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NOTICE OF ACTION AND
HEARING TO TERMINATE
PARENTAL RIGHTS PENDING ADOPTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA
FAMILY LAW DIVISION
CASE NO.: 16-DR-406
DIVISION: A
IN THE MATTER OF THE
TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR THE PROPOSED
ADOPTION OF:
A MINOR FEMALE CHILD.
TO: Radu Mamaliga or any known or unknown legal or biological father of the female child born on November 16 2015, to Tammy Lynn Harwell
Current Residence: Unknown
Last Known Residence Address: Unknown except for Sunny Isles, Dade City, Florida
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights Pending Adoption has been filed by Heart of Adoptions, Inc., 418 West Platt Street, Suite A, Tampa, Florida 33606, (813) 258-6505, regarding a minor female child born to Tammy Lynn Harwell on November 16, 2015, in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida. The legal father, Radu Mamaliga, is Caucasian, twenty-nine (29) years old, approximately 5'6” tall, weighs approximately 130 pounds, with blonde hair and green eyes. All other physical characteristics and his residence address are unknown and cannot be reasonably ascertained. Additionally, the identity and all other physical characteristics and the residence address of any known or unknown legal or biological father are unknown and cannot be reasonably ascertained.
There will be a hearing on the Petition to Terminate Parental Rights Pending Adoption on September 13, 2016, at 9:30 AM eastern time, before Judge Ralph C. Stoddard, at the George E. Edgecomb Courthouse, 800 East Twiggs Street, Courtroom 411, Tampa, Florida 33602. The Court has set aside fifteen minutes for the hearing. The grounds for termination of parental rights are those set forth in §63.089 of the Florida Statutes.
You may object by appearing at the hearing and filing a written objection with the Court. If you desire counsel and believe you may be entitled to representation by a court-appointed attorney, you must contact the Office of the Clerk of Court and request that an “Affidavit of Indigent Status” be mailed to you for completion and return to the Office of the Clerk of Court.
If you elect to file written defenses to said Petition, you are required to serve a copy on Petitioners' attorney, Jeanne T. Tate, P.A., 418 West Platt Street, Suite B, Tampa, Florida 33606-2244, (813) 258-3355, on or before September 5, 2016 a date which is within 30 days after the first date of publication of this Notice and file the original response or pleading in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hillsborough County, Florida, 800 East Twiggs Street, Tampa, Florida 33602, (813) 276-8100.
UNDER §63.089, FLORIDA STATUTES, FAILURE TO FILE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE WITH THE COURT AND TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING CONSTITUTES GROUNDS UPON WHICH THE COURT SHALL END ANY PARENTAL RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE 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 ADA Coordinator, Hillsborough County Courthouse, 800 E. Twiggs St., Room 604, Tampa, Florida 33602, (813) 272-7040, 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 or voice impaired, call 711.
Dated at Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida on 7-26-, 2016.
PAT FRANK
Clerk of the Circuit Court
By: Sherika Virgil
Deputy Clerk
Jul. 29; Aug. 5, 12, 19, 2016 16-04193H