No. 17-5-00190-9 SUMMONS AND NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF PETITION/HEARING RE TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF Kaymanii Lee Jamirah Jefferies a person under age eighteen TO: JOHN DOE, alleged father. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear within thirty (30) days after the date of first publication of this summons, to wit, within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this summons and defend the above-entitled action in the above-entitled Court, and answer the Petitions of the Petitioners, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned petitioners at the address stated below. If you fail to do so, judgment may be rendered against you according to the request of the Petition for Adoption and the Petition for Termination of Parent-Child Relationship which has been filed with the Clerk of said court. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a petition has been filed with the Clerk of the above court requesting that the parent-child relationship between you and the above-named child be terminated. The object of the action is to seek an order terminating the parent-child relationship between you and the child and a Decree of Adoption declaring the petitioner to be the legal parent of the child. The child was born on 2/7/2006, in King County, Washington. The name of the child's mother was Nicolle Lee Jefferies at the time the child was born and is now Nicolle Lee Blackman. You have been named as the father. The court hearing on the Petition for Termination of Parent-Child Relationship shall be on the May 12, 2017, at 9 am at Pierce County Juvenile Court, 5501 6th Ave, Tacoma, WA 98406. YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT ORDER PERMANENTLY TERMINATING ALL OF YOUR RIGHTS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED CHILD. You are further notified that you have the right to be represented by an attorney, and if you are indigent and request an attorney, an attorney will be appointed for you. You are further notified that your failure to file a claim of paternity or to respond to the petition within thirty days of the first publication is grounds to terminate your parent-child relationship with respect to the child. One method of filing your response and serving a copy on the Petitioner is to send them by certified mail with return receipt requested. This summons is issued pursuant to Superior Court Civil Rule 4.1 of the state of Washington. Dated this 7th day of March, 2017. File response with: Clerk of the Court Pierce County Superior Court 930 Tacoma Ave S, Rm 110 Tacoma, WA 98402 SERVE A COPY OF YOUR RESPONSE ON: Petitioners: Rickey Lee Blackman and Nicolle Lee Blackman 2409 62nd Ave E, Apt 25-103 Fife, Wa 98424 IDX-747144 March 9, 16, 23