Published in the Tahlequah Daily Press on July 1, 2018 IN THE CHEROKEE NATION DISTRICT COURT TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF: TEDDY FRANCESS GLOVER, III, Minor Indian Child. Case No. A - 2018 - 21 ORDER and NOTICE OF HEARING TO ADOPT WITHOUT CONSENT CHEROKEE NATION COURT to: STEPHANIE MARIE MOUNCE Biological Mother You are notified that Teddy and Janet Glover have filed a Petition before the above named Court, praying that they be allowed to adopt the minor child named in the caption hereof without your consent. 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: 1) You have wholly failed to provide any support for the said minor child for more than one year next preceding the filing of the Petition. 2) You have wilfully failed to maintain a significant relationship with the said minor child for a period of twelve (12) of the last fourteen (14) months immediately preceding the filing of the Petition. and, therefore, your consent to the adoption is not necessary, and that Petitioners are proper parties to adopt. A hearing on the Application to determine whether your consent to the adoption is necessary is set for 9:00, a..m. on the 20th day of July, 2018, in the Cherokee Nation District Court, Tahlequah, OK, before the Honorable Judge Jackson. 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 CHILD. YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING SHALL CONSTITUTE A DENIAL OF YOUR INTEREST IN YOUR CHILD WHICH DENIAL MAY RESULT, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE OF THIS PROCEEDING OR ANY SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS, IN YOUR CHILD’S ADOPTION WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT THEREBY ULTIMATELY TERMINATING YOUR RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE CHEROKEE NATION AND THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. Dated this 1st day of May, 2018. /s/ Crystal Jackson JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT Approved as to form: Cynthia J. Burlison Attorney for Petitioners PO Box 266 Welch, OK 74369 Phone: (918) 822-5050
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