25-03002L

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
File No. 24-CP-3605
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF
VERONICA MARY FIELDS,
Deceased.
TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES AND INTERESTED PERSONS OF THE ESTATE OF VERONICA MARY FIELDS
The administration of the estate of VERONICA MARY FIELDS, File No. 24-CP-3605, deceased, is pending in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court for Lee County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Justice Center, 2nd Floor, 2075 Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, Ft. Myers, Florida 33901; mailing address: Lee County Circuit Clerk – Probate, P.O. Box 9346, Ft. Myers, Florida 33902.
The estate is testate and the date of the decedent’s will is November 12, 2012. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.
Be advised that the fiduciary lawyer-client privilege in Florida Statute 90.5021 applies with respect to the personal representative and any attorney employed by the personal representative.
Any interested person on whom a copy of the notice of administration is served must file, on or before the date that is three (3) months after the date of service of a copy of the notice of administration on that person, any objection that challenges the validity of the will, the venue, or the jurisdiction of the court. The 3-month time period may only be extended for estoppel based upon a misstatement by the personal representative regarding the time period within which an objection must be filed. The time period may not be extended for any other reason, including affirmative representation, failure to disclose information, or misconduct by the personal representative or any other person. Unless sooner barred by section 733.212(3), Florida Statutes, all objections to the validity of a will, venue, or the jurisdiction of the court must be filed no later than the earlier of the entry of an order of final discharge of the personal representative, or 1 year after service of the notice of administration
The persons who may be entitled to exempt property under Florida Statutes 732.402 will be deemed to have waived their rights to claim that property as exempt property unless a petition for determination of exempt property is filed by such persons or on their behalf on or before the later of the date that is 4 months after the date of service of a copy of the notice of administration on such persons or the date that is 40 days after the date of termination of any proceedings involving the construction, admission to probate, or validity of the will or involving any other matter affecting any part of the exempt property.
Unless an extension is granted pursuant to s. 732.2135(2), an election to take an elective share must be filed on or before the earlier of the date that is 6 months after the date of service of a copy of the notice of administration on the surviving spouse, or an attorney in fact or a guardian of the property of the surviving spouse, or the date that is 2 years after the date of the decedent’s death.
Under certain circumstances and by failing to contest the will, the recipient of the notice of administration may be waiving his or her right to contest the validity of a trust or other writing incorporated by reference into a will.
The personal representative or curator has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in ss.732.216-732.228, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by the surviving spouse or a beneficiary as specified under s. 732.2211.
Personal Representative: Mary Travis, 400 SW 7th Terrace, Cape Coral, Florida 33991. The name and address of Personal Representative’s counsel is: Jennifer Neilson, NEILSON LAW, P.A., 829 SE 47th Terrace, Cape Coral, Florida 33904.
Jennifer M. Neilson
Attorney at Law
Florida Bar No. 54986
NEILSON LAW, P.A.
829 SE 47th Terrace
Cape Coral, Florida 33904
Office: (239) 443-3866
Email: [email protected]
August 8, 15, 2025 25-03002L

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