Court File Number: 27-PA-PR-25-1630
NOTICE AND ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORSSTATE OF MINNESOTA
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
PROBATE DIVISION
Estate of: BRIAN JAMES MURDOCK,
DecedentIt is Ordered:
A hearing will be held via Zoom at 10:30 AM on January 14, 2026 by this court for the formal probate of a document that is claimed to be the Will of the Decedent dated October 7, 2025, and for the appointment of Tristen Cohen, whose address is 6898 Skylark Court South, Cottage Grove, Minnesota 55016 as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in a SUPERVISED administration. If proper and if no objections are filed, 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.
To join the hearing log into https://zoomgov.com/join and enter the Meeting ID 161 908 6006 and Passcode 692591. If you do not have the ability to join by internet, you may join by telephone by calling toll-free 1-833-568-8864. Enter the same meeting ID and passcode and press *6 to unmute. Visit https://www.mncourts.gov/Remote-Hearings for more information and options for joining remote hearings.
If you object to this petition, you must file a written objection with the court by 4:30pm on January 13, 2026. Written objections may be filed with the required filing fee the following ways: 1) Mailed to Hennepin County District Court -- Probate/Mental Health Division, 300 South Sixth Street -- C4 Govt. Ctr., Minneapolis, MN 55487-0340; or 2) Electronically filed using the electronic filing system.
It is further ordered that notice shall be given by: 1) publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper in Hennepin County, the last publication of which is to be at least ten (10) days before the deadline for objections; and 2) mailing via U.S. Postal Service a copy of this Notice and Order postmarked at least fourteen (14) days prior to the deadline for objections to all interested persons as defined in Minnesota Statutes § 524.1-401 and persons who have filed a demand for notice pursuant to Minnesota Statutes § 524.3-204. Any charitable beneficiary may request notice of the probate proceeding be given to the attorney general pursuant to Minnesota Statutes § 501B.41, subdivision 5.
Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes § 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the court within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.
Date: December 10, 2025JULIA DAYTON KLEIN
Judge of District CourtAttorney for Petitioner
Daniel S. Kufus (ARN 0390478)
Steinhagen, Crist, Wehrly & Kufus PLLP
5001 Chowen Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55410
612-922-2260
dkufus@steinhagen-crist.com(December 12, 19, 2025) 4118847