NO.: 24-5-00039-0 SEA

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF PETITION/HEARING RE RELINQUISHMENT OF CHILD/ TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

FOR KING COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION

OF

INFANT LEHMAN,

a person under the age of eighteen.

TO: JONATHAN

AND TO: ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY You are hereby summoned to appear within thirty days after the date of first publication of this summons, to-wit, within thirty days after the 9th day of February, 2024 and defend the above-entitled action in the above-entitled court, and answer the petition of the Petitioner, OPEN ADOPTION & FAMILY SERVICES, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for Petitioner, OPEN ADOPTION & FAMILY SERVICES, at the office below stated; if you fail to do so, judgment may be rendered against you according to the request of the petition which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a petition has been filed in this court praying that the parent-child relationship between parents of the above-named child and the above-named child be terminated. The object of the action is to seek an order relinquishing the child to the Petitioner for adoption and to terminate the parent-child relationship. The child was conceived in or around April, 2023 in Seattle, Washington and was born in Seattle, Washington on January 30, 2024. The child’s birth mother is Danielle (Dani) Lehman.

The court hearing on this matter shall be on the 14th day of March, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. via Zoom in the King County Superior Court; address: King County Courthouse, Ex Parte Department, Court Room W-325, 516 Third Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104. Appearances in the Ex Parte Department are conducted using Zoom. Please visit https://www.kingcounty.gov/courts/superior-court/ex-parte-probate.aspx or contact the Ex Parte and Probate Department for further instructions.

Questions regarding participating in the hearing may be found by calling Adoption Services at (206) 477-1493. 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 any non-consenting parent or alleged father has a right to be represented by an attorney, and an attorney will be appointed for an indigent parent who requests an attorney. You are further notified that your failure to file a claim of paternity under Chapter 26.26 RCW within thirty days of the first publication of this notice or to respond to the petition within thirty days of the first publication of this notice is grounds to terminate your parent-child relationship with respect to the child.

You are further notified that your failure to respond to the termination action within twenty days of service, if served within the state of Washington, or thirty days if served outside of this state, will result in the termination of the parent-child with respect to the child.

One method of filing your response and serving a copy on the Petitioner is to send them your written response by certified mail with return receipt requested.

Information for using the court’s e-filing system can be found at https://kingcounty.gov/courts/clerk.aspx.

WITNESS the Honorable HENRY H. JUDSON, Judge/Court Commissioner of said Superior Court and the seal of said Court hereunto affixed this FEB. 6, 2024 (date). CATHERINE CORNWALL,

King County Superior Court Clerk

By: A. GALLARDO

Deputy Clerk

FILE RESPONSE WITH:

Clerk of Court

King County Superior Court

King County Courthouse

516 Third Avenue, E-609

Seattle, WA 98104 SERVE A COPY OF YOUR RESPONSE ON: Petitioner’s Attorney: Janna J. Annest Lirhus Keckemet Annest PLLC

119 S Main Street Suite 405

Seattle, WA 98104

IDX-991400

February 9, 16, 23, 2024