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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
Case No.: 2026-CP-000753
Division: 14
IN RE: ESTATE OF HELEN PATRICIA BOYETTE BUCKHALTER, a/k/a HELEN B. BUCKHALTER, a/k/a HELEN P. BOYETTE, a/k/a HELEN P. BUCKHALTER, a/k/a PAT BUCKHALTER, a/k/a PAT BOYETTE, a/k/a HELEN BOYETTE,
Decedent.
The administration of the estate of HELEN PATRICIA BOYETTE BUCKHALTER, a/k/a HELEN B. BUCKHALTER, a/k/a HELEN B. BOYETTE, a/k/a HELEN PATRICIA BUCKHALTER, a/k/a HELEN P. BUCKHALTER, a/k/a PAT BUCKHALTER a/k/a PAT BOYETTE, a/k/a HELEN BOYETTE, deceased, whose date of death was December 28, 2025, is pending in the Circuit Court for Polk County, Florida, Probate Division, the physical address of which is 255 N. Broadway Avenue, Bartow, FL 33830-3912 for deliveries and certified mail and the mailing address of which is P.O. Box 9000, Drawer Number CC-4, 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.
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, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this notice is: April 10, 2026.
Suzanne R. Eschrich
Personal Representative
1017 Meadowood Drive
Lakeland, FL 33809
G. Wrede Kirkpatrick, Esq.
Attorney for Personal Representative
Florida Bar No. 984116
THE LAW OFFICE OF WREDE KIRKPATRICK
12201 Kelp Lane
Riverview, FL 33569
Telephone: 813-477-3132
Email:
[email protected]
Secondary Email:
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