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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. IN RE: ESTATE OF DAVID E. SMITH Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of David E. Smith, deceased, whose date of death was March 28, 2025, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 4025 Avalon Blvd. , Milton, FL 32583. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733. 702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is 7/10/2025. Attorney for Personal Representative: KENNETH L. BROOKS, JR. Attorney Florida Bar Number: 0930369 Brooks & Associates, P. A. 6867 Oak Street Milton, FL 32570 Telephone: (850) 623-3605 Fax: (850) 623-8990 E-Mail: kbrooks@brooks-warrick.com Secondary E-Mail: amiley@brooks-warrick.com Personal Representative: Jonathan Ring ML3886

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF GILMER COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 2025-CV-0304 In Re: PETITION OF SOPHIA WOELFEL FOR NAME CHANGE OF RAINER OTTO NICHOLI SMITH, A MINOR CHILD NOTICE OF PETITION TO CHANGE NAME OF MINOR CHILD COMES NOW, Sophia Woelfel, and by and through her counsel, Christopher Conowal, Esq. , has filed a petition in the Gilmer County Superior Court on the 5th day of June 2025, to change the name of her minor child, Rainer Otto Nicholi Smith to Rainer Otto Nicholi Woelfel. Any interested party has the right to appear in this case and file objections within the time prescribed in OCGA 19-12-1(f)(2) and (3). This 20th day of June 2025. Christopher W. Conowal Georgia Bar No. 457590 Attorney for Petitioner CHRISTOPHER W. CONOWAL, P. C. 900 Old Dawson Village Road, Suite 220 Dawsonville, GA 30534 P: 706-216-4200 F: 706-216-4201 chris@cwwlawfirm.com ML3885

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
Case No. : 2025 DR 001628
IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION
OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR THE PROPOSED
ADOPTION OF A MINOR CHILD
NOTICE OF ACTION FOR
TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS PENDING ADOPTION
TO: Unknown
Santa Rosa County
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights Pending Adoption has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to Clay H. Whittaker, Esq. d/b/a Gulf Coast Adoptions, PLLC, as the Adoption Entity, and whose address is 30 S. Spring St. Pensacola, Florida 32502 (and phone number 850-999-7977), on or before August 18th 2025 and file the original with the Clerk of this Court at M. C. Blanchard Judicial Building, 190 W. Government Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502, before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. The minor child is identified as follows: Name: Baby Boy Stradford
Date of Birth: April 17, 2025
Place of Birth: Baptist Hospital, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida
Physical Description of Respondent Unmarried Biological Father: Age: 40
Race: Caucasian
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Approximate Height: 6’
Approximate Weight: 240
Potential Location: Santa Rosa County
No further information or identifying characteristics of the unknown respondent unmarried biological father are known. Hearing Date for Petition for Termination of Parental Rights Pending Adoption: Friday, August 22, 2025 @ 9: 45 A. M. Judge Todd Harris
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Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request. The Court’s primary phone number is 850-595-4400 and the Family Law Division phone number is 850-595-4331. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12. 915. ) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or e-mailed to the addresses on record at the clerk’s office. Pam Childers, Clerk & Comptroller
Dated: 7/3/25 CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
By: /s/ Leslee Scruggs
{Deputy Clerk}
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION CASE NO. 2025-CP-000354 IN RE: THE ESTATE OF RONALD W. BEYEA, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Summary Administration) TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE: You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administration has been entered in the ESTATE OF RONALD W. BEYEA, deceased, Case Number 2025-CP-000354, by the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, the address of which is Santa Rosa County Courthouse, 4025 Avalon Blvd. , Milton, FL 32583; that the cash value of the estate is less than $75, 000. 00; and the name and address of those to whom it has been assigned by such order are: Matthew L. Beyea 227 Citadel Lane Crestview, FL 32539 ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT: All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent other than those listed in the Order of Summary Administration must file their claims with this Court WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. The personal representative or curator has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent's death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights as Death Act as described in ss. 732. 216 – 732. 228 applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by the surviving spouse or a beneficiary as specified under s. 732. 2211. ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. The date of the first publication of this Notice is July 10th, 2025. /s/ MATTHEW L. BEYEA, MATTHEW L. BEYEA, Petitioner /s/ P. MICHELLE FREEMAN P. MICHELLE FREEMAN Florida Bar No. 0092885 michelle@fleetsmithlaw.com FLEET, SMITH & FREEMAN 1283 N. Eglin Parkway, Suite A Shalimar, FL 32579 (850) 651-4006; (850) 651-5006 Fax ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER ML3883

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 1ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. 24000470CAMXAX PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. GUOQING WU; FANG WANG; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF GUOQING WU; THE BERNATH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. ; UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, Defendant(s) NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure filed May 28, 2025 and entered in Case No. 24000470CAMXAX, of the Circuit Court of the 1st Judicial Circuit in and for SANTA ROSA County, Florida, wherein PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC is Plaintiff and GUOQING WU; FANG WANG; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF GUOQING WU; UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY; THE BERNATH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. ; are defendants. Jason D. English, Esq. , the Clerk of the Circuit Court, will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash BY ELECTRONIC SALE AT: WWW. SANTAROSA. REALFORECLOSE. COM, at 11: 00 A. M. , C. S. T. on July 29, 2025, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit: LOT 41, BLOCK A, THE BERNATH PLACE, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK F, PAGE 10, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the Clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed. Dated this 30th day of June 2025. /s/ Marc Granger Marc Granger, Esq. Bar. No. : 146870 Kahane & Associates, P. A. 1619 NW 136th Avenue, Suite D-220 Sunrise, Florida 33323 Telephone: (954) 382-3486 Telefacsimile: (954) 382-5380 Designated service email: notice@kahaneandassociates.com This notice is provided pursuant to Administrative Order No 2023-02. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact: Court Administration, ADA Liaison Santa Rosa County 4025 Avalon Blvd. Milton, FL 32583 Phone (850) 623-3159 Fax (850) 983-0602 ADA.SantaRosa@flcourts1.gov at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. ML3880