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CA CA - Lydia "Dia" Abrams, 65, Idyllwild, 6 Jun 2020 #2
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Trial continued via stipulation to May 4, 2026. There will still be a hearing on Dec 22 but not a trial. Also this quote....
"the Parties are currently engaged in ongoing discussions to settle the disputes relative to the Accounting Trial and to streamline the issues at trial"
"the Parties are currently engaged in ongoing discussions to settle the disputes relative to the Accounting Trial and to streamline the issues at trial"
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Monday, Dec. 22nd:
*Hearing (Estate) (@ 8:45am PT) - CA – Lydia “Dia” W. Kenshalo Abrams (65) (last seen @ 2:30pm June 6, 2020 from her 117-acre Bonita Vista Ranch, in a remote area east of Mountain Center, Idyllwild; vehicle, handbag, keys & cell phone still at home. Not found. DOB 7/6/54). [After estate is liquidated by 6/6/25 Lydia will be declared deceased]. Has been legally declared dead on 6/6/25. Riverside County
*Children of Abram’s request to remove Harper as trustee of ranch & other estate properties. Riverside County #D201590018 / Trust Pet. #PRIN2100297
5/27/22: Crisara Abrams is the sole trustee of the Clem Abrams Trust. Keith Harper has been removed (11/15/23) as co-Trustee.
Trial was set to begin on 9/22/25 was continued on 12/22/25 was continued on 5/4/26.
Info on disappearance & probate court info 6/6/20 thru 5/28/25 reference post #714 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...rams-65-idyllwild-6-jun-2020-2.592392/page-36
6/6/25 Update: As 5 years have passed since Abrams disappearance, she has been legally declared dead. {see posts #710 & 712, page 36, thread #2]. Next motions hearing on 7/7/25 @ 8:45am to be relieved as counsel for Attorney Aaron F. Garcia.
7/7/25 Update: The trustee's request that the case be moved from Palm Springs to Murietta was rejected This should have kept the case with Judge Russell Velasquez, but a retired Judge substituted for Velasquez for the 7/7/25 hearing, noting that he had to read up on many cases & was not acquainted with the details of this one. The Judge granted a Certificate of death, but said it would be "without evidentiary effect." If the trustee wished for a certificate with evidentiary value, he instructed them to file again under Probate Code Section 12400. The Judge also admitted that the attorneys present had "educated" him about the IRS's interest in a death certificate. Next hearing on 9/22/25.
8/6/25 Docket update: Joint Stipulation & Order to continue Trial Date & all Related Deadlines filed by Harper's attorney Michael R. Stidham [new attorney]. Changing trial date of 9/22/25 to 12/21/25 or to a date thereafter. Order from Judge Russell M. Velasquez. Order: Hearing on 9/22/25 moved to 12/22/25 @ 8:45am. See post #720, page 36, thread #2 for document.
12/3/25 Docket update: Stipulation to continued Dec. 22, 2025 trial & hearing filed by Michael L. Wachtell & Gordon C. Stuart of Buchhalter [attorneys for Co-Trustee, Invenz, Inc.]. The 12/22/25 hearing is he initial hearing on Mr. Harper' s subsequently filed Petition for Court Supervision of Trust Administration & Order for: (1) To Limited Trustee Excessive Compensation, (2) to Protect Trust Corpus & Ensure Fair Accounting, (3) to Preserve Indemnification and Offset Rights, (4) for Surcharge & (5) for Attorney's Fees & Costs ("Mr. Harper' s Surcharge Petition"). Hereby Stipulated: The December 22, 2025 hearing on the Accounting Trial & all motions & discovery cut-off deadlines should be continued to May 4, 2026 or as otherwise convenient for the Court. Mr. Harper' s Surcharge Petition will remain in place for December 22, 2025, for its initial 8 hearing but not for trial & the parties shall meet & confer on potential bifurcation or consolidation of this Petition with the Accounting trial.
*Hearing (Estate) (@ 8:45am PT) - CA – Lydia “Dia” W. Kenshalo Abrams (65) (last seen @ 2:30pm June 6, 2020 from her 117-acre Bonita Vista Ranch, in a remote area east of Mountain Center, Idyllwild; vehicle, handbag, keys & cell phone still at home. Not found. DOB 7/6/54). [After estate is liquidated by 6/6/25 Lydia will be declared deceased]. Has been legally declared dead on 6/6/25. Riverside County
*Children of Abram’s request to remove Harper as trustee of ranch & other estate properties. Riverside County #D201590018 / Trust Pet. #PRIN2100297
5/27/22: Crisara Abrams is the sole trustee of the Clem Abrams Trust. Keith Harper has been removed (11/15/23) as co-Trustee.
Trial was set to begin on 9/22/25 was continued on 12/22/25 was continued on 5/4/26.
Info on disappearance & probate court info 6/6/20 thru 5/28/25 reference post #714 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...rams-65-idyllwild-6-jun-2020-2.592392/page-36
6/6/25 Update: As 5 years have passed since Abrams disappearance, she has been legally declared dead. {see posts #710 & 712, page 36, thread #2]. Next motions hearing on 7/7/25 @ 8:45am to be relieved as counsel for Attorney Aaron F. Garcia.
7/7/25 Update: The trustee's request that the case be moved from Palm Springs to Murietta was rejected This should have kept the case with Judge Russell Velasquez, but a retired Judge substituted for Velasquez for the 7/7/25 hearing, noting that he had to read up on many cases & was not acquainted with the details of this one. The Judge granted a Certificate of death, but said it would be "without evidentiary effect." If the trustee wished for a certificate with evidentiary value, he instructed them to file again under Probate Code Section 12400. The Judge also admitted that the attorneys present had "educated" him about the IRS's interest in a death certificate. Next hearing on 9/22/25.
8/6/25 Docket update: Joint Stipulation & Order to continue Trial Date & all Related Deadlines filed by Harper's attorney Michael R. Stidham [new attorney]. Changing trial date of 9/22/25 to 12/21/25 or to a date thereafter. Order from Judge Russell M. Velasquez. Order: Hearing on 9/22/25 moved to 12/22/25 @ 8:45am. See post #720, page 36, thread #2 for document.
12/3/25 Docket update: Stipulation to continued Dec. 22, 2025 trial & hearing filed by Michael L. Wachtell & Gordon C. Stuart of Buchhalter [attorneys for Co-Trustee, Invenz, Inc.]. The 12/22/25 hearing is he initial hearing on Mr. Harper' s subsequently filed Petition for Court Supervision of Trust Administration & Order for: (1) To Limited Trustee Excessive Compensation, (2) to Protect Trust Corpus & Ensure Fair Accounting, (3) to Preserve Indemnification and Offset Rights, (4) for Surcharge & (5) for Attorney's Fees & Costs ("Mr. Harper' s Surcharge Petition"). Hereby Stipulated: The December 22, 2025 hearing on the Accounting Trial & all motions & discovery cut-off deadlines should be continued to May 4, 2026 or as otherwise convenient for the Court. Mr. Harper' s Surcharge Petition will remain in place for December 22, 2025, for its initial 8 hearing but not for trial & the parties shall meet & confer on potential bifurcation or consolidation of this Petition with the Accounting trial.
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Civil case number and judge assignment:
Case Number: CVRI2506981
Case Name: ABRAMS vs HARPER
NOTICE OF DEPARTMENT ASSIGNMENT
The above entitled case is assigned to the Honorable O.G. Magno in Department 7 for All Purposes.
Hearing:
06/24/2026 08:30 AM
Case Management Conference
Judge O.G. Magno
Department 7
Case Number: CVRI2506981
Case Name: ABRAMS vs HARPER
NOTICE OF DEPARTMENT ASSIGNMENT
The above entitled case is assigned to the Honorable O.G. Magno in Department 7 for All Purposes.
Hearing:
06/24/2026 08:30 AM
Case Management Conference
Judge O.G. Magno
Department 7
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It's because a secret service agent is blatantly guilty and no one has had the guts to work that angle. KH involved. DF involved. Fedder was a recruiter for the secret service. Think how poorly it makes the entire agency look. I am not saying this from my perspective but if a secret service agent was ever found to be in league with a sex offender on a multi-million conspiracy to commit murder etc....it would recontextualize seminal events for some of the population. JFK? EPSTEIN?
She was the one who set the standard of who was let into the service and all they do all day is think about the many infinite ways somebody could be killed. Meaning they know the precise way to kill someone and navigate the law enforcement system with slick.
Does it undermine the dollar as the reserve currency? Make foreign leaders distrusting? What cases that she worked on and testified under oath on could easily be left off on appeal.
The case hasn't been solved because no one who can do anything wants it solved.
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Wow, I've been off the grid for a while and just catching up. Looks like Harper found a way to profit off all this. Very sad that the case has not been solved.
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Monday, March 16th:
*Hearing (Estate) (@ 10am PT) - CA – Lydia “Dia” W. Kenshalo Abrams (65) (last seen @ 2:30pm June 6, 2020 from her 117-acre Bonita Vista Ranch, in a remote area east of Mountain Center, Idyllwild; vehicle, handbag, keys & cell phone still at home. Not found. DOB 7/6/54). [After estate is liquidated by 6/6/25 Lydia will be declared deceased]. Has been legally declared dead on 6/6/25. Riverside County
*Children of Abram’s request to remove Harper as trustee of ranch & other estate properties. Riverside County #D201590018 / Trust Pet. #PRIN2100297
Civil Case Abrams vs. Harper #CVRI2506981 with Judge O. G. Magno presiding.
5/27/22: Crisara Abrams is the sole trustee of the Clem Abrams Trust. Keith Harper has been removed (11/15/23) as co-Trustee.
Trial was set to begin on 9/22/25 was continued on 12/22/25 was continued on 5/4/26.
Info on disappearance & probate court info 6/6/20 thru 8/6/25 reference post #724 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...rams-65-idyllwild-6-jun-2020-2.592392/page-37
12/3/25 Docket update: Stipulation to continued Dec. 22, 2025 trial & hearing filed by Michael L. Wachtell & Gordon C. Stuart of Buchhalter [attorneys for Co-Trustee, Invenz, Inc.]. The 12/22/25 hearing is he initial hearing on Mr. Harper' s subsequently filed Petition for Court Supervision of Trust Administration & Order for: (1) To Limited Trustee Excessive Compensation, (2) to Protect Trust Corpus & Ensure Fair Accounting, (3) to Preserve Indemnification and Offset Rights, (4) for Surcharge & (5) for Attorney's Fees & Costs ("Mr. Harper' s Surcharge Petition"). Hereby Stipulated: The December 22, 2025 hearing on the Accounting Trial & all motions & discovery cut-off deadlines should be continued to May 4, 2026 or as otherwise convenient for the Court. Mr. Harper' s Surcharge Petition will remain in place for December 22, 2025, for its initial 8 hearing but not for trial & the parties shall meet & confer on potential bifurcation or consolidation of this Petition with the Accounting trial.
12/11/25 Docket update: Crisara Abrams, plaintiff vs. Keith Leslie Harper & Clinton Abrams, defendants. Complaint for declaratory & Equitable Relief & Wrongful Death civil suite. 1. Declaratory Relief( Code Civ. Proc. §; 2. Equitable Relief and Constructive Trust; 3. Wrongful Death( Code Civ. Proc. §; Demand for Jury Trial filed by Andrew P. Young, attorney for Plaintiff. See post #725, page 37, thread #2 for document link.
12/22/25 Update: Probate: Hearing continued to 5/4/26 @ 1:30pm. Civil case: Abrams vs. Harper [#CVRI2506981] & assigned to Judge O.G. Magno in Dept. 7 for all purposes. Next case management conference hearing on 6/24/26 @ 8:30am.
12/25/25 Docket update: Notice of hearing-Decedent's Estate or Trust filed by Harper's attorney Matthew R. Stidham. Re: For Court supervision of Trust Administration & Order for: 1) To limit trustee excessive compensation (PROB. CODE§§ 16012& 15684); 2) To protect trust Corpus & ensure fair accounting (PROB. CODE§§ 16002- 16004, 16006 & 16007); 3) To preserve indentification & offset of rights; 4) For Surcharge & 5) Attorney's fees & costs. Hearing on 3/16/26 @ 10am.
*Hearing (Estate) (@ 10am PT) - CA – Lydia “Dia” W. Kenshalo Abrams (65) (last seen @ 2:30pm June 6, 2020 from her 117-acre Bonita Vista Ranch, in a remote area east of Mountain Center, Idyllwild; vehicle, handbag, keys & cell phone still at home. Not found. DOB 7/6/54). [After estate is liquidated by 6/6/25 Lydia will be declared deceased]. Has been legally declared dead on 6/6/25. Riverside County
*Children of Abram’s request to remove Harper as trustee of ranch & other estate properties. Riverside County #D201590018 / Trust Pet. #PRIN2100297
Civil Case Abrams vs. Harper #CVRI2506981 with Judge O. G. Magno presiding.
5/27/22: Crisara Abrams is the sole trustee of the Clem Abrams Trust. Keith Harper has been removed (11/15/23) as co-Trustee.
Trial was set to begin on 9/22/25 was continued on 12/22/25 was continued on 5/4/26.
Info on disappearance & probate court info 6/6/20 thru 8/6/25 reference post #724 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...rams-65-idyllwild-6-jun-2020-2.592392/page-37
12/3/25 Docket update: Stipulation to continued Dec. 22, 2025 trial & hearing filed by Michael L. Wachtell & Gordon C. Stuart of Buchhalter [attorneys for Co-Trustee, Invenz, Inc.]. The 12/22/25 hearing is he initial hearing on Mr. Harper' s subsequently filed Petition for Court Supervision of Trust Administration & Order for: (1) To Limited Trustee Excessive Compensation, (2) to Protect Trust Corpus & Ensure Fair Accounting, (3) to Preserve Indemnification and Offset Rights, (4) for Surcharge & (5) for Attorney's Fees & Costs ("Mr. Harper' s Surcharge Petition"). Hereby Stipulated: The December 22, 2025 hearing on the Accounting Trial & all motions & discovery cut-off deadlines should be continued to May 4, 2026 or as otherwise convenient for the Court. Mr. Harper' s Surcharge Petition will remain in place for December 22, 2025, for its initial 8 hearing but not for trial & the parties shall meet & confer on potential bifurcation or consolidation of this Petition with the Accounting trial.
12/11/25 Docket update: Crisara Abrams, plaintiff vs. Keith Leslie Harper & Clinton Abrams, defendants. Complaint for declaratory & Equitable Relief & Wrongful Death civil suite. 1. Declaratory Relief( Code Civ. Proc. §; 2. Equitable Relief and Constructive Trust; 3. Wrongful Death( Code Civ. Proc. §; Demand for Jury Trial filed by Andrew P. Young, attorney for Plaintiff. See post #725, page 37, thread #2 for document link.
12/22/25 Update: Probate: Hearing continued to 5/4/26 @ 1:30pm. Civil case: Abrams vs. Harper [#CVRI2506981] & assigned to Judge O.G. Magno in Dept. 7 for all purposes. Next case management conference hearing on 6/24/26 @ 8:30am.
12/25/25 Docket update: Notice of hearing-Decedent's Estate or Trust filed by Harper's attorney Matthew R. Stidham. Re: For Court supervision of Trust Administration & Order for: 1) To limit trustee excessive compensation (PROB. CODE§§ 16012& 15684); 2) To protect trust Corpus & ensure fair accounting (PROB. CODE§§ 16002- 16004, 16006 & 16007); 3) To preserve indentification & offset of rights; 4) For Surcharge & 5) Attorney's fees & costs. Hearing on 3/16/26 @ 10am.
Court notes in advance of hearing:
03/16/2026 10:00 AM
Hearing on Subsequent Miscellaneous Petition filed by KEITH HARPER at 10:00 AM in Department PS3
----------------RECOMMENDATIONS---------------
To be determined by Judge
--------------REQUESTS---------------
Petition filing date and title are: 08/13/2025 -Keith Harper's Petition for Court Supervision of Trust Administration and Order for: 1. To Limit Trustee Excessive Compensation; 2. To Protect Trust Corpus and Ensure Fair Accounting;... KEITH HARPER.
Petitioner is/are Keith Harper (former trustee)
Petitioner(s) alleges he was removed as trustee with Invenz, Inc, appointed as successor trustee
Petitioner(s) alleges successor trustee has drawn excessive fees, averaging nearly $30,000 per month; billing statements include vague, repetitive entries and block billing
Petitioner(s) alleges further, excessive attorney fees are being paid
Petitioner(s) request(s) an order that court take jurisdiction over trust administration; to freeze or limit trustee compensation; for trustee to provide full accountings and limit disbursements to necessary administration expenses, to preserve petitioner's indemnification and offset rights from the trust estate; for potential surcharge claims against trustee and for attorney fees and costs
Objections filed by INVENZ, INC (successor trustee) on 12/17/25
---------------DEFICIENCIES---------------
None
---------------QUESTIONS---------------
Question sufficiency of notice given as all beneficiaries were mailed notice "in care of" their attorneys
-------------PROPOSED ORDER------------
Order submitted
03/16/2026 10:00 AM
Hearing on Subsequent Miscellaneous Petition filed by KEITH HARPER at 10:00 AM in Department PS3
----------------RECOMMENDATIONS---------------
To be determined by Judge
--------------REQUESTS---------------
Petition filing date and title are: 08/13/2025 -Keith Harper's Petition for Court Supervision of Trust Administration and Order for: 1. To Limit Trustee Excessive Compensation; 2. To Protect Trust Corpus and Ensure Fair Accounting;... KEITH HARPER.
Petitioner is/are Keith Harper (former trustee)
Petitioner(s) alleges he was removed as trustee with Invenz, Inc, appointed as successor trustee
Petitioner(s) alleges successor trustee has drawn excessive fees, averaging nearly $30,000 per month; billing statements include vague, repetitive entries and block billing
Petitioner(s) alleges further, excessive attorney fees are being paid
Petitioner(s) request(s) an order that court take jurisdiction over trust administration; to freeze or limit trustee compensation; for trustee to provide full accountings and limit disbursements to necessary administration expenses, to preserve petitioner's indemnification and offset rights from the trust estate; for potential surcharge claims against trustee and for attorney fees and costs
Objections filed by INVENZ, INC (successor trustee) on 12/17/25
---------------DEFICIENCIES---------------
None
---------------QUESTIONS---------------
Question sufficiency of notice given as all beneficiaries were mailed notice "in care of" their attorneys
-------------PROPOSED ORDER------------
Order submitted
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