IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THOMA...

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THOMAS COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA Case No. 24-A-12 In Re: Adoption of Baby Girl Cooper DOB: 01/30/2024 by and through An Open Door Adoption Agency, Inc. NOTICE OF PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS To: Unnamed Biological Father and Arib Whitfield, the Presumed Legal Father, of a Child born January 30, 2024, in DeKalb County, Georgia You are hereby notified that a Petition to Terminate Your Parental Rights has been filed in the above-styled Court by The Open Door Adoption Agency, Inc. through its attorneys. The mother of the child has surrendered her rights to the child to the Petitioner, The Open Door Adoption Agency, Inc., and the Petitioner intends to place the child for adoption. As to the Biological Father of the Child, pursuant to Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 19-8-10, 19-8-11, 19-8-12 and other pertinent laws, you are advised that you will lose all parental rights to this child, and you will neither receive notice of nor be entitled to object to the adoption of the child, unless, within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this notice, you file a Petition to Legitimate the Child, pursuant to O.C.G.A. 19-7-22 and give notice in writing of the filing of such Petition to this Court and to the attorney listed below. You must prosecute the action to final judgment. You are further advised that if you intend to object to this Petition, you must file an Answer to the Petition to Terminate Parental Rights within thirty (30) days in the Superior Court of Thomas County, Georgia. You are urged to immediately retain legal counsel to assist you in this matter. As to the Legal Father of the Child, pursuant to Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 19-8-10 and 19-8-11 and other pertinent laws, you are advised that you will lose all parental rights to this child, and you will neither receive notice of nor be entitled to object to the adoption of the child, unless, within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this notice, you file an Answer to the Petition to Terminate Parental Rights in the Superior Court of Thomas County, Georgia. You are urged to retain legal counsel to assist you in this matter. You should contact the attorney for Petitioner, Chris E. Ambrose, Silvis, Ambrose, Lindquist & Coch, P.C., 220 S. Hansell St., P.O. Box 1557, Thomasville, Georgia 31799, telephone 229-228-4258 for further information. All notices to or correspondence with the Petitioner and copies of all pleadings or proceedings you may file in any court in regard to the above-referenced Child should be served upon him. Dated this 10th of April 2024. SILVIS, AMBROSE, LINDQUIST & COCH, P.C. ATTORNEYS FOR THE OPEN DOOR ADOPTION AGENCY, INC. 789504 04/17,24;05/01/2024