Judge Jennifer M. Phillips

Applies to

Petition and proposed order

The conservator may annually file a petition and proposed order to pay specified taxes, bond premiums, tax-return-preparer fees, and related attorney fees without changing the estate's non-final account probable classification.

Applies to

Settlement

Vouchers, receipts, canceled checks, or qualifying financial-institution business records affidavits supporting each settlement disbursement must be e-filed with the settlement.

Applies to

Settlement

The settlement filed next after a foreclosure must contain proof of foreclosure, and the conservator must file the trustee's deed showing the conveyance date, consideration, and grantee.

The Clerk must provide at least 40 days' notice that a settlement is due, but failure to receive notice does not excuse timely filing.

A settlement is due on the anniversary date of the issuance of letters.

If a settlement is not timely filed, the court will issue a continuance giving two weeks to file before an order for citation may issue.

Applies to

Notice of hearing

For the specified VA-benefit estates, a support-and-maintenance order requires notice to the Veterans Administration unless the agency has waived hearing notice.

Service

Publication

Notice of filing the final settlement must be published and mailed unless waivers have been obtained, and this requirement does not apply to minors' estates.

Service

Publication

If the property exceeds $15,000 and less than one year has elapsed since the decedent's death, notice to creditors must be published.

Applies to

Show cause order

Payment of the show cause order's costs is required for dismissal after the exception letter is cleared.

Applies to

Show cause order

The costs of a show cause order may not be paid from estate assets.

Applies to

Order of nfp

Outstanding court costs and previously allowed fees must be paid before the court enters an order placing an estate on no further process.