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Case Information

Filed 2023-02-16
Status Closed
Type Estates And Administration|Formal Appointment Of Personal Representative
Docket 18 entries

Docket Entries

  1. Petition for Formal Probate
  2. Surviving Spouse, Children, Heirs at Law
  3. Devisees
  4. Will of Caral S. Nolley Merrell dated 1/25/2014
  5. Certificate of Death - D.O.D. 3/13/2020
  6. Proposed Order/Decree
  7. Bond without Sureties
  8. Affidavit as to Military Service
  9. NOTICE: Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication issued for unsupervised administration to be published in Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA.
  10. Citation Filed; Served as Ordered
  11. Tamir Nolley Interested Person(s) , Filed Form MPC 455 to Assent and Waive Notice to Formal Probate, Assent to the PR serving w/o sureties on bond, Assent to the nomination of: Noreen Suriner
  12. Motion To Waive Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem Applies To: O'Connell, Esq., Martin (Attorney) on behalf of Suriner, Noreen (Petitioner)
  13. Affidavit In Support of Motion to Waive Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem Applies To: Suriner, Noreen (Petitioner)
  14. Revised Motion To Waive Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem to Represent the Interest of Unascertained Persons in Order to Bind Other Similarly Situated Individuals Applies To: O'Connell, Esq., Martin (Attorney) on behalf of Suriner, Noreen (Petitioner)
  15. Affidavit In Support of Motion to Waive Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem Applies To: Suriner, Noreen (Petitioner)
  16. Motion To Waive Appointment of GAL ALLOWED on 05/17/2023 File Reference # 12 Judge: Dacyczyn, David J.
  17. Permanent Bond Approved of Personal Representative dated 05/17/2023, by David J. Dacyczyn
  18. Decree and Order of Formal Probate Judge: Dacyczyn, David J.

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