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NOTICE OF SERIVCE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
14 JA 179
NORTH CAROLINA
BURKE COUNTY
In the matter of: B.E.
TO: Joseph Allen Evans, biological father of a male minor child born on August 29, 2013.
TAKE NOTICE that a petition for abuse/neglect/dependency of the minor child described above has been filed with the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court in Burke County, North Carolina in a juvenile proceeding. The nature of the relief being sought is to find the minor child is neglected and dependent pursuant to N.C. Gen Stat. ยง 7B-101. A petition seeking to find the above minor child are neglected and dependent was filed bearing the docket number set forth in the above-caption.
You are required to answer the petition no later than forty (40) days after the 26th day of July 2018, exclusive of such date, or by September 4, 2018, and upon your failure to do so, the Court may enter an order regarding juvenile B.E.
The Court may enter orders in this matter that may: make a determination as to paternity of the juvenile; remove the juvenile from the custody of a parent, guardian, custodian, stepparent, adult member of the juvenile's household, or adult relative entrusted with the juvenile's care; order the parent to pay child support if custody of the juvenile is placed with someone other than the parent; place legal or physical custody of the juvenile with the parent, stepparent, adult member of the juvenile's household, or adult relative entrusted with the juvenile's care on the condition that that individual undergo medical, psychiatric, psychological, or other treatment; require that the juvenile receive medical, psychiatric, psychological, or other treatment and that the parent, guardian, custodian, stepparent, adult member of the juvenile's household, or adult relative entrusted with the juvenile's care participate in the treatment; require the parent, stepparent, adult member of the juvenile's household, or adult relative entrusted with the juvenile's care to undergo psychiatric, psychological, or other treatment or counseling; order the parent, stepparent, adult member of the juvenile's household, or adult relative entrusted with the juvenile's care to pay for treatment that is ordered for the juvenile or that individual; upon proper notice and hearing and a finding based on the criteria set out in G.S. 7B-1111, terminate the parental rights of the respondent parent.
You are entitled to attend any hearing in this matter. You are entitled to have counsel appointed by the Court if you are indigent. If you desire counsel, you should contact the Burke County Clerk of Court, Juvenile Division, Burke County Courthouse at (828) 433-3200, immediately to request counsel or obtain further information. The date, time, and place of the hearing will be mailed by the clerk upon your filing an answer, or thirty (30) days from the service if no answer is filed, and if your address if known.
This the 26th day of July 2018
Heather McCorkle
Attorney for Department of
Social Services P.O. Drawer 549 /700 E. Parker Rd
Morganton, NC 28680-0549
828-764-9763
July 26; Aug. 2, 9, 2018 18-03647W