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Parties Involved:
Rochelle Calinao
Defendant
Samantha Paras
Defendant
Sarah Abigail Paras
Defendant
Juan Carlos Paras
Defendant
Melissa Katrina Paras
Defendant
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Plaintiff

Document Text:

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA V. CALINAO, ET AL.; CASE NO. 2:15-CV-00770-TLN-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO ADD SAMANTHA PARAS AS A DEFENDANT

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SHARI L. ALLEN-GARIBALDI, SBN 175817

JASON E. CHONG, SBN 276273

BLEWETT & ALLEN, INC.

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

3255 W. MARCH LANE, SUITE 210

STOCKTON, CA 95219

TELEPHONE (209) 466-6735

FACSIMILE (209) 466-9846

ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT

ROCHELLE CALINAO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF 

CANADA,

 PLAINTIFF,

V.

ROCHELLE CALINAO, MELISSA KATRINA 

PARAS, JUAN CARLOS PARAS, AND SARAH 

ABIGAIL PARAS,

 

DEFENDANTS.

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CASE NO. 2:15-CV-00770-TLN-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO ADD

SAMANTHA PARAS AS DEFENDANT

The undersigned counsel of record for the respective parties in the above-entitled action 

hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. The parties agree that SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA has filed an 

interpleader complaint in the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, 

regarding the proceeds of the decedent’s life insurance policy. 

2. The parties agree that the named defendants in said interpleader action are 

ROCHELLE CALINAO, MELISSA KATRINA PARAS, JUAN CARLOS PARAS, and SARAH ABIGAIL 

PARAS. ROCHELLE CALINAO is the decedent’s surviving wife, and the remaining defendants 

are the decedent’s children from another mother. 

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SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA V. CALINAO, ET AL.; CASE NO. 2:15-CV-00770-TLN-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO ADD SAMANTHA PARAS AS A DEFENDANT

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3. The parties agree that the decedent had one daughter with 1 ROCHELLE CALINAO, 

namely, SAMANTHA PARAS. 

4. The parties agree that SAMANTHA PARAS was not originally named as a defendant 

in the original interpleader complaint.

5. The parties agree to add SAMANTHA PARAS as a defendant to the instant litigation 

since she is a direct descendant of the decedent. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED BETWEEN COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Dated: February 8, 2016 / S / Shari L. Allen-Garibaldi______________

SHARI L. ALLEN-GARIBALDI

ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT, ROCHELLE CALINAO

Dated: February 8, 2016 / S / Dennis Rhodes______________________

DENNIS RHODES

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF, SUN LIFE ASS. CO.

Dated: February 8, 2016 / S / Benjamin Blakeman__________________

BENJAMIN BLAKEMAN

ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANTS, MELISSA PARAS, JUAN 

PARAS, & SARAH PARAS.

ORDER

UPON A READING of the foregoing stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, 

IT IS SO ORDERED that SAMANTHA PARAS be added as a Defendant to the instant 

litigation and above-captioned case. 

Dated: February 10, 2016

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