(PUBLISHED IN THE MCALESTER NE...

(Published in the McAlester News-Capital on July 24th, 2016.) IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA, JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF A.C., DEPRIVED CHILD, UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE. NO. JD-2014-18 NOTICE AND SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: Kimberly Cormier, mother of A.C., DOB: 02-22-1999, You are hereby notified that a Petition to Terminate your parental rights in and to the above-named child who was born on the 22nd day of February, 1999 to Kimberly Cormier, mother of said child, and Kevin Cormier, father of said child has been filed herein in the above-styled and numbered cause praying that your parental rights in and to said child be terminated due to failure to correct the conditions of deprivation, to-wit: said child is not receiving proper parental care and guardianship or whose home is an unfit place for the child by reason of neglect, abuse, cruelty, or depravity on the part of the child’s parents. This matter will be heard in the Courtroom of Judge Mindy Beare in the Pittsburg County Courthouse, 115 E. Carl Albert Parkway, McAlester, Oklahoma, on the 29th day of September, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., and you are hereby summoned and notified to be present at this time and place under penalty of law for failure to do so. You are advised that the respondent parents, guardian or custodian, and respondent child are entitled to be represented by an attorney at each and every stage of the proceedings and if the parties are unable because of lack of present financial resources to obtain an attorney, they are entitled, upon demonstrating this fact to the Court’s satisfaction, to a Court-appointed attorney at no expense to such parties. Further, that in the event, the above-named parent(s) fail to appear as summoned herein, the Court will proceed to grant such relief and make such orders as the Court deems necessary and proper in said cause, as supported by the findings on the merits of said cause of action. Further, the duty of the parent to support his or her minor child will not be terminated except for adoption as provided by 10A O.S. §1-4-906(B)(3), "FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS." Dated this 21 day of July, 2016. s/Mindy Beare, JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT