IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL ACTION NO.: 2025-CA-2524 PARCEL NO.: 138   STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Petitioner,  vs.   LINDA DUVALL COOPER, an unremarried widow; VICKI EDSON ENGELHARDT, a married person; TRACY LYNN EDSON, a single person; LEE THOMAS EDSON, a married person; JANICE MAUREEN EDSON, a single person; MICHAEL TODD EDSON, a single person; TIMOTHY DAYNE DUVALL, a single person; TAMMIE DUVALL BLOM, a married person; STEVEN THOMAS DUVALL, a married person; KIMBERLY DUVALL MAYO, a married person; THOMAS ANDREW DUVALL, a married person; BRETT SHERMAN DUVALL, a married person; GLENN WAYNE DUVALL, a married person; LAKE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR,   Respondents.   NOTICE TO SHOW CAUSE AND NOTICE OF SUIT   STATE OF FLORIDA TO:   Linda Duvall Cooper, an unremarried widow Serve: Linda Duvall Cooper 17737 Lake Lucy Ln Groveland, FL 34736   Vicki Edson Engelhardt, a married person Serve: Vicki Edson Engelhardt 2099 Allison Court Middleburg, FL 32068 Filing # 237309418 E-Filed 12/09/2025 11:25:01 AM   Tracy Lynn Edson, a single person Serve: Tracy Lynn Edson 1140 Fairfield Drive Hudsonville, MI 49426   Lee Thomas Edson, a married person Serve: Lee Thomas Edson 3120 Belgiam Drive Lansing, MI 48906   Janice Maureen Edson, a single person Serve: Janice Maureen Edson 415 Reese Street Playa Del Ray, CA 90293   Michael Todd Edson, a single person Serve: Michael Todd Edson 2044 Canopy Drive SW Byron, MI 49315   Timothy Dayne Duvall, a single person Serve: Timothy Dayne Duvall 621 SW 11th Court Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315   Tammie Duvall Blom, a married person Serve: Tammie Duvall Blom 11706 Moccasin Court Tomball, TX 77377   Stephen Thomas Duvall a/k/a Steven Thomas Duvall, a married person Serve: Steven Thomas Duvall 3496 Rolling Trail Palm Harbor, FL 34684   Kimberly Duvall Mayo, a married person Serve: Kimberly Duvall Mayo 9530 Sunbelt Street, Unit 108 Tampa, FL 33635   Thomas Andrew Duvall, a married person Serve: Thomas Andrew Duvall 238 Harbor Court Winter Garden, FL 34787   Brett Sherman Duvall, a married person Serve: Brett Sherman Duvall 32219 Laurel Court Eustis, FL 32736   Glenn Wayne Duvall, a married person Serve: Glenn Wayne Duvall 383 W. Hester Road Cottontown, TN 37048   To all said defendants who are living and all defendants who are deceased, if any, and the unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, lienors, or other parties claiming by, through, under, or against any such defendant or defendants, if alive, and, if dead, their unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, legatees, grantees, creditors, lienors, or other parties claiming by, through, under, or against any such deceased defendant or defendants, and all other parties having or claiming to have any right, title, or interest in and to the property described in the Petition, to wit:    THAT PART OF:   “Beginning at the Southeast corner of Lot 3, Block 43, according to the plat of the Town of Groveland (formerly Taylorville, Florida), running thence in a Northeasterly direction in a line parallel with Main Avenue to a point on the South line of Edge’s Second Addition to the Town of Groveland produced Westward, thence East to the West line of Lot 11, said Edge’s Second Addition, thence South to the North line of Patterson Street produced Southeasterly, thence Northwesterly of the North line of said Patterson Street produced Southeasterly to point of beginning.”   (Being a portion of those lands described in Official Records Book 47, Page 592, Public Records of Lake County, Florida)   MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:   Commence at a hex bolt in asphalt without identification marking the Southwest corner of Section 19, Township 22 South, Range 25 East, Lake County, Florida; thence North 00°23’19” East along the Westerly line of said Section 19, a distance of 2660.10 feet to the West ¼ corner of said Section 19; thence North 00°23’19” East along said Westerly line of Section 19, a distance of 1330.05 feet; thence South 89°49’05” East along the North line of the South ½ of the Northwest ¼ of said Section 19, a distance of 647.83 feet; thence South 00°10’50” West along the East line of the West ½ of the Southwest ¼ of the Northwest ¼ of said Section 19, a distance of 117.93 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence continue South 00°10’50” West along said East line, a distance of 138.43 feet; thence North 55°59’45” West, a distance of 12.32 feet; thence North 00°48’37” East, a distance of 137.42 feet; thence South 55°59’45” East, a distance of 10.51 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNNG.   Containing 1,313 square feet, more or less.   You are each notified that the Petitioner filed its sworn Petition and its Declaration of Taking in this Court against you as defendants, seeking to condemn by eminent domain proceedings the above-described property located in the State of Florida, County of Lake. You are further notified that the Petitioner will apply to the Honorable Dan R. Mosley, one of the Judges of this Court on the 15th day of January, 2026 at 2:00 p.m., Lake County Courthouse, Courtroom 4D of the East Wing, 550 West Main Street, Tavares, Florida 32778, for an Order of Taking in this cause. All defendants to this suit may request a hearing at the time and place designated and be heard. Any defendant failing to file a request for hearing shall waive any right to object to the Order of Taking.   AND   Each defendant is hereby required to serve written defenses, if any, and request a hearing,   if desired, to said Petition on:   /s/ Jessica Schwieterman Jessica Schwieterman Senior Assistant Attorney General Florida Bar No. 116460 Civil Litigation Central Office of the Attorney General 3507 E. Frontage Road, Suite 200 Tampa, FL 33607 Office: (813)233-2880 / Direct: (813)577-4564 E-mail: Jessica.Schwieterman@myfloridalegal.com Secondary Email: Jessica.Koster@myfloridalegal.com Counsel for Florida Department of Transportation   on or before December 16, 2025 (30 days prior to the OT Date), and to file the originals with the Clerk of this Court on that date, to show cause what right, title, interest, or lien you or any of you have in and to the property described in the Petition and to show cause, if any you have, why the property should not be condemned for the uses and purposes set forth in the Petition.     If you fail to answer, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. If you fail to request a hearing on the Petition for Order of Taking you shall waive any right to object to said Order of Taking.   WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL of said Court on the day of A.D., 2025.   Clerk of the Circuit Court By: /s/ Deputy Clerk   Notice    If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in a proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Lake County Courthouse, P.O Box 7800/550 W. Main Street, Tavares, Florida 32778, Telephone (352) 742-4221, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving a notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. 12/15, 12/22/2025