Case No. CV2016-413 NOTICE OF PETITION/HEARING BY BY PUBLICATION RE: TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BENEWAH IN THE MATTER OF THE THE ADOPION OF: Re: RILEIGH ELIZABETH MCDONALD, (DOB: 7/26/2002) A MinorChild. Notice to: Brian Keith McDonald, birthfather of Rileigh Elizabeth McDonald, (DOB: 7/26/2002), or anyone with a paternal interest: 1. You have been named as the father or a possible father of the above-named child. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights has been filed in the above-entitled court by Petitioner, William Douglas Gray. The Petitioner is asking the court for an order permanently terminating the parent-child relationship between you and the child, permanently terminating all of your rights to the child. 2. The child is Rileigh Elizabeth McDonald, born July 26, 2002 in Kennewick, Washington to Angelian Elizabeth Gray. 3. The court hearing on this matter shall be held on the 1st day of March, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in the Benewah County District Court before the Honorable Judge Douglas Payne, 701 College Ave., St. Maries, Idaho. Your failure to appear at this hearing may result in a Default Order permanently terminating all of your rights to the above-named child. If you wish to seek the advice or representation by an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be filed in time and other legal rights protected. You may have the right to be represented by an attorney at public expense if the court determines that you are a needy person and unable to provide for the payment of an attorney and related costs. In order to exercise your right to counsel if indigent, you need to contact the Clerk of the Court to make application for Court appointed counsel. Idaho Code §16-1505 entitles you to Notice of these Proceedings, and further provides: 1. The notice required by this section may be served immediately after commencement of proceedings to adopt a child but shall be served at least twenty (20) days prior to the final dispositional hearing. The notice shall specifically state that the person served must respond to the petition for adoption within twenty (20) days of service if he intends to intervene in or contest the adoption. 2. Any person who has been served with notice of an adoption proceeding and who wishes to contest the adoption shall file a written objection to the adoption in the adoption proceeding within twenty (20) days after service. The written objection shall set forth specific relief sought and be accompanied by a memorandum specifying the factual and legal grounds upon which the written objection is based. 3. Any person who fails to file a written objection to the adoption within twenty (20) days after service of notice waives any right to further notice in connection with the adoption, forfeits all rights in relation to the adoptee, and is barred from thereafter bringing or maintaining any action to assert any interest in the adoptee. 4. The hearing shall take place no sooner than twenty (20) days after service of notice, or where service is by registered or certified mail and publication, the hearing shall take place no sooner than twenty (20) days after the date of last publication. 5. Notice and appearance may be waived by any person in writing before the court or in the presence of, and witnessed by, a clerk of court or a representative of an authorized agency, provided that such parent has been apprised by the court or by such person of the meaning and consequences of the adoption proceeding. Where the person entitled to notice resides outside the state, the waiver shall be acknowledged before a notary of the state and shall contain the current address of said person. The person who has executed such a waiver shall not be required to appear. YOUR FAILURE TO RESPOND MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT ORDER PERMANENTLY TERMINATING ALL OF YOUR RIGHTS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED CHILD. DATED this 3rd day of January, 2017. MARK R. IVERSON, P.S. /s/MARK R. IVERSON, ISB #6542 Attorney for Petitioner FILE ORIGINAL WITH THE CLERK OF THE COURT AT: Clerk of the Court Kootenai County District Court P.O. Box 9000 Coeur d' Alene, ID 83816 (208) 446-1650 SERVE A COPY OF YOUR RESPONSE ON: Mark R. Iverson Attorney at Law 921 W. Broadway, Ste. 305 Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 462-3678 IDX-738089 January 6, 13, 20