25-01792K

FIRST INSERTION
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
File No. 2025CP002670A000BA
Division:
IN RE: ESTATE OF
THOMAS ALBERT SHANKS, JR.
Deceased.
The administration of the estate of Thomas Albert Shanks, Jr. , deceased, whose date of death was November 22, 2024, is pending in the Circuit Court for Polk County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 255 N. Broadway Ave., Bartow, FL 33830. 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 the 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 THREE 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 THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN § 733.702, FLORIDA STATUTES, WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The Personal Representative 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, Florida Statutes, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes.
The date of the first publication of this notice is November 21, 2025.
Personal Representative:
Thomas Albert Shanks, III
2046 Lakesprings Way
Dunwoody, GA 30338
Attorney for Personal Representative:
Bruce A. McDonald
Florida Bar No. 263311
McDonald Fleming
Attorneys for Personal Representative
Suite B, PMB # 137
707 E. Cervantes St.
Pensacola, FL 32501-3286
(850) 346-7926
[email protected]
[email protected]
November 21, 28, 2025 25-01792K

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