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Case Information

Filed 2022-12-23
Type Pr Small Est Affidavit W/will
Docket 22 entries
Photo of Hon. Rumley J Michael

Judge

Hon. Rumley J Michael

Cass County (MO)

Missouri

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Docket Entries

  1. Probate Ord Close File Misc
  2. Certificate of Clerk (2) Certified copies of Certificate of Clerk mailed to Attorney for Affiant via USPS.
  3. Affd-Publctn of Notice to Cred Affidavit of Publication. Filed By: GAYLE STUTZMAN EVANS On Behalf Of: MELISSA S BLUM
  4. Notc to Creditor-Small Estate The Notice to Creditors has been prepared by the Court and is attached via case.net for retrieval by the attorney for the Affiant for submission to North Cass Herald for publication for 2 consecutive weeks. The attorney for the Affiant is responsible for efiling the Affidavit of Publication (which MUST include the newspaper clipping which shows what was actually published) as soon as it is received from the newspaper, and is also responsible for the payment of all publication costs directly to the newspaper.
  5. Exhibit Filed Paid Funeral Bill. Filed By: GAYLE STUTZMAN EVANS On Behalf Of: MELISSA S BLUM
  6. Correspondence Filed Correspondence Letter - 01-09-2023. Filed By: GAYLE STUTZMAN EVANS
  7. Cert/Ord Probt L/Will Testmnt Certificate and Order of Probate of Last Will and Testament (Self-Proving) Filed By: J MICHAEL RUMLEY
  8. Last Will and Testament ORIGINAL Last Will and Testament of Dorothy Mae Thorp
  9. Correspondence Sent New Estate Checklist - electronically sent to Attorney for Affiant
  10. PR Costs Other-w/costs-Assoc
  11. Confid Filing Info Sheet Filed Filed By: GAYLE STUTZMAN EVANS
  12. Note to Clerk eFiling Filed By: GAYLE STUTZMAN EVANS
  13. Mo HealthNet Release MO HealthNet Release of Estate Claim. Filed By: GAYLE STUTZMAN EVANS On Behalf Of: MELISSA S BLUM, DOROTHY MAE THORP
  14. Mo HealthNet Disclosure MO HealthNet Disclosure. Filed By: GAYLE STUTZMAN EVANS
  15. Exhibit Filed Assets listed on Small Estate Affidavit. Filed By: GAYLE STUTZMAN EVANS
  16. Affd-Est Title Distrbee w/Will Affidavit to Establish Title of Distributee to Property in Estate of Less Than 40,000 with Bond Waivers. Filed By: GAYLE STUTZMAN EVANS
  17. Efiled Copy L/Will Testament Last Will and Testament of Dorothy Mae Thorp. Filed By: GAYLE STUTZMAN EVANS
  18. Affd-Death & App-Probate Will Statement as to Death and Presentment of Instrument in Writing for Probate. Filed By: GAYLE STUTZMAN EVANS
  19. Exhibit Filed Obit for Kenneth L. Thorp, Jr. Filed By: GAYLE STUTZMAN EVANS
  20. Certificate of Death Filed Certificate of Death of Kenneth L. Thorp Sr. Filed By: GAYLE STUTZMAN EVANS
  21. Certificate of Death Filed Certificate of Death of Dorothy Mae Thorp. Filed By: GAYLE STUTZMAN EVANS

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