NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION TO CHANGE NAME    STATE OF GEORGIA COLUMBIA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT   IN RE: MERRITT JOHNSTONE BARTON - PRITCHARD PETITION OF MERRITT JOHNSTONE BARTON - PRITCHARD   Civil Action No. 2026EDR0028   Notice is hereby given that MERRITT JOHNSTONE BARTON - PRITCHARD , filed their Petition in the Superior Court of Columbia County, Georgia, onthe 12TH dayof JANUARY 2026 , praying for a change in name of MERRITT JOHNSTONE BARTON - PRITCHARD to MERRITT JOHNSTONE PRITCHARD Notice is hereby given pursuant to law (0.C.G.A 19-12-1) to any interested of affected party to appear in said Court / or file objections to such name change. Objections must be filed with said Court within 30 days of the filing of said petition. This 12TH day of JANUARY 2026 CINDY MASON Clerk of Superior Court, Columbia County