Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California

It depends upon what you are intending to do. If you are merely going to appear to see what is going on, there is nothing that needs to filed and you just appear. If you are going to oppose something, there are time limits, but the major time problem is to get the opposition in so that the probate clerk can read it and advice the judge as to your position. You need to tell us what the hearing is about.

In Riverside local rules require you to either have it in five working days before the hearing or bring it with you to the hearing, where the judge will continue the hearing to give the other side a chance to respond.