NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICATION FOR FORMAL

PROBATE OF WILL

Probate No. 51-2020-PR-00001

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WARD COUNTY, STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of

Quentin V. Weigel, Deceased.

To: All unknown persons and to all

known persons whose addresses

are unknown who have any interest

in the above-referenced matter.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That

Trudy A. Weigel has filed with the

Clerk of District Court an Application

for Formal Probate of Will and Ap-

pointment of a Personal Represen-

tative. Hearing has been set upon

said Application on the 20th day of

February, 2020, at 9:30 a.m., at the

Courtroom of the above-named

Court in the City of Minot, County of

Ward, State of North Dakota, before

the Honorable Stacy Louser and any

person interested may appear and

be heard.

Dated this 8th day of January, 2020.

/s/Judith E. Howard

Judith E. Howard (ID 03482)

Howard & Associates

7 Third St. SE, Suite 202

Minot, ND 58701-3916

701-852-5904

jhoward@howardlawfirmnd.com

Attorney for Petitioner/

Personal Representative

(January 11-18-25, 2020)

NOTICE

The Ward County Planning Com-

missioners will not be holding their

regularly scheduled meeting on

January 16th, 2020. The next Plan-

ning Commission meeting will be

held on February 20th, 2020.

(January 11, 2020)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Probate No. 51-2019-PR-00182

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WARD COUNTY, STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate of

Kenneth Thompson, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the undersigned has been appointed

personal representative of the above

estate. All persons having claims

against the said deceased are re-

quired to present their claims within

three months after the date of the

first publication or mailing of this no-

tice or said claims will be forever

barred. Claims must either be

presented to Sheila Thompson a/k/a

Sheila Sharon Olson, Personal

Representative of the estate, at

2525 Elk Drive, P. O. Box 1000,

Minot, ND 58702-1000, or filed with

the Court.

Dated this 7th day of January, 2020.

/s/Sheila Thompson

Sheila Thompson

Matthew H. Olson – #06182

PRINGLE & HERIGSTAD, P. C.

2525 Elk Drive

P. O. Box 1000

Minot, ND 58702-1000

molson@pringlend.com

Attorney’s for:

Personal Representative

(January 11-18-25, 2020)

SUMMONS

FILE NO. 51-2019-JV-00168

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,

COUNTY OF WARD, IN JUVENILE

COURT, NORTH CENTRAL

JUDICIAL DISTRICT

IN THE INTEREST OF J.G.,

MINOR CHILD

State of North Dakota,

Petitioner,

vs.

J.G., child,

Father of J.G., Unknown,

Respondents.

THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED

RESPONDENT, UNKNOWN FA-

THER OF J.G. You are hereby sum-

moned and required to appear per-

sonally before the Juvenile Court, at

its Chambers, Ward County Court-

house in the City of Minot, in Ward

County and State of North Dakota,

on the 30th day of January, 2020, at

9:00 o’clock a.m. or as soon

thereafter as the parties can be

heard, for the purpose of a Petition

Hearing. If you fail to appear per-

sonally before the Court at said time

and place, or to show good cause

why you cannot do so, the Court will

make such Order as may be ap-

propriate and you may be proceed-

ed against for civil contempt. A copy

of said Summons, Petition and Ord-

er can be obtained at the Ward

County Juvenile Supervisor’s office

in the Ward County Courthouse in

Minot, North Dakota.

RIGHT TO COUNSEL

While you are not required to have

the assistance of legal counsel in

this proceeding, you are entitled to

such assistance if you so desire. In

accordance with Section 27-20-26,

NDCC, a child subject to proceed-

ings under Chapter 27-20, the Uni-

form Juvenile Court Act, is eligible

for court-appointed counsel if the

child is determined to be needy. A

needy child is one who is unable,

without undue financial hardship, to

provide full payment of legal counsel

and all other necessary expenses

for representation However, a child

is not considered needy if the child’s

parent or parents can, without undue

financial hardship, provide full pay-

ment for legal counsel and other ex-

penses of representation. You, as a

parent or parents of the child subject

to proceedings identified in the at-

tached Summons, are hereby given

notice of the potential obligation to

pay attorney’s fee, at the attorneys

usual hourly rate if, after the appoint-

ment of counsel by the court, it is

determined that your child is non eli-

gible for court-appointed counsel.

Dated this 30th day of December,

2019.

/s/Connie S. Portscheller

Connie S. Portscheller

Judicial Referee

Office Address: Ward County

Courthouse

315 3rd Street SE

Minot, ND 58701

Telephone: (701) 857-6650

(January 4-11-18, 2020)