Judge: Kerry Bensinger, Case: 20STCV28948, Date: 2023-08-30 Tentative Ruling
Case Number: 20STCV28948 Hearing Date: August 30, 2023 Dept: 27
Tentative Ruling
Judge Kerry Bensinger, Department 27
HEARING DATE: August
30, 2023 TRIAL
DATE: Vacated
CASE: Ana Del Carmen Arevalo, et al. v. San Francisco Catholic
Church, et al.
CASE NO.: 20STCV28948
PETITION
TO APPROVE MINOR’S COMPROMISE
MOVING PARTY: Petitioner
Helen Farfan
RESPONDING PARTY: No opposition
Claimant,
Luna Armas, a minor, by and through her parent and guardian ad litem, Petitioner
Helen Farfan, has agreed to settle her claims against Defendants, San Francisco
Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles, in exchange
for a waiver of costs.
Court
approval is required for all settlements of a minor’s claim. (Probate Code §§ 3500, 3600, et seq.; Code Civ. Proc. § 372.)
The
Court has reviewed the Petition and finds the settlement is fair and
reasonable.
Accordingly,
the Petition is GRANTED.
Moving party to give notice.
Dated: August 30, 2023 ___________________________________
Kerry
Bensinger
Judge
of the Superior Court
Parties who intend to submit on this tentative must send an
email to the Court at SSCDEPT27@lacourt.org indicating intention to submit on
the tentative as directed by the instructions provided on the court website at
www.lacourt.org. Please be advised that if you submit on the tentative
and elect not to appear at the hearing, the opposing party may nevertheless
appear at the hearing and argue the matter. Unless you receive a
submission from all other parties in the matter, you should assume that others
might appear at the hearing to argue. If the Court does not receive
emails from the parties indicating submission on this tentative ruling and
there are no appearances at the hearing, the Court may, at its discretion,
adopt the tentative as the final order or place the motion off calendar.