Notice to show cause regarding property rights in Osceola County.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY, FLORIDA
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2026 CA 000580 ED
PARCEL NO.: 159
STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
Petitioner,
vs.
UNKNOWN HIERS AND BENEFICIARIES OF DONALD E. PERRY, deceased, SHANNON PERRY GOMER f/k/a CARLA SHANNON PERRY, BARBARA P. BENTON f/k/a BARBARA P. JONES, ARTHUR BLAYNE PERRY, PHILLIP ANTHONY PERRY, KARLA PERRY MAULDIN, and OSCEOLA COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR,
Respondents.
NOTICE TO SHOW CAUSE AND NOTICE OF SUIT
THE STATE OF FLORIDA:
To all said respondents who are living, and if any or all respondents are deceased, the unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, lienors, or other parties claiming by, through, under, or against any such deceased respondent or respondents, 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 respondent or respondents, 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:
Lot 3, Block C, Florida Fruit & Truck Land Co. at Loughman Florida, as recorded in Plat Book B, Page 68, of the Public Records of Osceola County, Florida, lying in the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 23, Township 25 South, Range 27 East, Osceola County, Florida.
(BEING a portion of the lands described in Official Records Book 5483, Page 2192, of the Public Records of Osceola County, Florida.)
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
PART A
Commence at a 5"x5" concrete monument with a 2.5" brass disk stamped "JONES WOOD GENTRY RLS 1585 RLS 1819 T25S 23/26 R27E"
, marking the Southwest corner of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 23, Township 25 South, Range 27 East, Osceola County, Florida, as shown on the Florida Department of Transportation Right of Way Map for State Road 400, Section 92130, Financial Project Number 431456-1; thence North 0016 08* East along the West line of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 23, a distance of 1363.01 feet to a point on a non-tangent curve, concave Southeasterly and having a radius of 22865.68 feet, said point also being the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence from a tangent bearing of South 3757'21" West, run Southwesterly 44.45 feet along the arc of said curve, through a central angle of 0006'41" to a point on the South line of Lot 3, Block C, Florida Fruit & Truck Land Co. at Loughman Florida, as recorded in Plat Book B, Page 68 of the Public Records of Osceola County, Florida; thence departing said curve, South 8956'25* West along said South line, a distance of 102.24 feet to a point on the existing Southeasterly Limited Access Right of Way Line of State Road 400 as shown on said map; thence North 4007'55" East along said existing Southeasterly Limited Access Right of Way Line, a distance of 201.85 feet to a point on said West line of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 23; thence South 0016'08" West along said West line, a distance of 119.14 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
TOGETHER WITH all rights of ingress, egress, light, air and view between the Grantor's remaining property and any facility constructed on the above described property.
CONTAINING 9,499 square feet, more or less.
TOGETHER WITH PART B
Commence at a 5"5" concrete monument with a 2.5" brass disk stamped "JONES WOOD GENTRY RLS 1585 RLS 1819 T25S 23/26 R27E*, marking the Southwest corner of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 23, Township 25 South, Range 27 East, Osceola County, Florida, as shown on the Florida Department of Transportation Right of Way Map for State Road 400, Section 92130, Financial Project Number 431456-1; thence North 0016'08" East along the West line of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 23, a distance of 1346.65 feet to a point on a non-tangent curve, concave Southeasterly and having a radius of 22855.68 feet, said point also being the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence from a tangent bearing of South 3755'25" West, run Southwesterly 23.70 feet along the arc of said curve, through a central angle of 0003'34" to a point on the easterly prolongation of the South line of Lot 3, Block C, Florida Fruit & Truck Land Co. at Loughman Florida, as recorded in Plat Book B, Page 68 of the Public Records of Osceola County, Florida; thence departing said curve, South 8956'25" West along said easterly prolongation and the South line of said Lot 3, Block C, a distance of 12.68 feet to a point on a non-tangent curve, concave Southeasterly and having a radius of 22865.68 feet; thence from a tangent bearing of North 3750'40" East, run Northeasterly 44.45 feet along the arc of said curve, through a central angle of 0006'41" to a point on said West line of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 23; thence South 0016'08" West along said West line, a distance of 16.36 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING
CONTAINING 341 square feet, more or less.
CONTAINING in aggregate 9,840 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 respondents, seeking to condemn by eminent domain proceedings the above described property located in the State of Florida, County of Osceola. You are further notified that the Petitioner will apply to the HonorableChristine E. Arendas, one of the Judges of this Court on the 21st day of May, 2026 at 2:30 p.m., in the Osceola County Courthouse, 2 Courthouse Square, Courtroom 4A, Kissimmee, Florida 34741, Florida, for an Order of Taking in this cause. All respondents to this suit may request a hearing at the time and place designated and be heard. Any respondent failing to file a request for hearing shall waive any right to object to the Order of Taking.
AND
Each respondent is hereby required to serve written defenses, if any, and request a hearing, if desired, to said Petition on:
State of Florida, Department of Transportation
c/o Adam Brandon, Esq. and A. Bryant Applegate, Esq.
LAWSON HUCK GONZALEZ, PLLC
4705 South Apopka Vineland Road, Suite 210
Orlando, Florida 32819
Phone: (407) 710-9950
on or before May 20, 2026 and 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 7 day of April, 2026.
KELVIN SOTO, ESQ.
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
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