PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
FREEBORN COUNTY
DISTRICT COURT
THIRD DISTRICT
COURT FILE NUMBER:
24-PR-26-507
CASE TYPE: FORMAL UNSUPERVISED
ESTATE OF LINDA STIGNEY, A/K/A LINDA MAY STIGNEY, A/K/A LYNN ROSE HOEVE, DECEASED
NOTICE AND ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
It is ordered and notice is given that on May 20, 2026, at 9:00 AM a hearing will be held via Zoom, see Notice of Remote Hearing, at Freeborn County Courthouse, 411 S Broadway, Albert Lea, MN for the formal probate of a document that is claimed to be the:
original Will of the Decedent, dated January 30, 2026; and for the appointment of: Amanda Somnis, 923 Frank AVE., Albert Lea, MN 56007 as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an unsupervised administration.
Any objections to the petition should be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. NOTE: You will need to pay a filing fee when you file the objection. If you cannot afford the fee, you can ask for a fee waiver (see
http://mncourts.gov/GetForms.aspx?c=19&p=69).
If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate.
Notice is also given that (subject to Minn. Stat. §
524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.
BY THE COURT:
April 7, 2028
/s/Christy Hormann
District Court Judge
Rebecca S. Mittag - Court Administrator
X Attorney for Personal Representative:
Name: Leah M. Holland Firm: Leach Law PLLC, 1206 West Front Street
Albert Lea, Minnesota, 56007
Attorney License No.: 0504665
Telephone: (507) 369-5953
Email: leah@
leachlawalbertlea.comAlbert Lea Tribune:
Apr. 15 and 22, 2026
EST/STIGNEY, L.