12-1581S

FIRST INSERTION
PRESENT: HON. JAMES R. GRIFFITH, JFC
FAMILY COURT COUNTY OF ONEIDA File No.: 13693
In the Matter of a Proceeding under
Docket No.: B-06343-11
§384-b of the Social Services Law B-06345-11
Trysta Mullen
A Child Under Eighteen Years of Age
Alleged to be Abandoned/ Permanently Neglected by
RESPONDENTS - James Major and Michele Mullen
SUMMONS (PUBLICATION)
IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: JAMES MAJOR; DOB 11/12/1969
Petitions having been filed with this Court on December 14, 2011, alleging the above-captioned child to be abandoned by the respondent James Major, and permanently neglected by the respondent Michele Mullen; and Petitioner having moved the Court for an Order of Publication on the matters contained herein, based upon the motion of the attorney for the Oneida County Department of Social Services; and sufficient proof having been given to the Court that the present location of James Major is not known; and
YOU James Major are summoned to appear before this Court at the Oneida County Family Court located at 200 Elizabeth Street, Utica, New York, on August 20, 2012 @ 9:00am for a trial, before the HON. JAMES R. GRIFFITH, to show cause why the Court should not enter an order committing the guardianship and custody of the child to the petitioning Oneida County Department of Social Services as provided by law.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that if guardianship and custody of the child is committed to the Oneida County Department of Social Services the child may be adopted with the consent of an authorized agency, without your consent or further notice to you.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that you have the right to be represented by a lawyer, and if the Court finds that you are unable to pay for a lawyer, you have the right to have a lawyer assigned by the Court.
FAILURE TO APPEAR SHALL CONSTITUTE A DENIAL OF YOUR INTEREST IN THE CHILD(REN), WHICH MAY RESULT WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE IN THE TRANSFER OF COMMITMENT OF THE CHILD(REN)'S CARE, CUSTODY OR GUARDIANSHIP IN THE CHILD(REN)'S ADOPTION IN THIS OR ANY SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDING IN WHICH SUCH CASE, CUSTODY OR GUARDIANSHIP OR ADOPTION MAY BE AT ISSUE.
Dated: May 2, 2012 John A. Herbowy, Esq., Chief Attorney Oneida County Department of Social Services
800 Park Ave., FL9, Utica, NY 13501; (315) 798-5742
To: James Major
The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. JAMES R. GRIFFITH, a Judge of the Family Court of the State of New York, as entered on April 24, 2012.
May 4, 2012 12-1581S