Legal Notices: Miscellaneous Notices 2010ADP00012

• NOTICE OF ADOPTION Jonathan Earl Morris, whose last known address is unknown and whose current place of residence and whereabouts are unknown and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained, will take notice that on February 2, 2010, Barbara Susan MacPherson, grandmother, and Dick Anthony Genardi, grandfather, filed a Petition for Adoption of Arabelle Nicole MacPherson, Case No. 2010ADP00012, in the Probate Court, Montgomery County, Ohio, praying that they be permitted by order of the court, to adopt, as their own child, the child Arabelle Nicole MacPherson, a minor, born at Dayton, Ohio, alleging among other things in said Petition that Jonathan Morris, the natural father, has failed without justifiable cause, to provide more than de minimis contact with the minor or to provide for the maintenance and support of the minor as required by law or judicial decree for a period of at least one (1) year preceding the filing of the Adoption Petition. 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. The Petition will be heard for determination by the Honorable Alice O. McCollum of the Probate Court of Montgomery County, Ohio, 41 North Perry Street, Dayton, ohio on the 30th day of April, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. Christopher B. Epley, Attorney 124 E. Third Street, Suite 300 Dayton, Ohio 45402 937-228-7511 Phone 937-228-2314 Fax 2-18-2010 3-4-2010 3Thur