LEGAL NOTICE: CITATION BY PUBLICATION TO ALL PERSON INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF FRANKLIN DAVID RITCHEY

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, May 25, 2023.

CITATION BY PUBLICATION - APPLICATION TO DETERMINE HEIRSHIP AND FOR INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 401.003 OF THE TEXAS ESTATES CODE 

The State of Texas

To all person interested in the Estate of 

FRANKLIN DAVID RITCHEY 

23-E-2162

In the Ellis County Court at Law No. 1 

The alleged heir(s) in the above-numbered and entitled estate filed an APPLICATION TO DETERMINE HEIRSHIP AND FOR INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 401.003 OF THE TEXAS ESTATES CODE in the estate on the 11th day of May, 2023, requesting that the Court determine who are the heir and only heir of FRANKLIN DAVID RITCHEY Deceased, and their respective share and interest in such estate. 

This Application may be acted on by the Court at any call of the docket on or after 10:00 a.m. on the first Monday following the expiration of ten days from date of publication of this citation. 

All persons interested in this case are cited to appear before this Honorable Court by filing a written contest or answer to this Application should they desire to do so. 

To ensure its consideration, you or your attorney must file any objection, intervention, or response in writing with the County Clerk of Ellis County, Texas on or before the above-noted date and time.

If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of it issuance, it shall be returned unserved.

Given under my hand and the seal of the Probate Court of Ellis County, Texas at the office of the Ellis County Clerk in Waxahachie, Texas, on the 16th day of May, 2023.

Krystal Valdez

Clerk of the County Court at Law # I

Ellis County, Texas

By: /s/  Tabitha Smith,

Deputy Clerk