VIRGINIA:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT

OF FAIRFAX COUNTY

IN RE: ESTATE OF MARGARET E. BROWN,

Deceased.

C.A. No: CL-2026-13098

FI-2024-0001161

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

IT APPEARING that Joshua E. Bushman, Executor, for The Estate of Margaret E. Brown, by counsel, Petitioner seeking to have the Court enter an Order from a filed Petition for Aid and Direction requesting confirmation of the distribution percentages for the individuals listed in the Last Will and Testament for the Estate of Margaret E. Brown and attests under oath that Richard E. Payne is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and that due diligence has been performed to determine the location of the interested parties and that personal service cannot be effectuated, that the attempts to give interested parties notice by mail have been unsuccessful, and requests that this court publish an Order pursuant to Virginia Code §8.01-317; it is therefore

ORDERED That any interested parties appear on or before 9:00 am on the 4th day of December 2026 in the Clerk’s office of this Court and do what is necessary to protect any interest.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the foregoing portion of this Order be published once a week for four (4) successive weeks in The Washington Times, a newspaper published and having a general circulation in the County of Fairfax, Virginia.

ENTERED this 19th day of October, 2026

Edith Zavala

DEPUTY CLERK

By:Joshua E. Bushman

Esq. VSB#74729

Bushman Law Group

675 S Washington Street

Alexandria, Virginia 22314 (703) 845-9070 (703) 845-9720 (facsimile)

info@theblg.com

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the Order Publication was mailed this 15h day of October, 2026, to:

Richard E. Payne

1152 Windmere Court

Ft. Washington, MD 20744

/s/ Joshua E. Bushman

Joshua E. Bushman, Esq.

November 5,12,19 & 26, 2026

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