25-01730K

FIRST INSERTION
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 2025CP003141A000BA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
RUBY MAE HOPWOOD (A/K/A RUBY M. HOPWOOD AND A/K/A RUBY HOPWOOD),
Deceased.
The administration of the estate of Ruby Mae Hopwood (a/k/a Ruby M. Hopwood and a/k/a Ruby Hopwood), deceased, whose date of death was January 9, 2025, is pending in the Circuit Court for Polk County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Drawer CC-1, P.O. Box 9000, Bartow, FL 33831-9000. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
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 a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211.
The date of first publication of this notice is November 14, 2025.
Personal Representative:
Arthur H. Hopwood, Jr.
1583 Old Drum Road NE
Bolivar, OH 44612
Attorney for Personal Representative:
/S/ Dawn Ellis, Esq.
Attorney for Personal Representative
E-mail Address: [email protected]
Florida Bar Number: 091979
My Florida Probate, PA
Dawn Ellis, Esq., for the firm
PO Box 952
Floral City, FL 34436-0952
(352) 726-5444
November 14, 21, 2025 25-01730K

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