Judge: Katherine Chilton, Case: 22STCP01382, Date: 2022-08-22 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCP01382    Hearing Date: August 22, 2022    Dept: 25

PROCEEDINGS:      PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF

MOVING PARTY:   Petitioner Michael Louis Oddenino

RESP. PARTY:         None

PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF

(CCP § 1600 et seq.)

TENTATIVE RULING:

Petitioner Michael Louis Oddenino’s Petition is MOOT.

SERVICE: 

[X] Proof of Service Timely Filed (CRC 3.1300)             N/A

[X] Correct Address (CCP 1013, 1013a)                                     N/A

[X] 75/80 Day Lapse (CCP 12c and 1005 (b))                     N/A

OPPOSITION:          N/A.                                                                [   ] Late                      [X] None

REPLY:                     N/A.                                                                [   ] Late                      [X] None

ANALYSIS:

I.                Background

On April 18, 2022, Petitioner Michael Oddenino filed a Petition for Declaratory Relief (“Petition”) requesting the Court to enter a judgment confirming his a) ancestral lineage, b) identity and identities of his ancestors and immediate family, c) facts relating to Petitioner, his ancestors, and immediate family, and d) his relationship to the individuals in the Petition.  (Pet. p. 4.)

On May 9, 2022, Petitioner filed an Ex Parte Application to request that the Court enter judgment to confirm these facts so that Petitioner may apply for dual Italian citizenship.  On May 10, 2022, the Court denied Petitioner’s Ex Parte Application and ordered the entire action reclassified as a civil unlimited jurisdiction case.

On May 11, 2022, Petitioner requested dismissal of the entire action and on the same day, the Court entered dismissal as requested.  (5-11-22 Request for Dismissal.)

II.              Legal Standard

Code of Civil Procedure § 1060 provides that a person may bring an action for declaratory relief if he or she “desires a declaration of his or her rights or duties with respect to another.”  To state a declaratory relief claim, the plaintiff must allege a proper subject of declaratory relief and an actual controversy involving justiciable questions relating to the party’s rights or obligations.  (See Jolley v. Chase Home Finance, LLC (2013) 213 Cal.App.4th 872, 909.)

III.            Discussion

On May 11, 2022, the entire action was dismissed.  (5-11-22 Request for Dismissal.)  Thus, the Petition is MOOT.

IV.           Conclusion & Order

For the foregoing reasons, Petitioner Michael Louis Oddenino’s Petition is MOOT.