26-04320H

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.: 2026 DR 3626
IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION
OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR THE PROPOSED
ADOPTION OF A MINOR CHILD
TO: Unknown
Hillsborough, FL
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 12/28/2026 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 Girl Carlton
Date of Birth: September 29, 2026
Place of Birth: South Florida Baptist Hospital, Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida
Physical Description of Respondent Unmarried Biological Father:
Age: 40
Race: White
Hair Color: Unknown/Balding
Eye Color: Blue
Approximate Height: Unknown
Approximate Weight: 5’0”
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:
February 3, 2027 @ 2:00 P.M. C.S.T.
Judge Paul Bailey
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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: 11/09/2026
PAM CHILDERS,
CLERK & COMPTROLLER
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
(SEAL) By: Dominick Brennan
{Deputy Clerk}
Nov. 13, 20, 27; Dec. 4, 2026 26-04320H

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