26-00451T

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
(summary administration)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY,
FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
File No. 26-000158-CP
Division: Probate
IN RE: ESTATE OF
LORITA DIFF
Deceased.
TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE:
You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administration has been entered in the estate of Lorita Diff, deceased, File Number 26-000158-CP by the Circuit Court for Charlotte County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 350 E. Marion Ave., Punta Gorda, Florida 33950; that the Decedent’s date of death was January 28, 2026; that the total value of the non-exempt assets of the estate is $0.00 and that the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such order are:
Gerald J. Diff, Jr.
341 Grenada Street
Port Charlotte, Florida 33948
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT:
All creditors of the estate of the Decedent and persons having claims or demands against the estate of the Decedent other than those for whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of Summary Administration must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE. ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, ANY CLAIMS 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 § 732.216 – § 732.228 applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by the surviving spouse of a beneficiary as specified under § 732.2211.
The date of first publication of this Notice is: April 17, 2026.
Person Giving Notice:
Gerald J. Diff, Jr.
341 Grenada Street
Port Charlotte, Florida 33948
Attorney for Person Giving Notice:
Jeffrey Briscoe
Florida Bar No. 0127501
3440 Conway Blvd., Suite 1A
Port Charlotte, Florida 33952 Telephone: (941) 625-4189
Facsimile: (941) 237-4126 Email: [email protected]
April 17, 24, 2026 26-00451T

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