Divorce petition filed against Carlos Mercado Lira in Dallas County.

CITATION
BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
TO: CARLOS MAGDALENO MERCADO LIRA RESPONDENT:
  You have been sued.  You may employ an attorney.  If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next following the expiration of twenty days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you.  In addition to filing a written answer with the clerk, you may be required to make initial disclosures to the other parties of this suit. These disclosures generally must be made no later than 30 days after you file your answer with the clerk. Find out more at TexasLawHelp.org. The Petition of AMBERLY MERCADO, Petitioner, was filed in the 301ST DISTRICT COURT of Dallas County, Texas, at the George Allen Courthouse, 600 Commerce Street, Dallas, Texas, 75202, ON THIS THE 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025, against CARLOS MAGDALENO MERCADO LIRA, Respondent, numbered. DF-25-16451 and entitled “In the Matter of the Marriage of AMBERLY MERCADO and CARLOS MAGDALENO MERCADO LIRA” and In the Interest of I.M.; D.O.B.: 6/11/23, P.O.B.: DALLAS; I.M.; D.O.B.: 8/23/24, P.O.B.: DALLAS”. The suit requests FOR DIVORCE..
as is more fully shown by Petitioner's Petition on file in this suit. 
  The Court has authority in this suit to enter any Judgment of Decree dissolving the marriage and providing for the division of property which will be binding on you.
  HEREIN FAIL NOT, but of this writ make due return showing how you have executed the same.
  WITNESS: FELICIA PITRE, Clerk of the District Courts, Dallas County, Texas.
  Issued and given under my hand seal of said Court, at Dallas, Texas, ON THIS THE 12TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026.
ATTEST: FELICIA PITRE
Clerk of the District Courts of Dallas County, Texas
George Allen Courts Building
600 Commerce Street Suite 103
Dallas, Texas, 75202
By: DANIEL MACIAS, Deputy

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