PR from all the Horwath children except Mary.[7] The record does not reflect Michael's actual appointment as PR for Marjorie's estate,[8] but her estate was administratively closed on April 7, 2004, listing Michael as PR.
Michael died in 2007. Following his death, daughter Sue petitioned to reopen Marjorie's estate and to be appointed successor PR in intestacy. Lacking consent from all her siblings, Sue filed a Request for Conversion to Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy, Determination of Heirs, and Appointment of Personal Representative in a Formal Proceeding on December 4, 2007. A hearing was scheduled for January 28, 2008 in Ketchikan.
At this January 2008 hearing, Mary testified that she believed there remained unpaid items that Michael had been required to pay in connection with her care of their mother*757 Marjorie in Minnesota; specifically, she mentioned $150,000 in home renovations and a figure of $15 per hour for Marjorie's care.
Following the January 2008 hearing, Sue was appointed PR for Marjorie's estate. Notice to creditors was published in the Ketchikan Daily News for three consecutive weeks, from April 2 to April 16, 2008. An affidavit of publication was not filed with the court until December 17, 2008, almost eight months later.

C. Estate Of Michael Horwath
As previously stated, Michael Horwath administered his father's estate's interim fishing permits from 1993 until his own death on April 1, 2007 at age 55. Michael also acted as PR for Andrew Sr.'s estate from April 2002 until his death, served as conservator of Marjorie's estate during her final years, and applied to be