CITATION BY PUBLICATION FC 102.010 BY ORDER OF SUBSTITUTED SERVICE THE STATE OF TEXAS: CAUSE No. 2024-029-AD TO: Dylan Dewayne Allen, Respondent and All Whom it May Concern, GREETING: NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: “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 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 Laney M. Briggs and Kolby Briggs, Petitioners, was filed in the County Court at Law Court of Panola County, Texas on the 2nd day of February 2024 against Dylan Dewayne Allen, Respondent in cause no. 2024-029-AD and entitled ‘In the Interest of Anslee Harper Allen, a child. The suit requests Termination and Adoption of Stepchild 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: DOB: August 19, 2019 “The court has authority in this suit to render an order in the child’s (children’s) interest that will be binding on 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.” ISSUED and given under my hand and seal of said Court at Carthage, Texas this the 25th day of November 2025. Attorney for Petitioner Clerk of the Court: or Petitioner: Holly Hammons Lindsey Smith, District Clerk 302 Rieck Road Panola County, Texas Tyler, TX 75703 903-203-7679 By: Lora Brown, Deputy