No. 22-4-02395-6

Notice of Hearing about Emergency Guardianship Petition

Notice of Hearing about Guardianship Petition

Superior Court of Washington

County of Pierce

In re Guardianship of Jayden, Elijah, Xavier and Neveah Macleod Verplank, Respondents (minor children)

To: John Doe, Father of Neveah Faith Sieni Macleod

1. Petitioner has scheduled a court

hearing for February 24, 2023, at 9AM at 930 Tacoma Avenue South, Room 411, Tacoma, WA 98402.

Warning! If you do not go to the hearing, the court may sign orders without hearing your side.

The hearing is because the Petition-

er Dominick Macleod Verplank is asking the Court to appoint him as emergency/permanent guardian of the above listed minor children.

2. How to respond.

Step One: Fill out one of the forms

listed below.

IF you disagree, use: Objection to

Minor Guardianship (Form GDN M301).

If you agree, use: Declaration of

[name] (Form FL All Family 135).

You can get the forms at the Wash-

ington State Court’s website, www.washingtonlawhelp.org, or the Pierce County Law Library (for a fee).

Step Two: Serve a copy of the form

on the petitioner at 1130 Broadway, Suite 202, Tacoma, WA 98402. You may use certified mail with return receipt requested. For more information on how to serve, read Superior Court Rule 5.

Step Three: File your original form

with the Court clerk at Superior Court Clerk, Pierce County, 930 Tacoma Avenue S., Tacoma, WA, 98402

Person asking for this hearing signs here:

/s/ F. Richard Ricketts, WSBA #33641

IDX-967676 December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022, January 5, 2023