STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RICHLAND IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A # 2026-CP-40-00-01233 AMBER SMITH, individually and as next friend and Guardian ad Litem for L.A.D., a minor under the age of fourteen (14) years, Plaintiff vs TIMIA DEMETRIA RICE, Defendant SUMMONS (Jury Trial Demanded) (Automobile Wreck) TO THE DEFENDANT TIMIA DEMERTIA RICE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amended Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Amended Complaint upon the subscriber at his office at 265 Barnwell Highway, Allendale, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Amended Complaint within the time aforesaid, Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint. NOTICE OF FILING TO: DEFENDANT TIMIA DEMETRIA RICE. YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Amended Complaint in the above entitled action, together with the Amended Summons, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Richland County, South Carolina, on February 26, 2026, at 10:18 a.m., the object and prayer of which is the recovery of a sum certain due to Plaintiff by Defendant and for such other and further relief as set forth in the Amended Complaint. GOODING AND GOODING, P.A. s/H. Woodrow Gooding Woodrow Gooding, SC Bar #2180 Mark B. Tinsley, SC Bar #15597 Hugh G. Gooding, SC Bar #107623 P.O. Box 1000 Allendale, SC 29810 (803) 584-7676 Attorneys for Plaintiff woody@goodingandgooding.com mark@goodingandgooding.com hugh@goodingandgooding.com IPL0331795 Apr 20,27,May 4 2026