LEGAL NOTICE

In the Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, 209 S. High Street, Akron, Summit County, Ohio.

Case No. 2025 CV 00064.

Ophelia M. Banks, Administrator of the Estate of James Arthur Moore, Deceased, 3426 Maher Street, Toledo, Ohio 43608, Plaintiff vs BettyMae Baron, et al., Defendants.

Luetta Layman aka Louetta Laymon, Gary Moore, deceased and the Unknown Heirs and Devisees of James A. Moore, whose last known addresses are unknown, will take notice that on June 6, 2025, Plaintiff, filed a Complaint for Authority to Sell Decedent's Real Estate in the Common Pleas Court of Summit County, Ohio, being Case No. 2025 CV 00064, representing that Ophelia M. Banks is the duly appointed, qualified and acting Administrator of the Estate of James A. Moore, deceased, having been duly appointed by the Summit County Probate Court on January 8, 2024, in Case Number 2023 ES 00674. No will has been probated for James A. Moore, (Decedent).

The Plaintiff further represents the decedent James A. Moore died February 7, 2023 seized in fee simple of the real estate commonly known as 145 Westwood Avenue, Akron, OH 44302 and further described as:

Situated in the City of Akron, County of Summit and State of Ohio:

And known and bounded and described as follows:

Known as Lot No. 68 of an allotment made for Theodoric A. Balch, et al., in Tract 7, City of Akron, as surveyed and numbered by C. E. Perkins, Surveyor and recorded in Summit County Records, Plat Book 5, Page 48. Excepting from the above described Lot No. 68, a strip off the South side of said lot; deeded by Kate Fenton, to H. E. Wallace, said strip being described as follows:

Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Lot 68; thence along the South line to the rear of said lot; thence Northerly along the rear of said lot, ten (10) feet; thence in a straight line to the place of beginning.

Parcel No. 6812210

Routing No. 030127202008000

that the value of said real estate as near as can be ascertained is $15,000.00; that partitioning the real estate amongst the heirs, some of whose whereabouts are unknown, would not be in the best interest of the estate or any of the beneficiaries; that the total costs of administering the estate are unknown at this time and that the total value of the personal property of said decedent as shown in the amended inventory filed with the Probate Court is $119,614.39.

Plaintiff further represents that the defendants, Luetta Layman, Willette Clark aka Willette Moore, Bettymae Baron, Ophelia Moore Banks, Juan Branch, Tkeya Deh, Cameron Motley, Annette Simmons, Murdise Moore, Loveece Moore, Janet Moore, Versie Watts, Gloria Mason, Gary Moore, deceased and the unknown heirs and devisees of James A. Moore are all the persons entitled to inherit such real estate from the decedent and that the Summit County Fiscal Office has an interest in property taxes due for the subject real property.

The Plaintiff therefore prays that the rights, interests, and any liens of the Defendants be fully determined, adjusted and protected and that Plaintiff be authorized and ordered to sell the subject real property according to law, and for such other and further relief to which Plaintiff may be entitled in the premises.

Said above named Defendants will further take notice that they are required to answer the Complaint on or before the 12th day of September 2025.

By: R. BRYAN NACE, (#0030254), 3250 West Market St., Suite 107, Fairlawn, OH 44333, Attorney for Plaintiff.

Jul 11, 18, 25; Aug 1, 8, 15, 2025

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