Citation/Notice Text :

CITATION BY PUBLICATION – Parent and Child – Class 3. CAUSE # 103284-CC2 THE STATE OF TEXAS NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT: “You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney does not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 o’clock a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of twenty days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you. In addition to filing a written answer with the clerk, you may be required to make initial disclosures to the other parties of this suit. These disclosures generally must be made no later than 30 days after you file your answer with the clerk. Find out more at TexasLawHelp.org.” TO: Unknown Father and/or to all whom it may concern, Respondent, GREETINGS: YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the Honorable County Court at Law 2, Kaufman County, Texas, at or before 10:00 o’clock a.m. of the Monday next after the expiration of 20 days from the date of service of this citation, then and there to answer the petition of KENNETHIA HICKS, Petitioner, filed in said Court on this the 5th day of September, 2019, against BARBARA HICKS; Unknown Father, Respondent(s), and the said suit being number 103284-CC2 on the docket of said Court, and entitled; “ In the Interest of L.K.H., a child ”, the nature of which suit is a request to establish conservatorship of, possession of, and access to a child as is more fully shown by Petition on file in this suit. The date and place of birth of the child/children who is/are the subject of the suit is/are: Lucas Kayde Hicks born on January 30, 2018 in Mesquite, Texas The Court has authority in this suit to enter any judgment or decree in the child’s interest, which will be binding upon you, including the termination of the parent-child relationship, the determination of paternity, and the appointment of a conservator with authority to consent to the child’s (children’s) adoption. The office executing this writ shall promptly serve the same according to requirements of law, and the mandates hereof, and make due return as the law directs. Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court at Kaufman, Texas, on this the 22nd day of February, 2021. RHONDA HUGHEY DISTRICT CLERK 100 W. Mulberry Kaufman, TX 75142 By Michelle Lopez, Deputy Attorney for Plaintiff: Joseph Russell Law Office of Joseph Russell 107B North Jackson Street Kaufman Texas 75142