LEGAL NOTICE: CITATION BY PUBLICATION IN THE INTEREST OF MATTHEW LUKE OROZCO, A CHILD, TO WELBORN, JOSEPH CRAIG, RESPONDENT

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.

CITATION BY PUBLICATION

CAUSE NO. 111930D

THE STATE OF TEXAS

IN THE INTEREST OF

MATTHEW LUKE OROZCO,

A CHILD

IN THE 378TH

JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

OF ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS

TO: WELBORN, JOSEPH CRAIG, Respondent, GREETINGS:

NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: “You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 am on the Monday next following the expiration of 20 days after the date 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. Find out more at texaslawhelp.org.”

The petition of KIMBERLY STRAUSER and AARON STRAUSER, petitioners, was filed in the above numbered cause on 08/21/2023 in the 378rn JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of ELLIS County, Texas.

A brief statement of the nature of this suit is as follows, to-wit: ORIGINAL PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF CHILD, as is more fully shown by the Petition on file in this suit.

The name, date and place or birth or the child/children who arc subject or this suit is/arc as follows:

OROZCO, MATTHEW LUKE

DOB: 09/06/2016

The court has authority in this suit to enter any judgement or decree in the child’s (children’s) interest which will he binding upon you, including the termination of the parent-child relationship, the determination of paternity and the appoi11tment of a conservator with authority to consent to the child’s or children ·s adoption.

The name and address of the attorney for the plaintiffs is: BEYERLY CAHILL, 1717 MAIN STREET, 25111 FLOOR, DALLAS, TX 75201.

Issued and given under my hand and seal or said Court at Waxahachie, Texas this the 6th day of February, 2024.

MELANIE REED,

Ellis County District Clerk 

109 S. Jackson Street 

Waxahachie, TX 75165

By /s/ Cheryl Wilson, 

Deputy