IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
IN THE MATTER OF:
THE PETITION OF BELINDA SCHMIDT FOR THE ADOPTION OF BABY GIRL C.S., AN INFANT FEMALE CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWELVE YEARS
CASE NO. 23-A-19
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION OF ADOPTION
PROCEEDINGS
The object of the above-styled proceeding is to terminate all paternal and maternal rights and obligations to C.S., an infant female child born on May 8, 2018, at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Panama City, Bay County, Florida, and to grant the adoption of the child. A hearing on said issues is to occur on December 4, 2023, at9:00a.m. before the Honorable Judge David J. Sims, Circuit Court Judge of Ohio County, at the Ohio County Courthouse located at 1500 Chapline Street, Wheeling, West Virginia, 26003.
And, it appearing that the location and whereabouts of the determined biological father is unknown to the Petitioner and that the biological father has abandoned the female child, it is,
ORDERED that any person who admits, acknowledges, or otherwise wishes to declare his parental rights to said child, including any Native American heritage, should file an answer with the Honorable Judge David J. Sims, Circuit Judge of Ohio County, Ohio County Courthouse, 1500 Chapline Street, Wheeling, West Virginia, 26003, to assert or otherwise to defend his rights, within thirty (30) days after the date of the first publication of the Order, as required by West Virginia Code, Section 48-22-602, and West Virginia Code, Section 59-3-1 et. seq., and to appear at the hearing scheduled for C.S. at 9:00a.m. The Court does further,
ORDER that the failure to appear and to respond within the required time will result in no further notice and in the loss of ability to appear as provided by statute and also the termination of all paternal rights to the child.
ENTER this 18th day of October, 2023.
Brenda L. Miller
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Ohio County,
West Virginia
Prepared by:
/s/ Tyler Cline
Tyler L. Cline, Esq. (#13383)
Cline & Singh, PLLC
P.O. Box 6
Weirton, WV 26062-4500
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Guardian ad Litem
Intel, Oct. 25 & Nov. 1, 2023