Legals for April, 17 2024
NO. 30238 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at Trustee’s Sale on the 19th day of June, 2024, at 1:30 o’clock p.m., at the front door of the Flathead County Justice Center, 920 South Main, Kalispell, MT, is the following property: Lot 62 of Zimwald Suburban Tracts, according to the official plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Flathead County, Montana. Jimmy Hiatt, a married man as his separate estate, as Grantor, conveyed the above-described property to Flathead County Title Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Montana Mortgage Company, as Beneficiary, by Trust Indenture, dated March 3, 2000, and recorded March 6, 2000, under Document No. 2000-066-16220, records of the Clerk and Recorder of Flathead County, Montana. The beneficial interest in the Trust Indenture is currently held by Montana Board of Housing as a result of the most recent Assignment, recorded March 6, 2000, as Document No. 2000-066-16230, records of the Clerk and Recorder of Flathead County, Montana. The Trustee in the Trust Indenture was replaced by a Successor Trustee, namely, Jeff A. Turner, the undersigned. The default in the obligation, the performance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default this foreclosure is made, is the failure by the Grantor, or other person owing an obligation, or by their successors-in-interest, to pay the monthly installments of $379.71 due thereunder on the 1st day of the months of March 1, 2023, through April 1, 2023, and to pay the monthly installments of $365.32 due thereunder on the 1st day of the months of May 1, 2023 through January 1, 2024, which is applied to principal and interest and to an escrow account if established for other obligations under the Trust Indenture, late charges which are 4.00% of each payment more than 15 days in arrears, and escrow shortages currently $337.64, attorney’s fees and foreclosure costs, currently $299.30, advances for property protection and partial funds, currently none, for a current total default of $4,684.24; together with accruing late charges, advances, and expenses of foreclosure, including attorney’s fees and costs. There is presently owed on the obligation secured by the Trust Indenture the principal sum of $9,930.29, plus interest thereon at the rate of 6.000% per annum from the 1st day of February, 2023, until paid, or $1.6300 per day, currently a total of $594.18, late charges, advances for property protection, and escrow shortages, currently, $1,677.15, attorney’s fees and costs, currently $299.30, for a current total indebtedness of $12,500.92. Other expenses to be charged against the sale proceeds include accruing late charges, escrow shortages, if any, attorney’s fees and costs, and expenses of foreclosure and sale. The Beneficiary has elected to sell the above-described property to satisfy the aforementioned obligation and has instructed the undersigned Trustee to do so. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be by a Trustee’s Deed, made “as is,” without representations or warranties, express or implied, including warranties of title, possession or encumbrances. The purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The sale may be postponed up to 15 days for any reason by public proclamation at the scheduled sale. If there is a stay by bankruptcy or court order, the sale may be postponed up to 30 days at a time by public proclamation, for a total of no more than 120 days. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, may pay to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the Trust Indenture and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default theretofore existing. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DATED this 31st day of January, 2024. /s/ Jeff A. Turner JEFF A. TURNER, Successor Trustee P.O. Box 2502 208 North Broadway, Suite 324 STATE OF MONTANA : ss. County of Yellowstone On this 31st day of January, 2024, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared JEFF A. TURNER, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity as Trustee. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year first above written. /s/ Amy J. Budge Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Laurel, Montana My Commission Expires April 08, 2027 (Notarial Seal) April 3, 10, 17, 2024 MNAXLP __________________________
NO. 30259 Grant S. Snell Madeline M. Clarke Crowley Fleck PLLP 219 E. Center St. P.O. Box 759 Kalispell, MT 59903-0759 Telephone: (406) 751-3262 Facsimile: (406) 752-5108 Attorneys for Co-Personal Representatives MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FLATHEAD COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of Helen M. Meyers, Deceased. Cause No.: No.: DP-15-2024-0000082-IT Judge Heidi J. Ulbricht NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Marjorie V. Howell and Duane A. Erie have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the Decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice, or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to the estate, return receipt requested, at P.O. Box 759, Kalispell, MT 59903-0759, or filed with the Clerk of this Court. Dated 03/23, 2024. /s/Marjorie V. Howell Marjorie V. Howell, Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of Helen M. Meyers /s/Duane A. Erie Duane A. Erie, Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of Helen M. Meyers April 10, 17, 24, 2024 MNAXLP __________________________
NO. 30260 Karl K. Rudbach HASH, O,BRIEN, BIBY & MURRAY, PLLP 136 1st Avenue West Kalispell, MT 59901 Telephone: (406) 755-6919 karl@hashlaw.com Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FLATHEAD COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of WINNIFRED STORLI, Deceased. Probate No. DP-23-356(D) NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Hash, O’Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP, 136 1st Avenue West, Kalispell, Montana 59901, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled court. Dated this 4th day of April, 2024. /s/Per Grimm Storli Personal Representative HASH, O’BRIEN, BIBY & MURRAY, PLLP By: /s/Karl K. Rudbach Attorneys for Personal Representative April 10, 17, 24, 2024 MNAXLP __________________________
NO. 30263 Montana 11th Judicial District Court Flathead County In the Matter of the Name Change of Ava Gilchrist-Stratton: Kayla James, Petitioner Cause No.: DV-24-496 HEIDI J ULBRICHT Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from Ava Joy Gilchrist-Stratton to Ava Joy James. The hearing will be on 05/15/2024 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Flathead County. Date: April 1, 2024 Peg Allison Clerk of District Court By: /s/Rachel Faber Deputy Clerk of Court // Rachel Faber April 10, 17, 24, and May 1, 2024 MNAXLP __________________________
NO. 30273 TANKO LAW OFFICE BRIAN C. TANKO, ESQ. Montana Bar No. 5194 392 - 1st Avenue East North Kalispell, MT 59901 Tel: (406) 257-3711 Fax: (406) 257-3722 Email: btanko@tankolaw.com Web: www.tankolaw.com Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FLATHEAD COUNTY In Re: The Estate of: CAROL A. SORENSON, Deceased. Cause No.: DP-15-2024-0000093-II Robert Allison District Court Judge NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Steven D. Wickham, Jr., the Personal Representative, c/o Tanko Law Office, 392 – 1st Avenue E.N., Kalispell, MT 59901, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 10th day of April, 2024. /s/ Steven D. Wickham STEVEN D. WICKHAM, JR., Personal Representative Submitted by: TANKO LAW OFFICE /s/ Brain C. Tanko BRIAN C. TANKO, ESQ. Attorney for Personal Representative April 17, 24 and May 1, 2024 MNAXLP __________________________
NO. 30275 NOTICE OF APPLICATION OF STOCKMAN BANK OF MONTANA FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BRANCH OFFICE Notice is hereby given by the Applicant, Stockman Bank of Montana, 700 Main Street, PO Box 250, Miles City, Montana 59301, that it has applied to, or will apply to, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Montana Department of Administration, Division of Banking and Financial Institutions for permission to establish a new branch at the following location: 1825 US Highway 93 South, Suite F, Kalispell, Montana 59901. Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments in writing with the Regional Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at the appropriate FDIC office at 25 Jessie Street at Ecker Square, Suite 2300, San Francisco, CA 94105 not later than May 2, 2024. The non-confidential portions of the application are on file at the appropriate FDIC office and are available for public inspection during regular business hours. Photocopies of the non-confidential portion of the application file will be made available upon request. Publication Date: April 17, 2024. Stockman Bank of Montana Miles City, Montana /s/ Jeffrey D. Johnstone Chief Accounting Officer April 17, 2024 MNAXLP __________________________