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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.: 22-DR-016334
DIVISION: F
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ADOPTION OF:
A MINOR CHILD
TO: Gustavo Adolfo Lucero or any known or unknown legal or biological father of the male child born on September 20, 2013, to Lara Danielle Quesada
Current Residence Address: Unknown
Last Known Residence Address: Unknown except for 2115 W. Walnut Street, Tampa, Florida 33607
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Verified Petition for Stepparent Adoption has been filed by Jeanne T. Tate, P.A., 418 West Platt Street, Tampa, Florida 33606, regarding a minor male child born to Lara Danielle Quesada on September 20, 2013, in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida. The legal father Gustavo Adolfo Lucero is Hispanic, forty-three (43) years old, approximately 5'6” tall, weighs approximately 200 pounds, with brown 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 Verified Petition for Stepparent Adoption on July 13, 2023, at 10:00am eastern time, before Judge Wesley Tibbals at the George E. Edgecomb Courthouse, 800 East Twiggs Street, Courtroom 410, Tampa, Florida 33602. The Court has set aside thirty minutes for the hearing, which will be held via Zoom at the following link: https://zoom.us/j/5557537628. The grounds for termination of parental rights are those set forth in Fla. Stat. § 63.089.
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 Hillsborough County, Florida, 800 East Twiggs Street, Tampa, Florida 33602, (813) 276-8100, on or before June 30, 2023, a date which is not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after the date of first publication of this Notice.
UNDER § 63.089, FLORIDA STATUTES, FAILURE TO FILE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE WITH THE COURT AND TO APPEAR AT THE JUNE 21, 2023 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 this 18 day of May 2023.
CINDY STUART
Clerk of the Circuit Court
(SEAL) By: Isha Tirado-Baker
Deputy Clerk
May 26; June 2, 9, 16, 2023 23-01570H