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NOTICE OF ACTION FOR
TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS PENDING ADOPTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA
UNIFIED FAMILY COURT
CASE NO: 17-6610-FD
IN THE MATTER OF
THE ADOPTION OF:
J.E.P., DOB: 5/06/2011
Minor child.
TO: DANIEL BUSHEY
901 3rd Street North, #12
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(last known address)
physical description: Caucasian male, approximately 5'8” tall, brown hair and hazel eyes.
You are hereby notified that a Joint Petition for Relative Adoption has been filed in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, In and For Pinellas County, Florida for the child currently known as J.E.P., born May 6, 2011 in Pinellas County, Florida. Count I of this Petition requests the Court to waive your consent to the adoption under a claim of abandonment. You are hereby notified that you must file a written response to the Joint Petition for Relative Adoption, Count I - Petition for Termination of Parental Rights, with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, located at Pinellas County Courthouse, 315 Court Street, Clearwater, Florida 33756. Your written response, including the case number given above and the names of the parties, must be filed if you want the Court to hear your side of the case on or before 10-13-, 2017.
If you do not file your written response on time, you may lose the case, and any parental rights you may have regarding the minor child may be terminated thereafter without further warning from the Court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service or a legal aid office (listed in the phone book), or you may be entitled to have the Court appoint legal counsel to represent you in this action. If you choose to file a written response yourself, at the same time you file your written response to the Court, you must also mail or take a copy of your written response to:
Tammi J. Driver, Esq.
Law Office of Tammi J. Driver, P.L.
499 38th St. N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33713
Attorney for Petitioner
NOTICE OF HEARING
Additionally, you are hereby commanded to appear at a FINAL HEARING ON THE PETITION FOR RELATIVE ADOPTION, COUNT I - PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, on November 1, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. before the Honorable Kathleen T. Hessinger at the Pinellas County Justice Center, 14250 49th St. N., Clearwater, FL 33762, in Courtroom #14.
WARNING: UNDER SECTION 63.089, 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.
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons in need of special accommodations to take part in this proceeding must call the ADA Coordinator at 727-464-4062 (Florida Relay Service) no later than 7 days prior to the hearing date.
DATED: SEP 06 2017
KEN BURKE
CLERK CIRCUIT COURT
315 Court Street Clearwater,
Pinellas County, FL 33756-5165
By: Thomas Smith
Deputy Clerk
Tammi J. Driver, Esq.
Law Office of Tammi J. Driver, P.L.
499 38th St. N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33713
Attorney for Petitioner
Sept. 15, 22, 29; Oct. 6, 2017 17-05388N