NOTICE OF UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION TO BE MAILED TO A DISTRIBUTEE IN THE SUPERIOR COURT 1 OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTY KOSCIUSKO COUNTY JUSTICE BUILDING 121 NORTH LAKE STREET WARSAW, IN 46580-2788 CASE NUMBER: 43D01-1506-EU-86 Notice is hereby given that Paula J. Dearborn was on the 22nd day of June, 2015, appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of Bonnie Jean Shafer who died on June 5, 2015. The estate will be administered without court supervision. As an heir, a devisee, or a legatee of the estate (a "distributee"), you are advised of the following information: (1) The Personal Representative has the authority to take actions concerning the estate without first consulting you. (2) The Personal Representative may be serving without posting a bond with the court. You have the right to petition the court to set a bond for your protection. (3) The Personal Representative will not obtain court approval of any action, including the amount of attorney's or personal representative's fees. (4) Within two (2) months after the appointment of the Personal Representative, the Personal Representative must prepare any inventory of the estate's assets. You have the right to request and receive a copy of this inventory from the personal representative. However, if you do not participate in the residue of the estate and receive only a specific bequest in money or personal property that will be paid, you are entitled only to the information concerning your specific bequest and not to the asset of the estate as a whole. (5) The Personal Representative is required to furnish you with a copy of the closing statement that will be filed with the court, and, if your interests are affected, with a full account in writing of the administration of the estate. (6) You must file an objection to the closing statement within three (3) months after the closing statement is filed with the court if you want the court to consider your objection. (7) If an objection to the closing statement is not filed wit the court within three (3) months after the filing of the closing statement, the estate is closed and the court does not have a duty to audit or make an inquiry. If, at any time before the estate is closed, you have a reason to believe that the administration of the estate should be supervised by the court, you have the right to petition the court for supervised administration. If you do not understand this notice, you should ask your attorney to explain it to you. The Personal Representative's addresses is 711 Pam Street, Warsaw, IN 46580. The Attorney for the Personal Representative is Attorney Vern K. Landis, whose address is 105 East Main Street, Warsaw, Indiana 46580 and whose telephone number is (574) 267-6116. Dated at Warsaw, Indiana, this 22nd day of June, 2015. Ann Torpy, Clerk of the Courts 6-26, 7-3 hspaxlp
