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NOTICE OF ACTION
AND HEARING TO
TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS
PENDING ADOPTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA
FAMILY LAW DIVISION
CASE NO.:
2015-DR-006243-DRAXES
IN THE MATTER OF THE
TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF:
A MINOR MALE CHILD.
TO: Fabian Ezekiel Serna or any known or unknown legal or biological father of the male child born on June 27, 2011,
to Justin Marie Price
Current Residence Address: Unknown
Last Known Residence Address: H-28 Cedar Bluff Drive, Hendersonville, NC 28792
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights pending adoption has been filed by Heart of Adoptions, Inc., 418 W. Platt Street, Suite A, Tampa, Florida 33606, phone #813-258-6505, regarding a minor male child born to Justine Marie Price on June 27, 2011, in Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. The legal/biological father, Fabian Ezekiel Serna, is Hispanic, 27 years old, approximately 5' 7” tall, weighs approximately 165 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. All other physical characteristics and his residence address are unknown and cannot be reasonably ascertained. Additionally, the identity and all 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 June 29, 2016, at 11:30 a.m., eastern time, before Judge Lynn Tepper, at the Robert D. Sumner Judicial Center, 38053 Live Oak Avenue, Dade City, Florida. 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 Petitioner's attorney, Jeanne T. Tate, P.A., 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 Pasco County, Florida, 38053 Live Oak Avenue, Dade City, Florida 33523, (727) 847-2411.
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, Pasco County Courthouse, 38053 Live Oak Avenue, Dade City, Florida 33523, 1/800-955-8771, at least 8 days before your schedulec 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 Dade City, Pasco County, Florida on May 20, 2016.
Paula S. O'Neil, Ph.D.,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
By: Susannah Hennessy
Deputy Clerk
May 27; June 3, 10, 17, 2016 16-01603P