Petition to Administer Estate

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DARELL G. WHITAKER CASE NO. PR120126

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DARELL G. WHITAKER, also known as DARELL GLEN WHITAKER and DARELL WHITAKER.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DANA WHITAKER in the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DANA WHITAKER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be held on June 21, 2012 at 1:50 p.m. at the Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, in Dept. 8.
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code Section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER:
JAMES K. MORRISON S.B.#30716
MORRISON & MORRISON
3005 G STREET
EUREKA, CA 95501
(707) 443-8012
MAY 18, 2012
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
5/24, 5/31, 6/7/2012 (12-157)