. I served with the Notice of Hearing—Decedent's Estate or Trust  a copy of the petition or other document referred to in item 1 
of the Notice.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.
Date:
(TYPE OR PRINT NAME)
 (SIGNATURE)
NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH PERSON TO WHOM NOTICE WAS MAILED
Name Address (street & number, city, state, zip code)
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
Continued on an attachment. (You may use Attachment to Notice of Hearing Proof of Service by Mail,  
form DE-120(MA)/GC-020(MA), for this purpose.)
* Do not use this form for proof of personal service. You may use form DE-120(P) to prove personal service of this Notice.
DE-120 [Rev. January 1, 2020]
NOTICE OF HEARING— DECEDENT'S ESTATE OR TRUST
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  Form ID: DE-120 Title: Notice of Hearing—Decedent's Estate or Trust Effective Date: 2020-01-01 Mandatory Form: yes Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/DE-120 Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/de120.pdf Form Detail Page: Notice of Hearing—Decedent's Estate or Trust (DE-120…

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  * Do not use this form to give notice of a petition to administer an estate (see Prob. Code, § 8100, and use form DE-121), notice of a hearing in a guardianship or conservatorship case (see Prob. Code, §§ 1511 and 1822, and use form GC-020), or notice of a hearing on a petition to determine a claim to property (see …

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  form DE-120(MA)/GC-020(MA), for this purpose.) * Do not use this form for proof of personal service. You may use form DE-120(P) to prove personal service of this Notice. DE-120 [Rev. January 1, 2020] NOTICE OF HEARING— DECEDENT'S ESTATE OR TRUST Page 2 of 2