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NOTICE IN THE JUVENILE COURT FOR HAMBLEN COUNTY, TENNESSEE STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN’S SERVICES Petitioner, vs. IN THE MATTER OF: PEYTON GARRETT ESTEP, DOB: 07/29/2004 EMILY ISABELLA RAY, DOB: 07/30/2010 A CHILD UNDER EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE ORDER OF PUBLICATION It appearing to the Court from the allegations of the Petition in this cause and the affidavit of the Petitioner that the whereabouts of the Respondent are unknown and that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon Christopher Priestly, it is, therefore, ordered that Respondent be served by publication of the following notice for four (4) consecutive weeks in the Herald-Dispatch, a newspaper published in the West Virginia county of Putnam. CHRISTOPHER PRIESTLY The State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s Services, has filed a petition against you seeking to terminate forever your parental rights to Peyton Garrett Estep, DOB: 07/29/2004 on the grounds that you have failed to establish and/or exercise paternity and failed to manifest the ability to parent. It appears that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon you because your whereabouts are unknown. You are, therefore, ordered to respond by filing an Answer to the Petition filed against you. A copy of the Petition may be obtained at the office of the County Clerk, Juvenile Court of Hamblen County, Tennessee, at 511 W. 2nd North Street, Morristown, Tennessee 37814. This notice will be published for four consecutive weeks. The last date of publication will be September 17, 2019. Your Answer must be filed within thirty (30) days after that. If no Answer is filed, a Default Judgment will be taken against you on October 30, 2019, and a hearing to terminate your parental rights will be set without further notice to you. ENTER this the 22nd day of August, 2019. HONORABLE JANICE H. SNIDER JUVENILE COURT JUDGE PREPARED FOR ENTRY: Chris Lawson, Esq., BPR #035222 Assistant General Counsel Department of Children’s Services 613 W. Highway 11-E, Suite 1 New Market, TN 37820 LH- 8-27;9-3,10,17; 2019