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SUEANN E BENTZ

Baltimore · Estate #231541

MAIL · RE · OPEN
Date of death
02/12/2020
Filed
12/16/2025
Will
NO WILL
Closed
PR appointed
08/24/2026 (PR_APPEARED)
Mail after
09/14/2026
Exported
Last scraped
08/25/2026
Signals

Inventory filed · 1 claim(s) ·

Personal Representatives

DAWN JOHNSON
907 HARLAN AVE, ABERDEEN, MD 21001-3573

Attorneys

DOUGLAS PHILLIPS
PO BOX 573, CHURCHVILLE, MD 21028-0573

Docket History

Filed # Code Description Pages
12/09/2024 1 1112 REGULAR ESTATE PETITION FOR JUDICIAL PROBATE 15
12/09/2024 2 1104 LIST OF INTERESTED PERSONS 1
12/09/2024 3 1113 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL PROBATE HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 27, 2025 AT 10:00 AM. COPIES ISSUED TO ALL PARTIES 2
12/09/2024 4 1113 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL PROBATE (PUBLCATION) 1
12/19/2024 5 1378 CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION (REGULAR ESTATE) JUDICIAL 1
03/27/2025 6 1301 MINUTES OF HEARING 1
04/29/2025 7 1112 REGULAR ESTATE PETITION FOR PROBATE 3
04/29/2025 8 1104 LIST OF INTERESTED PERSONS 1
04/29/2025 9 1115 BOND OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE 2
04/29/2025 10 1114 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS, NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS - THE DAILY RECORD 1
04/29/2025 11 1373 ORDER DATED 04/29/2025 APPOINTING AMBER BENTZ AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE SUBJECT TO POSTING BOND APPROVED BY THE REGISTER OF WILLS 2
04/29/2025 12 1124 INFORMATION REPORT 2
04/29/2025 13 1370 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES 1
05/08/2025 14 1380 REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE OF NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT (REGULAR ESTATE) 1
05/22/2025 15 1378 CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION (REGULAR ESTATE) - THE DAILY RECORD 1
06/30/2025 16 1302 ADVANCE NOTICE ISSUED FOR INVENTORY 1
07/16/2025 17 1122 INVENTORY 3
10/14/2025 18 1331 MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM DOUGLAS PHILLIPS, ESQ. 1
10/14/2025 19 1200 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE 1
10/14/2025 20 1264 PETITION FOR REMOVAL OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PURSUANT TO MD ESTATES AND TRUSTS § 6-306 4
10/14/2025 21 1276 NOTICE OF OBJECTION TO INVENTORY FORM FILED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON JULY 16, 2025 18
10/14/2025 22 1297 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR REMOVAL, ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE PETITION FOR REMOVAL OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PURSUANT TO MD ESTATES AND TRUSTS § 6-306 ATTACHED ISSUED TO AMBER BENTZ. COPY OF SHOW CAUSE ORDER FOR REMOVAL ISSUED TO ALL OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. HEARING SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 16, 2025, AT 10:00 A.M. 2
11/03/2025 23 1128 CLAIM AGAINST DECEDENT'S ESTATE - ORIGINALLY FILED ON 11/03/2025 BY MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR $38,831.85 2
12/16/2025 24 1301 MINUTES OF HEARING 1
12/16/2025 25 1333 EXHIBITS FROM THE HEARING 11
12/16/2025 26 1284 ORDER OF COURT REMOVING AMBER BENTZ AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FURTHER ORDERED THAT THE FORMER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE SHALL SERVE AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR UNTIL APPOINTING A (SUCCESSOR) PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE 2
12/16/2025 27 1112 REGULAR ESTATE PETITION FOR PROBATE - SUCCESSOR PR 3
12/16/2025 28 1115 BOND OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE 2
12/16/2025 29 1104 LIST OF INTERESTED PERSONS 1
12/16/2025 30 1374 ORDER OF COURT REMOVING AMBER BENTZ AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND APPOINTING DAWN JOHNSON AS (SUCCESSOR) PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE UPON POSTING BOND IN A NOMINAL AMOUNT 2
12/16/2025 31 1370 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES 1
12/17/2025 32 1284 ORDER THAT SUCCESSOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE SHALL ACCOUNT FOR THE AMOUNTS THE FORMER PERSONAL REPRESENTTAIVE RECEIVED AND THE AMOUNTS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAID TO THE CLAIMANT AND OTHER HEIRS, AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT ONCE THE AMOUNTS DUE TO THE CLAIMANT AND THE OTHER HEIRS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THE SUCCESSOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE MAY EXECUTE ON THE BOND IN THE AMOUNT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAID TO THE ESTATE. 2
12/22/2025 33 1272 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE OF REGISTER OF WILLS- COPIES OF THE COURT ORDERS DATED 12/16/25 AND 12/17/25 RE-ISSUED TO AMBER BENTZ. 1
02/09/2026 34 1252 LETTER REQUESTING CONTEMPT HEARING 1
02/13/2026 35 1297 SHOW CAUSE ORDER AND ORDER FOR PERSON ALLEGED TO BE IN CIVIL CONTEMPT ISSUED TO AMBER BENTZ BY FIRST CLASS MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED AND PERSONAL SERVICE BY THE HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. COPY OF SHOW CAUSE ORDER AND ORDER FOR PERSON ALLEGED TO BE IN CIVIL CONTEMPT ISSUED TO ALL OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. HEARING SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 16, 2026 AT 10:30 A.M. 5
03/03/2026 36 1331 MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM DOUGLAS PHILLIPS, ESQ. TO AMBER BENTZ. 2
04/10/2026 37 1286 RESPONSE TO SHOW CAUSE ORDER 3
04/16/2026 38 1301 MINUTES OF HEARING FROM 4/16/26 1
04/16/2026 39 1333 EXHIBITS FROM THE 4/16/26 HEARING 17
04/17/2026 40 1284 ORDER THAT THE SHOW CAUSE ORDER AND ORDER FOR PERSON ALLEGED TO BE IN CIVIL CONTEMPT IS HEREBY DISMISSED, THAT THE SUCCESSOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO EXECUTE AGAINST THE BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND ONE DOLLARS AND FORTY-NINE CENTS ($51,601.49), THAT THE COUNSEL FOR THE ESTATE SHALL PROVIDE AN EXECUTED CONSENT ORDER, APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT, MEMORIALIZING THE AGREEMENT PLACED ON THE RECORD DURING THE HEARING, WITHIN FIFTEEN (15) DAYS, ETC. 2
04/21/2026 41 1302 ADVANCE NOTICE ISSUED FOR INVENTORY OF SUCCESSOR P.R. 1
04/28/2026 42 1284 CONSENT ORDER FOR JUDGMENT AGAINST BOND 8
05/14/2026 43 1331 CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM LIBERTY MUTUAL REGARDING THE RECEIPT OF AN ORDER 1
06/12/2026 44 1261 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 3
07/21/2026 45 1331 CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM DAWN M. JOHNSON, SUCCESSOR PR, ACCEPTING PREVIOUS INVENTORY 2
08/17/2026 46 1302 ADVANCE NOTICE ISSUED FOR INTERIM ACCOUNT OF SUCCESSOR P.R. 1