EDCR 4.10

(a) The probate commissioner will hear the probate calendar at such day and time as designated by the probate commissioner, as approved by the chief judge. The probate commissioner will hear evidentiary hearings on such day and time as designated by the probate commissioner. The probate judge(s) shall hear probate matters at such days and times as designated by such probate judge in accordance with Part I of these rules. The probate judge(s) and the probate commissioner will provide the clerk’s office with a schedule of days and times at which to set probate petitions, motions, returns of sale, evidentiary hearings, and trials. A motion noticed for hearing on the wrong day or time may, at the discretion of the probate commissioner or probate judge, be set over to the next appropriate day or vacated to be properly noticed.

(b) In the event that the probate commissioner plans to be absent on a judicial day, the probate commissioner must reset the time for the hearing of the probate calendar or arrange for a probate judge to handle the probate commissioner’s calendar and shall coordinate planned absences with the probate judge(s) to ensure that adequate judicial coverage is maintained.