Legal Notice
State of Minnesota, County of Stearns
Seventh Judicial District
District Court, Probate Division
Court File No.: 73-PR-22-8203
Notice of informal appointment of personal representative and notice to creditors (intestate)
Estate of: John Gerald Soltis
a/k/a John G. Soltis,
Decedent.
Notice is given that an application for informal appointment of personal representative has been filed with the Registrar. No Will has been presented for probate. The application has been granted.
Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed Kathleen Waletzko, whose address is 500 2nd St., Holdingford, MN, 56340, and Mary Soltis, whose address is 405 Verstoria St., Sitka, AK, 99835, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of the Decedent. 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. Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minn. Stat. 524.3-607) and the Court otherwise orders, the personal representative has full power to administer the Estate including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease, or distribute real estate.
Any objections to the appointment of the Co-Personal Representatives must be filed with this Court and will be heard by the Court after the filing of an appropriate petition and proper notice of hearing.
Notice is also given that (subject to Minn. Stat. 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.
By the Court:
Dated: Dec. 23, 2022
George A. Loch, Registrar
Dated: Dec. 23, 2022
Mary Jo Mendel, Deputy Court Administrator
Attorney for Personal Representative:
Craig Hanson
Hanson Law Office, PA
1010 West St. Germain, Suite 750
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Attorney License: 0311297
Telephone: (320) 257-3388
Fax: (320) 281-7255
Email: craig@hanlawoffice.com
Published in the Tri-County News Thursdays, Feb. 23, and March 2, 2023.