LEGAL NOTICE: CITATION BY PUBLICATION IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF JOSHUA J. BUCHANAN AND SARA R. MALIK AND IN THE INTEREST OF J.B., A CHILD

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, May 30, 2024.

CITATION BY PUBLICATION

CAUSE NO. 113443D

THE STATE OF TEXAS:

IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE

OF JOSHUA J. BUCHANAN

AND SARA R. MALIK

AND IN THE INTEREST OF

J.B., A CHILD

IN THE 378TH DISTRICT COURT

ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS

TO: SARA MALIK, 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.”

The petition of BUCHANAN, JOSHUA, Petitioner, was filed in the 378TH Judicial District Court of Ellis County, Texas on 02/20/24 against MALIK, SARA, respondent in the above-entitled cause.

The suit entitled ORIGINAL PETITION FOR DIVORCE requests Divorce and Appointment of a Managing Conservator, Possessory Conservator, or access to or support of a child or children 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:

JOSHUA JOE BUCHANAN, JR., 

 DOB: 06/15/2011

The court has authority in this suit to render an order in the child ls/children ls interest that will be binding on you, including the term of the Parent-child Relationship, the term of paternity, and the appointment of a conservator with authority to consent to the child’s/children ls adoption.

Petitioner or Attorney for Petitioner: 

JOSHUA BUCHANAN,

3700 FM 85, APT 3209

ENNIS, TX 75119

ISSUED and given under my hand and seal of said Court at Waxahachie, TX this the 24th day of MAY, 2024.

MELANIE REED

ELLIS COUNTY 

DISTRICT CLERK

109 S. JACKSON

WAXAHACHIE, 

ELLIS COUNTY, TX 75165

By: /s/ Cheryl Wilson

Deputy