STATE OF MAINE
Penobscot County Probate Court 97 Hammond Street
Bangor, Maine 04401-4996
Docket: A-2016-075-1
NOTICE:
PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
LEGAL NOTICE TO: Josephine Sawyer
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:
1. Pursuant to 18-A MRSA §9-204, James Edward York, 56 Pushaw Rd., Bangor, ME 04401, has petitioned to terminate your parental rights in regard to Gavin James Sawyer, born December 21, 2010.
2. The Court finds that Josephine Sawyer cannot with due diligence be served by any of the prescribed methods of service and her whereabouts are unknown and cannot be ascertained by reasonable and due diligence.
3. A hearing on the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights of Josephine Sawyer will be held on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at Penobscot County Probate Court, 97 Hammond Street, Bangor, ME 04401-4996 for Josephine Sawyer and petitioner to appear and be heard.
4. An Order terminating Josephine Sawyer's parental rights will divest Josephine Sawyer and Gavin James Sawyer of all legal rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations to each other as parent and child, except inheritance rights, and would divest Josephine Sawyer of all rights to receive notice of, participate in or object to adoption proceedings.
5. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Josephine Sawyer appear and defend the cause and file a written response to the Petition by delivering it in person or by mailing it to: Register of Probate, 97 Hammond Street, Bangor, ME 04401-4996, and by mailing it to Petitioner at his address on or before December 1, 2016 at 1:30 p.m.
6. Josephine Sawyer is entitled to legal counsel in these proceedings. If Josephine Sawyer wants an attorney, but is unable to afford one, she should contact the Probate Court at (207) 942-8769 as soon as possible to request appointed counsel.
WARNING to JOSEPHINE SAWYER: If you fail to file a response within the time stated above, or if after you file a response, you fail to appear at hearing, a judgment may, in your absence, be entered against you for the relief requested.
It is further ORDERED that this Order be published in the Bangor Daily News, a newspaper published at Bangor, Maine, once a week, for three (3) successive weeks.
Dated: September 7, 2016
A True Copy
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