Notice to creditors regarding the estate of John Michael Gavigan.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION 
File No. 2025-CP-3741 
Division Probate 
IN RE: ESTATE OF
JOHN MICHAEL GAVIGAN AKA JOHN M. GAVIGAN 
Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS 
(Summary Administration) 
TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE: 
You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administration has been entered in the estate of John Michael Gavigan AKA John M. Gavigan, deceased, File Number 2025-CP-3741, by the Circuit Court for Lee County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Justice Center, 2nd Floor, 2075 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL 33901; that the decedent's date of death was February 27, 2018; that the total value of the estate is $172,040.68 and that the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such order are:

Helen Hutchings
717 Portstewart Dr. 
Cary, NC 27519

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT: 


All creditors of the estate of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent other than those for whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of Summary Administration must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702. ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The personal representative has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent's death by the decedent or the decedent's surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in ss. 732.216-732.228, Florida Statutes, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes. 
The date of first publication of this Notice is January 21, 2026.
Attorney for Person Giving Notice 
/s/ Michelle A. Berglund-Harper
Michelle A. Berglund-Harper, Esq. 
Attorney 
Florida Bar Number: 0084028 
MURPHY & BERGLUND PLLC 
1101 Douglas Avenue 
Suite 1006 
Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 
Telephone: (407) 865-9553 
Fax: (407) 865-5742 
E-Mail:
michelle@murphyberglund.com [michelle@murphyberglund.com]
Secondary E-Mail:
debra@murphyberglund.com [debra@murphyberglund.com]
Person Giving Notice: 
Helen Hutchings 
717 Portstewart Dr. 
Cary, North Carolina 27519
January 21, 28, 2026
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