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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PUTNAM COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA Civil Action No. 21-JA-1-2 State of West Virginia, WVDHHR, Petitioner, V. Robert S. Foster, Respondent. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT The object of the Petition and Amended Petition filed in these matters is to provide protection to the infant children, L.S.F., whose date of birth is 03/15/2016, and M.M., whose date of birth is 08/09/2019. To the above-named Respondent: Please take notice that you have been named as the purported father to the above-named children. These matters will come on for an adjudication and termination hearing or any other appropriate relief before the Honorable Joseph K. Reeder, Judge of the Circuit Court of Putnam County, West Virginia, on the 7th day of January, 2022, 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 the infant children and respondents in this proceeding shall have the right to counsel at this hearing and every stage of the proceedings; that if you cannot pay for the services of counsel, the Court shall appoint counsel for you; and that said proceeding could result in the permanent termination of your parental rights. 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 and amended petition. An original and copies of the petition and amended petition have been filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Putnam County, West Virginia, at the Putnam County Judicial Building, 12093 Winfield Road, Winfield, West Virginia, 25213, and a copy of the same is available for each respondent at said office upon request. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA By Counsel, Paige W. Hoffman Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Putnam County, West Virginia DATE: October 29, 2021 LC-119336 11-02,09;2021