LEGAL NOTICE

In the Probate Court of Summit County, Ohio.

In the Matter of the Adoption of: Justin James Moore.

Case No. 2024 AD 048.

NOTICE OF HEARING ON

PETITION FOR ADOPTION

(RC 3107.11; Civ.R. 73(E); Loc.R. 52.1) - FORM 18.2

TO: Justin Kreighbaum, last known address is P.O. Box 1501, Akron, OH 44309.

You are hereby notified that on May 14, 2024, Steven Ray Moore filed in this Court a Petition for Adoption of Justin James Wills, a minor, whose date of birth is December 2, 2015, and for change of the name of the minor to Justin James Moore. The Court, located at 209 S. High Street, Akron, Ohio 44308 and Magistrate Steven Elliott will hear the petition on  the 9th day of January 2025, at 10:00 o'clock a.m.

It is alleged in the Petition that, pursuant to (R.C. 3107.07), the consent of Justin Kreighbaum is not required due to the following:

That person is a parent who has failed without justifiable cause to provide more than de minimis contract with the minor for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the filing of the adoption petition or the placement of the minor in the home of the petitioner.

That person is a parent who has failed without justifiable cause to provide for the maintenance and support of the minor as required by law or judicial decree for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the filling of the adoption petition or the placement of the minor in the home of the petitioner.

"A final decree of adoption, if granted, will relieve you of all parental rights and responsibilities, including the right to contact the minor and except with respect to a spouse of the adoption petitioner and relatives of that spouse, terminate all legal and the minor's other relatives, so that the minor thereafter is a stranger to you and the minor's former relatives for all purposes. If you wish to contest the adoption, you must file an objection to the petition within fourteen days after proof of service of notice of the filing of the petition and of the time and place of hearing is given to you. If you wish to contest the adoption, you must also appear at the hearing. A final decree of adoption may be entered if you fail to file an objection to the adoption petition or appear at the hearing."

JUDGE ELINORE MARSH STORMER

By: Stephanie Wintermute, Deputy Clerk

Dec 13, 20, 27, 2024

24-01530