ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name, state bar number, and address):

TELEPHONE AND FAX NOS.:

FOR COURT USE ONLY

DE-165

      ATTORNEY FOR (Name):

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
STREET ADDRESS:

MAILING ADDRESS:

CITY AND ZIP CODE:

BRANCH NAME:

ESTATE OF (Name):

NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACTION 
Independent Administration of Estates Act

Objection

Consent

DECEDENT

CASE NUMBER:

NOTICE:   If you do not object in writing or obtain a court order preventing the action proposed below, you will be treated as 

if you consented to the proposed action and you may not object after the proposed action has been taken. If you 
object, the personal representative may take the proposed action only under court supervision. An objection  form 
is on the reverse.  If you wish to object, you may use the form or prepare your own written objection.

1.  

The personal representative (executor or administrator) of the estate of the deceased is (names):

2.  

The personal representative has authority to administer the estate without court supervision under the Independent Administration 
of Estates Act (Prob. Code, § 10400 et seq.)

a.

b.

with full authority under the act.

with limited authority under the act (there is no authority, without court supervision, to (1) sell or exchange real property 
or (2) grant an option to purchase real property or (3) borrow money with the loan secured by an encumbrance upon real 
property).

3.  

On or after (date):
supervision (describe in specific terms here or in Attachment 3):

The proposed action is described in an attachment labeled Attachment 3.

, the personal representative will take the following action without court

4.

Real property transaction (Check this box and complete item 4b if the proposed action involves a sale or exchange or a  
grant of an option to purchase real property.)

a.

The material terms of the transaction are specified in item 3, including any sale price and the amount of or method of       
calculating any commission or compensation to an agent or broker.

b.

$

is the value of the subject property in the probate inventory.

No inventory yet.

 NOTICE:  A sale of real property without court supervision means that the sale will NOT be presented to the court for             
                  confirmation at a hearing at which higher bids for the property may be presented and the property sold to the         
                  highest bidder.

Form Approved by the  
Judicial Council of California 
DE-165 [Rev. January 1, 1998]

(Continued on reverse)

NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACTION 
Objection—Consent  
(Probate)

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Probate Code, § 10580 et seq.

ESTATE OF (Name):

5.   If you OBJECT to the proposed action

CASE NUMBER:

DECEDENT

a.   

Sign the objection form below and deliver or mail it to the personal representative at the following address (specify name and 
address):

b.   Send your own written objection to the address in item 5a. (Be sure to identify the proposed action and state that you object to it.)

c.   Apply to the court for an order preventing the personal representative from taking the proposed action without court supervision.

d.   NOTE:  Your written objection or the court order must be received by the personal representative before the date in the box in 
item 3, or before the proposed action is taken, whichever is later. If you object, the personal representative may take the  
proposed action only under court supervision.

6.   If you APPROVE the proposed action, you may sign the consent form below and return it to the address in item 5a. If you do not 

object in writing or obtain a court order, you will be treated as if you consented to the proposed action.

7.   

If you need more INFORMATION, call (name):

(telephone):

Date:

(TYPE OR PRINT NAME)

(SIGNATURE OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OR ATTORNEY)

I OBJECT to the action proposed in item 3.

OBJECTION TO PROPOSED ACTION

NOTICE:  Sign and return this form (both sides) to the address in item 5a. The form must be received before the date in the 

box in item 3, or before the proposed action is taken, whichever is later. (You may want to use certified mail, with  
return receipt requested. Make a copy of this form for your records.)

(TYPE OR PRINT NAME)

(SIGNATURE OF OBJECTOR)

I CONSENT to the action proposed in item 3.

CONSENT TO PROPOSED ACTION

NOTICE:  You may indicate your consent by signing and returning this form (both sides) to the address in item 5a. If you          

do not object in writing or obtain a court order, you will be treated as if you consented to the proposed action.

(TYPE OR PRINT NAME)

(SIGNATURE OF CONSENTER)

DE-165 [Rev. January 1, 1998]

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACTION 
Objection—Consent             

(Probate)

OR

OR

Date:

Date: