IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CABELL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA CIVIL ACTION NO. 22-JA-113-115 HONORABLE SEAN K. HAMMERS WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, ex rel., Tasha Willis, Social Service Worker, Petitioner, v. TABITHA HODGES, respondent mother; CHRISTOPHER TOPPINGS, respondent father; RONALD PAUL NICHOLAS, respondent father; LANDYN NICHOLAS, BRAELYN TOPPINGS, and BROOKLYN TOPPINGS, Respondents. IN THE INTEREST OF THE MINOR CHILDREN: Landyn Nicholas, DOB: 09/09/2012, 22-JA-113 Braelyn Toppings, DOB: 11/03/2019, 22-JA-114 Brooklyn Toppings, DOB: 10/17/2020, 22-JA-115 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Please take notice that this matter will come on for a preliminary hearing, adjudication and/or termination of parental rights of the above listed parties and any unknown putative fathers or any other appropriate relief before the Honorable Sean K. Hammers, of the Circuit Court of Cabell County, West Virginia, on the 19th day of May, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., at which time and place you may be present to protect your interests, if you so desire. You are further advised that if an answer or appearance is not made by you at said hearing, thereafter, judgment upon proper hearing and trial may be taken against you for the relief demanded in the petition, i.e. permanent termination of parental, custodial, or guardianship rights. An original and copies of the petition has been filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk of Cabell County, West Virginia, at the Cabell County Courthouse, and a copy of said petition is available for each respondent at the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office upon request. You may also contact the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office to obtain the name of the attorney appointed to represent you. WEST VIRGINlA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES By Counsel, /s/ William A. Dawson, Jr., WVSB No. 11494 Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Cabell County Courthouse 750 Fifth Avenue, Suite 350 Huntington, West Virginia 25701 Counsel for Petitioner LH-242141 04-17,24;2025