Service by publication
CHANCERY COURT OF GIBSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
CASE NO. 22388
IN RE:
THE ADOPTION OF FEMALE CHILD
SERENITY GRACE SMITH-STOLTZ
D.O.B.: 5/10/2012
SHANNON SMITH and
ELIZABETH SMITH,
PETITIONERS
To: The unknown father of SERENITY GRACE SMITH-STOLTZ, D.O.B. 5/10/2012
A Petition for Adoption has been filed by Shannon Smith and Elizabeth
Smith in the Chancery Court of Gibson County, Tennessee at Trenton
with respect to the adoption of Serenity Grace Smith-Stoltz, D.O.B.
5/10/2012. The birth mother of the child is Tonia Michelle Stoltz,
D.O.B. 12/1971 and is of Caucasian descent. Tonia Michelle Stoltz was
39 at the age of conception and it is believe that conception would
have been in August 2011 based upon the date of birth. The child was
born in Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee and is of Caucasian
descent. It appears that service of process cannot be had on you in
Gibson County, Tennessee or that you are now a nonresident of
Tennessee. Therefore, under the authority contained in Sections
21-1-203 through 21-1-205 of the Tennessee Code Annotated, unless you
appear to contest the adoption on April 18, 2017, at 1:00 pm, which is
30 days after the date of the last publication hereof, at the Gibson
County Chancery Courthouse,. 204 North Court Square, Trenton,
Tennessee, you will be forever barred from contesting the adoption and
your parental rights will be terminated ex parte.
Publication shall be made for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper
published in Madison County, Tennessee.
This the 14TH day of February , 2016.
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SHONNA SMITH, CLERK & MASTER
PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 16, 23, AND MARCH 2, AND 9, 2017