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FIRST INSERTION
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,
FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
FILE NO: 2025-CP-003033
IN RE: ESTATE OF
STEPHEN W. JOHNSON A/K/A
STEPHEN WARFIELD JOHNSON,
Deceased.
The administration of the estate of STEPHEN W. JOHNSON A/K/A STEPHEN WARFIELD JOHNSON, deceased, whose date of death was November 29, 2024, is pending in the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Post Office Box 3360, Tampa, Florida 33601. The name and address of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney is 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.
That 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 section 7323.216 through section 732.228 applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by the surviving spouse or a beneficiary as specified under section 732.2211.
The date of first publication of this Notice is September 26, 2025.
Personal Representative:
CHRISTOPHER CARLTON
JOHNSON
3418 S. Beach Drive
Tampa, FL 33629
Attorney for Personal Representative:
M. MEREDITH KIRSTE
M. Meredith Kirste, P.A.
7928 U.S. Highway 441, Suite 3
Leesburg, FL 34788
Phone: (352) 326-3455
Florida Bar No. 0079065
Attorney for Personal Representative
Sept. 26; Oct. 3, 2025 25-02944H
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