25-01693S

FIRST INSERTION
NOTICE OF ACTION
FOR PATERNITY
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,
IN AND FOR SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
FAMILY DIVISION
Case No. 2025 DR 003074 SC
Div. SC 2
JORDAN RENEE HATINA
f.k.a. JORDAN HENKEL,
Petitioner,
and
STEVEN CRAIG WHIPPLE JR.,
Respondent.
To: Steven Craig Whipple Jr.
5429 Simrak Street
North Port, Florida 34287
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for determination of paternity and related relief has been filed against you. You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to this action on counsel for Petitioner, Jordan Renee Hatina, Wyndel G. Darville, Esq., whose address is Eastmoore, Crauwels & DuBose, P.A., 1626 Ringling Blvd., Suite 300, Sarasota, Florida 34236; [email protected] and [email protected] on or before October 6, 2025, and file the original with the clerk of this court at 2000 Main Street, Sarasota, Florida 34237, before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.
Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request.
You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or e-mailed to the addresses on record at the clerk’s office.
WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.
Dated: August 28, 2025
KAREN E RUSHING, CLERK
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
(SEAL) By: Glen Kopinsky
Deputy Clerk
Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2025 25-01693S

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