Order: Estate of Kenneth Leroy Johnson, A/K/A, Kenneth L. Johnson, Deceased

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                                No. PR-0084460

IN THE ESTATE OF                                §    IN THE PROBATE COURT
                                                §
KENNETH LEROY JOHNSON                           §
AKA KENNETH L. JOHNSON,                         §    OF
                                                §
DECEASED                                        §    GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS


                       AMENDED ORDER PROBATING WILL AND
                       AUTHORIZING LETTERS TESTAMENTARY

       This Amended Order Probating Will and Authorizing Letters Testamentary is filed

pursuant to a Motion for Judgment Nunc Pro Tunc to correct a clerical error, specifically the

name of the qualified Independent Executrix in an Order entered December 7, 2023, entered

upon the hearing of the Application filed herein by Kimberly K. Willis aka Kimberly Karen

Willis nka Kimberly Johnson Willis on November 8, 2023, for the probate of the Will of

Kenneth Leroy Johnson, hereinafter called Decedent, and for the issuance of Letters

Testamentary.

       The Court, after having heard and considered the evidence, finds as follows:

       1.       Legal notices of the filing of the Application have been issued and posted in the

manner and for the length of time required by law, and no one came to contest same.

       2.       The Will was executed on October 8, 2021 with the formalities and solemnities

and under the circumstances required by law to make it a valid Will.

       3.       The Will was self-proved according to law during the lifetime of the Decedent.

       4.       Such Will has not been revoked by Decedent.

       5.       Decedent died at Alvin, Galveston County, Texas on September 10, 2023.

       6.       This Court has jurisdiction and venue over the estate because Decedent was
domiciled in Texas and had a fixed place of residence in Galveston County, Texas at the time of

his death.

       7.      Four years have not elapsed since the death of Decedent or prior to the

Application.

       8.      A necessity exists for the administration of this estate.

       9.      No state, governmental agency of the state, nor charitable organization is named

by the Will as devisee.

       10.     Decedent's Will named Kimberly Karen Willis to serve as Independent

Executrix to act independently without bond or other security.             Kimberly K. Willis aka

Kimberly Karen Willis nka Kimberly Johnson Willis has not been convicted of any felony or

otherwise disqualified by law from serving as such or from accepting Letters Testamentary and

would be entitled to such letters.

       IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AND DECREED by the Court that the Will is hereby

proved and established and admitted to probate and recorded as the WILL of Kenneth Leroy

Johnson, Deceased, and that Kimberly Karen Johnson now known as Kimberly Johnson

Willis be, and is hereby appointed Independent Executrix of the Will and Estate without bond.

       IT IS FURTHER ORDERED by the Court that Letters Testamentary upon the Will and

Estate of Kenneth Leroy Johnson, Deceased, be and the same are hereby granted, that the Clerk

shall issue Letters Testamentary to Kimberly Johnson Willis, as Independent Executrix, when

qualified according to law, and that no other action shall be had in this Court other than the

return of an Inventory, Appraisement and List of Claims, or an affidavit in lieu of the Inventory,

Appraisement and List of Claims, as required by law and the notice to distributees required by

Section 308.001 et seq. of the Texas Estates Code. No interested person has filed an application
for the appointment of appraisers, and the requirement of the appointment of appraisers by the

Court is waived.

       SIGNED this        day of               , 2023.




                                           JUDGE PRESIDING




APPROVED AS TO FORM:


     /s/Diana G. Bertini
Diana G. Bertini
Attorney for Movant / Applicant
State Bar No.: 08125610
1802 Broadway, Ste. 224
Galveston, TX 77550
Telephone: (409) 941-9000
Facsimile: (888) 788-2441
E-mail: dgbertini@galtexlaw.com
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Envelope ID: 82748426
Filing Code Description: Motion
Filing Description: For Judgment Nunc Pro Tunc
Status as of 12/21/2023 9:06 AM CST

Case Contacts

Name             BarNumber Email                     TimestampSubmitted    Status

Diana GBertini             dgbertini@galtexlaw.com   12/20/2023 10:14:52 AM SENT

Stacie DeOre               office@galtexlaw.com      12/20/2023 10:14:52 AM SENT