26-04120N

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 18TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
UCN:
52-2026-CP-004658-XXES-PR
IN RE: ESTATE OF
ELAINE MARION MCWHIRTER,
a/k/a MARION ELAINE
MCWHIRTER,
a/k/a ELAINE MCWHIRTER,
Deceased.
The administration of the estate of ELAINE MARION MCWHIRTER a/k/a ELAINE MCWHIRTER, deceased, whose date of death was July 9, 2025, is pending in the Circuit Court for Pinellas County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is the Pinellas County Courthouse, 315 Court Street, Clearwater, FL 33756. The names and addresses of the Personal Representatives and the Personal Representatives’ 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.
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 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 §732.216-732.228, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under §732.2211.
The date of first publication of this notice is September 11, 2026.
ADRIANNE HAMMOND
69 Cumberland Cresent
London, Ontario, N5X 1B7 Canada
LEON MCWHIRTER
13 Ewart Street
Bolton, Ontario, L7E 2T3 Canada
Stephen E. Spira, Esq.
Florida Bar No: 492061
Spira Law Group, PA
4865 N. Wickham Rd., Suite 106
Melbourne, Florida 32940-8303
(321) 610-3001
[email protected]
[email protected]
Attorney for Petitioners
September 11, 18, 2026 26-04120N

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