COURT OF WILLS, ESTATES & PROBATE
COUNTY OF BERNALILLO
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
NO. 2013-019
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
ELVIN TOWNSEND SMITH, Deceased.
NOTICE OF INFORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
To the heirs and devisees of ELVIN TOWNSEND SMITH:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that:
1. The decedent died on or about October 22, 2012.
2. ELAINE C. SMITH filed a Petition for Informal Probate of Will and Informal Appointment of Personal Representative in the above-named Court requesting that the Will of decedent dated August 30, 2005 be admitted to probate, and that ELAINE C. SMITH be appointed personal representative. The decedent’s Will nominates ELAINE C. SMITH as personal representative.
3. On FEB 12, 2013, the Court issued an Order of Informal Probate of Will and for Informal Appointment of Personal Representative admitting the Will to informal probate and appointing ELAINE C. SMITH as personal representative to serve without bond.
4. Bond has not been filed.
5. The personal representative is charged by the Court to administer this estate pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Probate Code, NMSA 1978, 45-1-101 et. seq. without supervision by the Court. You are entitled to information regarding the administration of the estate from the personal representative. Papers relating to this estate are on file with the Wills, Estates and Probate Court and are available for your inspection there. In addition, you can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including without limitation, distribution of assets and the expenses of administration.
DATED: January _____, 2013.
/s/V. Arthur Bova, Jr.
V. ARTHUR BOVA, JR.
Attorney for Personal Representative
5716 Osuna NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
(505) 881-5225
HCS Pub. February 22, March 1, 2013
