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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. 2015-DR-15592
DIVISION: I
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ADOPTION OF:
A male child.
TO: Brandon Lee Mowell or any known or unknown legal or biological father of the male child born on October 18, 2002
to Michelle Marie Richardson
Current Residence Address: Unknown
Last Known Residence Address: 4725 Joyce Drive, Lakeland, Florida 33805
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Joint Petition for Stepparent Adoption and Termination of Parental Rights has been filed by Jeanne T. Tate, Esquire, 418 W. Platt Street, Suite B, Tampa, FL 33606, (813) 258-3355, regarding a minor male child, born October 18, 2002, in Lakeland, Polk County, Florida. The legal father, Brandon Lee Mowell, is Caucasian, 33 years old, 6'0”tall, weighs approximately 170 pounds, with black hair and blue eyes. All other physical characteristics and his residence address are unknown and cannot be reasonably ascertained.
There will be a hearing on the Joint Petition for Stepparent Adoption and Termination of Parental Rights on April 28, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. eastern time, before Judge Martha J. Cook, at the George E. Edgecomb Courthouse, 800 East Twiggs Street, Courtroom 408, Tampa, Florida 33602. The Court has set aside 15 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, Esquire, 418 West Platt Street, Suite B, Tampa, Florida 33606-2244, (813) 258-3355, 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 March 22, 2016.
PAT FRANK
Clerk of the Circuit Court
By: Tanya Henderson
Deputy Clerk
March 25; April 1, 8, 15, 2016 16-00594K