12-05447

FIRST INSERTION
NOTICE OF ACTION
(formal notice by publication)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT IN AND FOR
PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA
FAMILY DIVISION - ADOPTION
CASE NO: 12-1961-FD-U02
IN RE: THE MATTER OF THE
TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF A MINOR CHILD:
BABY GIRL HESTER (A.K.A. BABY GIRL HESTER
MCELROY)
D.O.B. 03/6/2012
TO: JEFFREY MCELROY
Last known address:
2707 Carrigan St. #B
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
Age: 40, Height: 5'10”;
Eye Color: Brown
DOB: 04/06/1972
Hair Color: Brown; Weight: 130 lbs;
Race: Caucasian
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR PROPOSED ADOPTION has been filed in this Court by the Adoption Entity, Project Patchwork, Inc. on April 12, 2012. The minor child subject to this action was born on March 6, 2012 in Pinellas County, Florida. This action is filed in the Circuit Court for the Sixth Judicial Circuit in and for Pinellas County, FL, Clerk of the Court, 315 Court Street, Clearwater, FL 33756. You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, on the adoption entity's attorney, whose name and address are: Maria T. Bates, Esq., 1405 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. St. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33704 on or before 28 days after the first publication date, and to file the original of the written defenses with the clerk of this court either before service or immediately thereafter. Failure to serve and file written defenses as required may result in a default judgment or order for the relief demanded, without further notice.
UNDER SECTION 63.087(6), FLORIDA STATUTES, FAILURE TO TIMELY FILE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE AND THE PETITION WITH THE COURT AND TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING CONSTITUTES GROUNDS UPON WHICH THE COURT SHALL END ANY PARENTAL RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE OR ASSERT REGARDING THE MINOR CHILD.
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Human Rights Office. 400 S. Ft. Harrison Ave., Ste. 300 Clearwater, FL 33756, (727) 464-4880(V) at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing impaired call 711.
KEN BURKE
CLERK CIRCUIT COURT
315 Court Street, Clearwater
Pinellas County, FL 33756-5165
As Clerk of the Court
By: Susan C. Michalowski
As Deputy Clerk
MARIA T. BATES, Esq.,
1405 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. St. N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33704
June 29; July 6, 13, 20, 2012
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