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NOTICE OF HEARING

ON PETITION

FOR ADOPTION

PROBATE COURT OF PORTAGE COUNTY, OHIO.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF Joseph Christen Griffith.

Case No. 2023 AD 00045

To: Destinie Andrea Griffith, address unknown.

You are hereby notified that on October 25, 2023, Juanita and Wilbur Griffith, filed in this Court a Petition For Adoption of Joseph Christen Griffith, a minor, whose date of birth is November 10, 2012, and for change of the name of the minor to Joseph Christen Griffith. This Court, located at 203 W. Main Street, Room 302, Ravenna, OH 44266-2779 will hear the petition on December 26, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.

It is alleged in the Petition, pursuant to R.C. 3107.07, that the consent of Destinie Andrea Griffith is not required due to the following:

That person is a parent who failed without justifiable cause to provide for the maintenance and support of the minor as required by law or judicial decree for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the filing of the adoption petition or the placement of the minor in the home of the petitioner.

State other grounds under R.C. 3107.07 (includes putative father of the minor born prior to January 1, 1997).

"A final decree of adoption, if granted, will relieve you of all parental rights and responsibilities, including the right to contact the minor and except with respect to a spouse of the adoption petitioner and relatives of that spouse, terminate all legal and the minor's other relatives, so that the minor thereafter is a stranger to you and the minor's former relatives for all purposes. If you wish to contest the adoption, you must file an objection to the petition within fourteen days after proof of service of notice of the filing of the petition and of the time and place of hearing is given to you. If you wish to contest the adoption, you must also appear at the hearing. A final decree of adoption may be entered if you fail to file an objection to the adoption petition or appear at the hearing."

PATRICIA J. SMITH,

Probate Judge,

By: Terry A. Conrad,

Deputy Clerk

Nov 13, 20, 27, 2023

23-00268