Probate
Probate
STATE OF MINNESOTA
DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF MCLEOD
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
PROBATE DIVISION
Court File No. 43-PR-18-882
In Re: Estate of Keith G. Pikal, a/k/a
Keith Gordon Pikal,
Decedent.
NOTICE AND ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is given that an Application for Informal Probate of Will and Informal Appointment of Personal Representative was filed with the Registrar, along with a Will dated October 7, 2016. The Registrar accepted the application and appointed Leigh Pikal, whose address is P.O. Box 92, Brownton, MN 55312, to serve as the personal representative of the decedent’s estate.
Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Any objection to the appointment of the personal representative must be filed with the Court, and any properly filed objection will be heard by the Court after notice is provided to interested persons of the date of hearing on the objection.
Unless objections are filed, and unless the Court orders otherwise, the personal representative has the full power to administer the estate, including, after thirty (30) days from the issuance of letters testamentary, the power to sell, encumber, lease, or distribute any interest in real estate owned by the decedent.
Notice is given that subject to Minn. Stat. §524.3-801, all creditors having claims against the decedent’s estate are required to present the claim to the personal representative or to the Court within four (4) months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.
Dated: June 12, 2018.
/s/ Karen V. Messner
Registrar
Karen V. Messner
Court Administrator
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(Published in The McLeod County Chronicle June 20 and 27 , 2018)