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NOTICE IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO.: 2020-DR-43-278 THIRD AMENDED NOTICE OF ADOPTION TO BIOLOGICAL PARENTS (S.C.R.C.P. Rule 15(a) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Kimberly Whitfield and Aaron Whitfield, Plaintiffs, VS. Mikayla Nocole Brindle, John Doe and Corey Jacob Wallen, Defendants. In the Interest of B.C.B. DOB: October 3, 2019, a minor under the age of fourteen (14) years old. TO: MIKAYLA NICOLE BRINDLE, THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER OF THE MINOR CHILD, JOHN DOE AND COREY JACOB WALLEN, THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER, WHO IS GIVEN THE FOLLOWING NOTICE: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, pursuant to the provisions of Section 63-9-730(E), et seq, of the Code of Law of South Carolina, (1976, as amended), that the minor child, B.C.B., whose date of birth is October 3, 2019, in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina. The minor child has been in the care of the Plaintiffs Kimberly and Aaron Whitfield since on or about March 15, 2020. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the adoptees’ caregivers have indicated that you Mikayla Nicole Brindle, are the biological mother of the minor child/adoptee above named. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the adoptees’ caregivers have indicated that you, John Doe and Corey Jacob Wallen are the biological father of the minor child/adoptee above named. YOUR ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that an adoption actin was filed on April 13, 2020 and a Third Amended Notice of Adoption was filed on August 27, 2021, in the Sumter County Family Court, 215 North Harvin Street in Sumter, South Carolina, bearing the Docket Number: 2020-DR-43-278. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this Notice of Adoption, you must respond by filing with the Sumter County Family Court a formal written or typed Answer specifically stating your reasons for doing so. YOUR ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Sumter County Family Court must be informed of your current address and any changes of address during the entire adoption proceeding. YOUR ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that your failure to file an Answer or other response withing thirty (30) days of your receipt of this Notice of Adoption constitutes YOUR CONSENT to the Plaintiff’s adoption of the adoptee, AND also constitutes FORFEITURE AND RELINQUISHMENT of all of your parental rights and obligations to the adoptee. BE SO NOTIFIED. KEFFER LAW FIRM By: JOHN S. KEFFER Attorney for Plaintiffs S.C. Bar #67910 10 Law Range Sumter, South Carolina 29150 Ph: (803) 774-1004 LH-118067 10-7,14,21;2021