ORDER OF PUBLICATION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ROANE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA IN RE: L.S. (D.O.B. 10/21/2025) Infant Respondent; UNKNOWN FATHER Adult Respondent. JUVENILE CASE NO: 25-JA-40 Hon. Anita Harold Ashley To the above named Adult Respondent It appears, by a petition filed in this action that Infant Respondent L.S. a female child, born October 21, 2025, whose biological mother is Tara Saunders, whose biological father is unknown, who is 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 child L.S. a female child and there are no reasonably available alternative to removal of the child, and the continuation in the home is contrary to the best interest of the child due to abuse of this child, 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 child, 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 June 8, 2026, at 11:30 a.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. Andrea Stockner, Clerk Circuit Court of Roane County, West Virginia
ROANE CO PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
200 MAIN ST
SPENCER
WV
25276
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