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STATE OF INDIANA
IN THE JOHNSON
CIRCUIT COURT
SS:
COUNTY OF JOHNSON
CAUSE NUMBER:
41C01-2501-JT-000001
41C01-2501-JT-000002
IN THE MATTER OF THE
TERMINATION OF THE
PARENT-CHILD RELA-
TIONSHIP: LQ - DOB
11/6/2010 CQ - DOB
5/16/2013 AND Justin
Cruz (Father) PattyJo Qui-
nata (Mother)

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

TO: Justin Cruz
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN to the above noted
parent whose wherea-
bouts are unknown, that
the Indiana Department of
Child Services has filed a
Petition for Involuntary
Termination of your Pa-
rental Rights, and that an
adjudication hearing has
been scheduled with the
Court. YOU ARE
HEREBY COMMANDED
to appear before the
Judge of the Johnson Cir-
cuit Court/ Juvenile and
Family Division, 1121
Hospital Road, Franklin,
IN 46131, 317-346-4691,
for a(n) Initial Hearing on
Publication on 3/19/2025
at 10:45 AM and to an-
swer the Petition for Ter-
mination of your Parental
Rights of said children.
You are further notified
that if the allegations in
said petition are true,
and/or if you fail to appear
at the hearing, the Juve-
nile Court may terminate
your parent-child relation-
ship; and if the Court ter-
minates your parent-child
relationship you will lose
all parental rights, powers,
privileges, immunities, du-
ties and obligations includ-
ing any rights to custody,
control, visitation, or sup-
port in said children; 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 children. You are en-
titled to representation by
an attorney, 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

Ashlee Melton, Esq.,
30359-49 DCS Attorney,
Indiana Department of
Child Services 1784 E.
Jefferson St Franklin, IN
46131
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