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Case Information

Filed 2025-07-16
Type Pr Small Est Affidavit W/will
Docket 15 entries
Photo of Hon. Kjar James Owen

Judge

Hon. Kjar James Owen

Bates County (MO)

Missouri

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Docket Entries

  1. robate Ord No Further Process
  2. udge/Clerk - Note 2 certified copies of Affidavit to Establish Title with Certificate of Clerk attached placed in Courthouse Mail for attorney.
  3. ertificate of Clerk Certificate of Clerk entered this date. Certificate attached in PDF form for attorney to retrieve from secure case.net.
  4. ffidavit of Publication
  5. otc to Creditor-Small Estate Court issues Notice to Creditors. Notice attached in PDF form for Attorney to retrieve from Secure Case.net and deliver for publication to begin on July 30, 2025.
  6. rder of Bond Waived Court enters formal Order Dispensing with Bond. Order attached in PDF form for Attorneys to retrieve from Secure Case.net.
  7. ert/Ord Probt L/Will Testmnt Court enters formal Certificate and Order of Probate of Last Will and Testament (Self-Proving). Order attached in PDF form for Attorneys to retrieve from Secure Case.net.
  8. rder for Change of Judge Judicial Transfer Order entered. Honorable Judge James O. Kjar assigned. Order and docket sheets emailed to Judge Kjar.
  9. udge Recuses Court enters formal Docket Entry. Court recuses from case due to conflict. Clerk to notify presiding Judge for assignment. /s/ M Blane Baker
  10. ast Will and Testament Last Will and Testament of Donald E. McEwan
  11. R Costs Other-w/costs-Assoc
  12. iling Info Sheet eFiling Filed By: J D BAKER
  13. ffd-Est Title Distrbee w/Will Affidavit to Establish Title of Distributees. Filed By: J D BAKER On Behalf Of: DONALD EDWARD MCEWAN, JULIE LYONS
  14. pplication Filed Application for Probate of Will; Last Will and Testament. Filed By: J D BAKER On Behalf Of: DONALD EDWARD MCEWAN, JULIE LYONS

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