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FIRST INSERTION
NOTICE TO
BRENT LEONARD SIMMONS, JR.
EMPRESS SIMMONS was born to Takenya Ivori James in Tampa Florida, on July 2, 2016. A Petition for her relative adoption has been filed and is pending in the Superior Court of Rockdale County, Georgia, 922 Court Street, Conyers, GA 30012 (Case No. 2022AD1004). The final hearing has been set for 8:30 a.m., in Chambers, on
September 21, 2022 before Chief Judge Robert Mumford, courtroom #225. Be advised that your parental rights to the child will be terminated upon the finalization of the adoption. The Petitioners have alleged that you have: without justifiable cause, [1] significantly failed to communicate or to make a bona fide attempt to communicate with the child in a meaningful, supportive, parental manner as set out in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Code Section 19-8-10 for a period of one year or longer; [2] Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 19-8-10(b)(2), have failed to provide for the care and support of the minor child as required by law or judicial decree for a period of one year or longer; and [3] Pursuant to
O.C.G.A. § 19-8-10(a)(5), have “failed to exercise proper parental care or control due to misconduct or inability,” as set out in O.C.G.A. § 15-11-310(a)(4) and (5). You have no obligation to file an answer, but you do have the right to appear at the hearing and to show cause why your parental rights should not be terminated by his adoption. If you wish to receive a copy of the Petition for Adoption you may receive one by contacting the attorney for the Petitioners, Christina E. Campbell, 3915 Cascade Road, SW, Suite T 138, Atlanta, GA 30331.
July 15, 22, 29, 2022 22-02274H