V I R G I N I A:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF FAIRFAX

IN RE:

STEVEN ANDREW

JAMES, deceased

(Probate File No.

FI-2022-0000977)

SHOW CAUSE ORDER

IT APPEARING that a report of the accounts of Kelley Smith James, Administrator of the Estate of Steven Andrew James, deceased, and of the debts and demands against his Estate have been filed in the Clerk’s Office, and that six months have elapsed since the qualification of the Administrator;

IT IS SO ORDERED that the creditors of, and all others interested in, the estate do show cause, if any they can, at 9:00 am on the 4th day of December 2026, before this Court at its courtroom against the payment and delivery of the assets of the Estate of Steven Andrew James, deceased, to the beneficiaries, without requiring refunding bonds;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the foregoing portion of this Order be published once a week for two successive weeks in The Washington Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Northern Virginia.

Entered this 15th day of October 2026:

Manuel A. Capsalis

Judge

I ASK FOR THIS

Counsel for

Kelley Smith James

Administrator of

the Estate of

Steven Andrew James

Amanda B. Tassa

VSB #80142

ATassa@HughesLeighton

.com

Christopher T. Leighton, VSB #96360

CLeighton@HughesLeighton.com

Hughes & Leighton, PLLC 916 Prince Street,

Suite 200 Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 977-1139 phone

(571) 307-2012 fax

October 20, 2026

October 27, 2026 AD#106090