ORDER OF PUBLICATION and NOTICE OF HEARING
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BRAXTON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
THAT BEING THE JUVENILE COURT OF SAID COUNTY
Case Nos. 24-JA-19, and 20
IN RE: State v. (RODNEY SINGLETON), et. al.,
In the Matter of O.S., and J.S., Infants, and the parents of said infants,
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
and
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO: (RODNEY SINGLETON) OR THE UNKNOWN FATHER OF J.S., or any other person claiming parental rights to the infant respondent
(The object of this action is to notify the adult respondent parents of an Adjudicatory Hearing scheduled herein so that said adult respondent parents may appear to protect their interests.)
You are hereby notified that an abuse and/or neglect and/or abandonment petition has been filed with the Circuit Court of Braxton County, West Virginia, on the 1st day of May 2024, and assigned Case Number 24-JA-19 and 20, wherein it is alleged that the father of infant J.S., (DOB: 04/26/2016), is (RODNEY SINGLETON) OR THE UNKNOWN FATHER, and that the mother of the infant(s) J.S. and O.S., is BRITTANY RITTER, who resides in Braxton County, West Virginia, and that said infant was placed in the custody of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources on or about the 1st day of May 2024, with said infant remaining in the care, custody and control of the said Department since that time in accordance with WV Code § 49-1-201. An Adjudicatory hearing will be held in this matter on the 29th day of August 2024 at 8:40 o’clock a.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the courtroom of the Braxton County Court House in Sutton, West Virginia. You and each of you are hereby notified that you have the right to have counsel present at all stages of these proceedings and ALL PROCEEDINGS CAN RESULT IN THE PERMANENT TERMINATION OF CUSTODIAL AND PARENTAL RIGHTS TO SAID INFANT CHILD.
Accordingly, you and each of you who may have an interest in these proceedings must attend and assert your parental rights and make such defense as you shall deem advisable on the date and time aforesaid, or termination of your custodial and parental rights may be ordered by the Court.
A copy of said petition can be obtained from the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Braxton County, West Virginia at the Braxton County Court House, Sutton, West Virginia and an answer must be served, prior to the next hearing, upon the following:
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES DIVISION
DWAYNE C. VANDEVENDER
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
307 MAIN STREET
SUTTON, WV 26601
Susan Lemon,
Clerk of Court