Summons for Petition to Determine Heirs, Notice of Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, Nisi, Notice of Hearing to Determine Heirs-at-Law State of South Carolina, County of Beaufort, In the Probate Court, Case No. 2026ES0700391, Estate of Myrtie H. Hammer, Decedent, Anita S. Austin, Petitioner, vs. Anita S. Austin, Linda H. Kaiser, Debra Hammer, Linda H. Kaiser, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Richard Hammer, and all persons unknown who are or might claim to be heirs at law of Myrtie H. Hammer, including but not limited to, any unknown persons in the armed forces of the United States of America, any minors and any persons under a disability of any kind or nature, all such unknown heirs and all such persons being designated herein as John Doe and Mary Roe, Respondents. SUMMONS FOR PETITION TO DETERMINE HEIRS TO THE RESPONDENTS LISTED ABOVE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Petition in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the Petitioner listed above at the following address: Lauren P. Williams, Esq., P.O. Box 8047, Hilton Head, SC 29938. Your Answer must be served on the Petitioner at the above address within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Petition upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Petition within that time, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. s/ Lauren P. Williams, Russell P. Patterson, P.A., P.O. Box 8047, Hilton Head, SC 29938, (843) 341-9300, lauren@russellpattersonlaw.com. March 23, 2026. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM, NISI TO THE RESPONDENTS ABOVE NAMED: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Hillary J. Meyer, Esq., has been appointed as Guardian ad Litem Nisi in the above-entitled action by Order of the Court, dated April 16, 2026, and that such Order will become absolute thirty (30) days after the last publication of this Notice, unless such of the Respondents that may be heirs, devisees, distributes, administrators, executors, guardians, and all those persons who may be minors, in military service, under any legal disability, or other persons claiming by or through the deceased persons above-named or someone on their behalf shall in the meantime procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem for them; and that such Order, along with the Amended Summons and Petition, Order of Publication, and Notice of Hearing are on file in the Office of the Beaufort County Probate Court in the Beaufort County Courthouse, Beaufort, South Carolina. s/ Lauren P. Williams, Russell P. Patterson, P.A., P.O. Box 8047, Hilton Head, SC 29938, (843) 341-9300, lauren@russellpattersonlaw.com. March 23, 2026. NOTICE OF HEARING TO DETERMINE HEIRS-AT-LAW TO THE RESPONDENTS NAMED ABOVE: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., at Beaufort County Probate Court, Hilton Head Island Courthouse, 539 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928 for the purpose of determining heirs-at-law of Myrtie H. Hammer. This action was commenced by the Petitioner on April 6, 2026, at the Beaufort County Probate Court to have the Probate Court declare that Richard Randolf Hammer, Anita S. Austin, Linda H. Kaiser, and Debra H. Busch were the sole heirs-at-law of Myrtie H. Hammer upon her death on August 9, 1990. Any objections to the Petitioner's right to commence this action, as the current owners of the real property that was owned by Myrtie H. Hammer at the time of her death, or to Petitioner's prayer for relief declaring the aforementioned persons to have been the sole heirs-at-law of Myrtie H. Hammer must be filed with the Beaufort County Probate Court on or before Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., or advanced in person at the scheduled hearing. s/ Lauren P. Williams, Russell P. Patterson, P.A., P.O. Box 8047, Hilton Head, SC 29938, (843) 341-9300, lauren@russellpattersonlaw.com. March 23, 2026. IPL0332984 Apr 22,29,May 6 2026