ORDER OF PUBLICATION and NOTICE OF HEARING

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BRAXTON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
THAT BEING THE JUVENILE COURT OF SAID COUNTY
IN RE: State v. (DALICE VAUGHN AND ROBERT HAZLETT), et. al., Case Nos. 25-JA-18, 19, and
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In the Matter of Z.T., M.T., E.W., Infants, and the parents of said infants,
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
and
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO: (DALICE VAUGHN AND ROBERT HAZLETT) OR THE UNKNOWN FATHER OF Z.T.,
M.T., E.W., or any other person claiming parental rights to the infant respondents
(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 6th day of May 2025, and assigned Case
Number 25-JA-18, 19, and 20, wherein it is alleged that the mother of infant Z.T., (9/4/2017), (DALICE
VAUGHN) and wherein it is alleged that the father of infant E.W., (3/26/2024), (ROBERT HAZLETT)
and that the mother and father of the infant(s) Z.T., E.W., is JARRED THORN, and TANIA THORN,
and that said infants was/were placed in the custody of the West Virginia Department of Health and
Human Resources on or about the 6th day of May 2025, with said infants 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 6th day of November 2025 at 3:30 o’clock p.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
Entered by the Clerk of said Court on the 26th day of September 2025.
s/s Susan Lemon,
Clerk of Court