ORDER OF PUBLICATION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROANE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA IN THE INTEREST OF: M. A. (DOB 3/13/2025) C. A. (DOB 1/14/2017) ABUSE & NEGLECT Case No. 25-JA-28 Case No. 25-JA-29 Adult Respondent(s): Megan Koehler, mother Jeff Adams, father To the above named Adult Respondent Jeff Adams It appearing, by a petition filed in this action that Infant Respondent M.A. a female child, born March 13, 2025, and Infant Respondent C.A., a male child born January 14, 2017, whose biological mother is Megan Koehler, whose biological father is Jeff Adams, with said children currently in the custody of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services. You are hereby notified, in accordance with the provisions of West Virginia Code Chapter 49, that a petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Roane County, West Virginia seeking to take custody of the children, M.A., a female child and C.A. a male child and there are no reasonably available alternative to removal of the children, and the continuation in the home is contrary to the best interest of the children due to abuse of these children, and that the emergency situation made efforts to preserve the family and prevent the placement unreasonable or impossible. If you wish to assert or exercise your parental rights to said children, you must appear and defend the petition at within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this notice. Your failure to appear and defend will result in the permanent termination of your parental rights. If you fail to respond to this notice within the required time, you may not appear in or receive further notice of this proceeding. You are further notified that a hearing shall be heard on December 12, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., for adjudication or soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, in the Circuit Courtroom of the Roane County Courthouse, 200 Main Street, Spencer, West Virginia, before the Honorable Anita Harold Ashley. Daniel F. Minardi, Prosecuting Attorney of Roane County, West Virginia
ROANE CO PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
200 MAIN ST
SPENCER
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