Public Notice PUBLISHED IN THE CLAREMORE DAILY PROGRESS, CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA, OCTOBER 2, 9 & 16, 2015. IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR ROGERS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA In the Matter of the Adoption of: HANK WILSON BLAKE, d.o.b. 08/08/2002; MASON GAGE BLAKE, d.o.b. 07/12/2006; and BROOKLYN ROSE BLAKE, d.o.b. 06/19/2007 Minor Children. Case No.: FA-2015-59 NOTICE OF SERVICE VIA PUBLICATION TO: GARY J. BLAKE You are notified that JT PARSONS has filed a Petition before the above named Court, praying that he be allowed to adopt the minors named in the caption hereof without your consent, and for adoption. Take notice that the Application to determine your consent not necessary for the completion of this adoption is on file with the Clerk of this Court; that a copy of the Application is attached hereto, and that, among other things, it is alleged in the Application that: a. Pursuant to 10 O.S. §7505-4.2(I) the father has willfully failed to maintain a significant relationship with the minors for a period of (12) out of the last fourteen (14) months immediately preceding the filing of this petition. b. Pursuant to 10 O.S. § 7505-4.2 (B)(1), as he has wholly failed to provide any support for the minor children for a period of twelve of the past fourteen months next preceding the filing of this action as previously ordered by the Court. And, therefore, your consent to the adoption is not necessary, and that petitioner is a property party to adopt. A hearing on the Application to determine whether your consent to the adoption is necessary is set for 9:30 o'clock a.m. on the 9th day of November 2015, in the District Courtroom No. 3, in the County Courthouse of Rogers County in the City of Claremore, State of Oklahoma, before the Honorable Pazzo. The Final Decree Hearing on the Petition is set for 10:00 o'clock a.m. on the 14th day of December, 2015, in the District Courtroom No. 3, in the County Courthouse of Rogers County, in the City of Claremore, State of Oklahoma, before the Honorable Pazzo. YOU ARE THEREFORE NOTIFIED THAT THE COURT WILL HEAR EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF AND IN OPPOSITION TO THE GRANTING OF THE APPLICATION AT THE TIME AND PLACE ABOVE SHOWN WHERE YOU WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE PRESENT AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AT SAID TIME AND PLACE, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE ADOPTION OF YOUR CHILDREN. YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING SHALL CONSTITUTE A DENIAL OF YOUR INTEREST IN YOUR CHILDREN WHICH DENIAL MAY RESULT, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE OF THIS PROCEEDING OR ANY SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS, IN SAID CHILDREN'S ADOPTION WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT, THEREBY ULTIMATELY TERMINATING YOUR RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, IF ANY EXISTS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. Signed and dated this 29th day of September, 2015. s/ Stephen R. Pazzo, Jr. Judge of the District Court
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