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NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS PENDING ADOPTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
Case No.: 2025 DR 4035
IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF A MINOR CHILD
TO: Unknown
Polk County
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights Pending Adoption has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to Clay H. Whittaker, Esq. d/b/a Gulf Coast Adoptions, PLLC, as the Adoption Entity, and whose address is 30 S. Spring St. Pensacola, Florida 32502 (and phone number 850-999-7977), on or before 3/11/2026 and file the original with the Clerk of this Court at M.C. Blanchard Judicial Building, 190 W. Government Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502, 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.
The minor child is identified as follows:
Name:
Baby Boy Kirkpatrick aka Zane
Date of Birth: November 1, 2025
Place of Birth: Lakeland Regional Health and Medical Center, Lakeland, Polk County, Florida
Physical Description of Respondent Unmarried Biological Father:
Age: Unknown
Race: Unknown
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Approximate Height: Unknown
Approximate Weight: Unknown
Potential Location: Unknown
No further information or identifying characteristics of the unknown respondent unmarried biological father are known.
Hearing Date for Petition for Termination of Parental Rights Pending Adoption:
March 30, 2026 @ 2:00 CST
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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. The Court’s primary phone number is 850-595-4400 and the Family Law Division phone number is 850-595-4331.
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
Dated: 1/29/26
PAM CHILDERS, CLERK & COMPTROLLER
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
(SEAL) By: Leslee Scruggs
{Deputy Clerk}
Clay H. Whittaker, Esq.
Gulf Coast Adoptions, PLLC,
30 S. Spring St.
Pensacola, Florida 32502
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