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STATE OF INDIANA
IN THE JOHNSON
CIRCUIT COURT
SS:
COUNTY OF JOHNSON
CAUSE NUMBER:
41C01-2412-JT-000007
IN THE MATTER OF THE
TERMINATION OF THE
PARENT-CHILD RELA-
TIONSHIP: HM - DOB
1/28/2024 AND Richard
Garcia (Alleged Father)
Taylor Mills (Mother) AND
ANY UNKNOWN AL-
LEGED FATHERS

SUMMONS FOR
SERVICE BY
PUBLICATION &
NOTICE OF
TERMINATION OF
PARENTAL RIGHTS
HEARING

TO: Richard Garcia and
Any Unknown Alleged Fa-
ther
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN to the above noted
parent whose wherea-
bouts are unknown, as
well as Any Unknown Al-
leged Fathers, whose
whereabouts are also un-
known, that the Indiana
Department of Child Ser-
vices has filed a Petition
for Involuntary Termina-
tion of your Parental
Rights, and that an adjudi-
cation hearing has been
scheduled with the Court.
YOU ARE HEREBY
COMMANDED to appear
before the Judge of the
Johnson Circuit Court / Ju-
venile and Family Division,
1121 Hospital Road,
Franklin, IN 46131,
317-346-4691, for a(n)
Initial/Fact Finding as to
Father Only on 2/26/2025
at 8:30 AM and to answer
the Petition for Termina-
tion of your Parental
Rights of said child. You
are further notified that if
the allegations in said peti-
tion are true, and/or if you
fail to appear at the hear-
ing, the Juvenile Court
may terminate your
parent-child relationship;
and if the Court terminates
your parent-child relation-
ship you will lose all pa-
rental rights, powers, privi-
leges, immunities, duties
and obligations including
any rights to custody, con-
trol, visitation, or support
in said child; and if the
Court terminates your
parent-child relationship, it
will be permanently termi-
nated, and thereafter you
may not contest an adop-
tion or other placement of
said child. You are entitled
to representation by an at-
torney, provided by the
State if applicable,
throughout these proceed-
ings to terminate the
parent-child relationship. If
you have been appointed
an attorney in the Child in
Need of Services action
involving the
above-named child(ren),
that attorney may not be
automatically appointed to
represent you in these
proceedings. You must
appear at the hearing cur-
rently scheduled in this
matter and request that
the Court appoint an attor-
ney to represent you in
these proceedings to ter-
minate the parent-child re-
lationship. YOU MUST
RESPOND by appearing
in person or by an attor-
ney within thirty (30) days
after the last publication of
this notice, and in the
event you fail to do so, ad-
judication on said petition
and termination of your
parental rights may be en-
tered against you, in your
absence, without further
notice.

Trena McLaughlin
Clerk

Sarah Patarino, Esq.,
35048-41 DCS Attorney,
Indiana Department of
Child Services
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(J) 01-08-15-22-2025