Elizabeth Girling signs "BY:" under Michael F. Upton on Ramsey County District Court probate notices. She is a Deputy Court Administrator in the Second Judicial District, one rung below the Court Administration Manager II tier on the office’s custody-chain.
Why It Matters
Girling is on the map because the chain of custody the corpus contests runs through her signature line. On documented probate notices from July 2025 — the Estate of Barbara Wilfahrt (62-PR-25-591), the Estate of Lynn Bruski (62-PR-25-586), the Estate of John Hennessy (62-PR-25-543) — and earlier back through the Estate of Diane Shuda in November 2023, her name appears on the “BY:” line below Upton’s “Court Administrator” signature block.
That is the specific rung where a floor clerk’s escalation gets committed to paper. When a court administrator’s decision on a filing needs a signature, the deputy is the officer of record on the “BY:” line. Girling is one of two deputies who share that signature block with Upton (the other is Benjamin Linker).
The signature above hers reads Court Administrator. The signature is hers.
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