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STATE OF INDIANA
IN THE LAWRENCE
CIRCUIT COURT
SS:
COUNTY OF LAW-
RENCE
CAUSE NUMBER:
47C01-2509-JT-000216
IN THE MATTER OF THE
TERMINATION
OF THE PARENT-CHILD
RELATIONSHIP:
IJP - DOB 9/16/2016
AND
NATASHA DAWN JONES
(BIOLOGICAL MOTHER)
ADAM PURTLEBAUGH
(LEGAL FATHER)

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

TO: Adam Purtlebaugh
Whereabouts unknown
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
Lawrence Circuit Court,
916 15th Street, Bedford,
IN 47421-3852 -
812-275-2421 for a(n) Ter-
mination Hearing on
11/21/2025 at 1:00 PM
and to answer the Petition
for Termination of your
Parental Rights of said
child.
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 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 rep-
resentation by an attorney,
provided by the State if
applicable, throughout
these proceedings to ter-
minate the parent-child re-
lationship. If you have
been appointed an attor-
ney 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 currently sched-
uled in this matter and re-
quest that the Court ap-
point an attorney to repre-
sent you in these proceed-
ings to terminate the
parent-child relationship.
YOU MUST RESPOND
by appearing in person or
by an attorney within thirty
(30) days after the last
publication of this notice,
and in the event you fail to
do so, adjudication on said
petition and termination of
your parental rights may
be entered against you, in
your absence, without fur-
ther notice.

Amy Voorhies
Clerk

Linda Hurst, 38405-47
Attorney, Indiana
Department of Child
Services
659 X St
Bedford, IN 47421
60154844 hspaxlp
(J) 11-08-15-22-2025