PROBATE COURT OF _____________ COUNTY, OHIO ADOPTION OF _______________________________________________________________ (Name after adoption) CASE NO. ______________________________ NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF MINOR Notice must be served not less than 20 days before the date of the hearing. [R.C. 3107.11] To: _______________________________________________________ (Give Names and Addresses) You are hereby notified that on the ___________ day of _____________________, 20_____, _________________________________________________ filed in this Court a Petition for Adoption of ________________________________________________, a minor, whose date of birth is ___________________________, and for change of the name of the minor to ____________________________. This Court, located at _________________________________________________________________________ will hear the petition on the __________ day of __________________________, 20_____, at ___________ o’clock ____.M. It is alleged in the petition, pursuant to R.C. 3107.07, that the consent of __________________________________ is not required due to the following: (Name) The parent has failed without justifiable cause to provide more than de minimis contact with the minor for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the filing of the adoption petition or the placement of the minor in the home of the petitioner. The parent has failed without justifiable cause to provide for the maintenance and support of the minor as required by law or judicial decree for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the filing the adoption petition or the placement of the minor in the home of the petitioner. State other grounds under R.C. 3107.07 (includes putative father of the minor born before January 1, 1997.) _____________________________________________________________________________________________ “A  FINAL  DECREE  OF  ADOPTION,  IF  GRANTED,  WILL  RELIEVE  YOU  OF  ALL  PARENTAL  RIGHTS  AND  RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO CONTACT THE MINOR, AND, EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO A  SPOUSE  OF  THE  ADOPTION  PETITIONER  AND  RELATIVES  OF  THAT  SPOUSE,  TERMINATE  ALL  LEGAL  RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE MINOR AND YOU AND THE MINOR’S OTHER RELATIVES, SO THAT THE  MINOR  THEREAFTER  IS  A  STRANGER  TO  YOU  AND  THE  MINOR’S  FORMER  RELATIVES  FOR  ALL  PURPOSES.    IF  YOU  WISH  TO  CONTEST  THE  ADOPTION,  YOU  MUST  FILE  AN  OBJECTION  TO  THE  PETITION  WITHIN  FOURTEEN  DAYS  AFTER  PROOF  OF  SERVICE  OF  NOTICE  OF  THE  FILING  OF  THE  PETITION AND OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING IS GIVEN TO YOU.  IF YOU WISH TO CONTEST THE  ADOPTION,  YOU  MUST  ALSO  APPEAR  AT  THE  HEARING.    A  FINAL  DECREE  OF  ADOPTION  MAY  BE  ENTERED  IF  YOU  FAIL  TO  FILE  AN  OBJECTION  TO  THE  ADOPTION  PETITION  OR  APPEAR  AT  THE  HEARING.”  ______________________________________, Probate Judge By:_______________________________________________ Deputy Clerk FORM 18.2 – NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR ADOPTION Eff. Date January 1, 2010 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com CASE NO. _______________________ The State of Ohio, ______________________ Probate Court I hereby certify that I caused a copy of the within notice to be mailed by certified mail to the last known address of ____________________________________________________________________________ At___________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ At___________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ At___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________, Probate Judge By:_______________________________________________ Deputy Clerk RETURN __________________________________, County, Ohio ____________________________, 20_____ Received this writ on the ________ day of ____________________, 20____, at _______________ o’clock _____.M., and on the ________ day of ____________________, 20____,, I served the same by delivering a true copy thereof personally to ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Sheriff FEES Service and return, 1st name $______________ __________________________________________________ Deputy Sheriff ____ Additional names, at $______________ _____ Miles traveled, at $______________ __________________________________________________ Name ______________________ $_______________ TOTAL $_______________ __________________________________________________ Title _______________________________________ FORM 18.2 – NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR ADOPTION Eff. 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