IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN
AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
BEULAH EMMA GIBBONS,
Deceased.
File No: H-27-2023-CP-001325
JEANETTE M. BOKNEVITZ, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF BEULAH EMMA GIBBONS, deceased,
Plaintiff,
v.
The unknown personal representatives, heirs, descendants, beneficiaries, successors, and assigns of CLARENCE CRUICKSHANK and ELSIE CRUICKSHANK, husband and wife, deceased; the unknown personal representative, heirs, descendants, beneficiaries, successors, and assigns of IRENE M. GIBBONS, deceased; and JOSHUA JAY VOIK,
Defendants.
Case No: H-27-2023-CP-001325
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: The Unknown Personal Representatives, heirs, descendants, beneficiaries, successors, and assigns of CLARENCE CRUICKSHANK and ELSIE CRUICKSHANK, husband and wife, deceased; the Unknown Personal Representative, heirs, descendants, beneficiaries, successors, and assigns of IRENE M. GIBBONS, deceased; and JOSHUA JAY VOIK (collectively, the DEFENDANTS),
The last known address of each of the named Defendants being ineffective to make contact with, and/or effect service of process upon, them.
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a lawsuit has been filed seeking a court judgment against you to: (a) reform the legal descriptions in (i) the Warranty Deed dated July 16, 1999, by Clarence Cruickshank and Elsie Cruickshank to Martin J. Gibbons and Irene M. Gibbons (the CRUICKSHANK TO GIBBONS DEED), (ii) the Mortgage Deed with an integrated Promissory Note dated July 16, 1999, from James M. Gibbons and Beulah E. Gibbons to Martin J. Gibbons and Irene M. Gibbons (the NOTE AND MORTGAGE), and (iii) the Quit Claim Deed dated November 9, 1999, from Martin J. Gibbons and Irene M. Gibbons to Beulah E. Gibbons (the GIBBONS TO GIBBONS DEED), (iv) each thereof being recorded, respectively, in Official Records Book (ORB) 1281, at Pages 1720~1721, ORB 1281, at Pages 1722~1724, and ORB 1304, at Pages 152~153, of the Public Records of Hernando County, Florida (the PUBLIC RECORDS), each thereof with regard to the same property, as described in each thereof (the PROPERTY), in order to correct an error in the legal description of the PROPERTY subject to each thereof; (b) declare the NOTE AND MORTGAGE to be unenforceable, due to the expiration of the applicable statutes of limitations and repose, and cancel the NOTE AND MORTGAGE in the PUBLIC RECORDS; (c) determine the PROPERTY to be the constitutionally protected homestead of Beulah E. Gibbons, the Decedent (GIBBONS); and (d) confirm the vesting of unencumbered title to the PROPERTY in the Plaintiff, as the sole heir-at-law and devisee of GIBBONS, and clear of all claims of the DEFENDANTS; (e) all thereof regarding the PROPERTY located at 20331 Woodside Street, Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida 34601-5622, and more particularly described as follows:
Lot 2 of unrecorded Bielenberg Subdivision, said Lot being more particularly described as follows:
Commence at the West 1/4 section corner of Section 34, Township 22 South, Range 19 East, run thence North 88º 50’ East 142.16 feet, thence North 573.48 feet, thence North 42º 32’ 30” East 125 feet, thence South 47º 27’ 30” East 168.35 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING,
thence North 42º 32’ 30” East 75 feet,
thence South 47º 27’ 30” East 121.26 feet,
thence South 42º 32’ 30” West 75 feet,
thence North 47º 27’ 30” West 121.26 feet to POINT OF BEGINNING,
together with 1972 Malibu Mobile Home, I.D. No. 2143T, now located on and affixed to the said premises, and
SUBJECT TO restrictions as set forth on “Schedule A” attached and specifically made a part of the Warranty Deed recorded in ORB 1281, at Pages 1720~1721, of the Public Records, as though incorporated herein in haec verba.
You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to the lawsuit on Joseph M. Mason, Jr., Esq., of McGee & Mason, P.A., the Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 101 South Main Street, Brooksville, Florida 34601-3336, within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this notice, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on the Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
Dated on December 25, 2025.
DOUG CHORVAT, JR.
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
By:_________________________________
As Deputy Clerk
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