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FIRST INSERTION
Notice to Creditors
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR LEE COUNTY FLORIDA
File No.: 26-CP-001609
PROBATE DIVISION
IN RE: ESTATE OF
LEE ANN BARKER,
DECEASED.
The administration of the estate of LEE ANN BARKER, deceased, file no.: 26-CP-001609, whose date of death was April 23, 2026, is pending in the Circuit Court for Lee County, Florida, Probate Division, whose address is 1700 Monroe St., Fort Myers, FL 33901. The Personal Representative is Matthew Barker, whose address is 816 NW 3rd Ave, Cape Coral, FL 33993.
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 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 the 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 so filed within the time periods set forth in Section 733.702 of the Florida Probate Code 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.
A 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 sections 732.216-732.228, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under section 732.2211.
The date of the first publication of this notice is: June 12, 2026.
/s/ Matthew David Barker
Matthew David Barker,
Personal Representative
/s/ Dylan R. Shea, Esq.
Dylan R. Shea, Esq.
Attorney for Personal Representative
Florida Bar No. 0107760
Guardian Legal
13102 Palm Beach Blvd, Suite E
Fort Myers, FL 33905
Telephone: 239.530.4300
Email: [email protected]
June 12, 19, 2026 26-02172L

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