Free Microsoft Word - Adoption Series 18-19.1.DOC - Ohio

PROBATE COURT OF ______________________ COUNTY, OHIO
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF _______________________________________________
(Name after adoption)

CASE NO. ____________________

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR ADOPTION
Notice must be served not less than 20 days before the date of the hearing
[R.C. 3107.11]

To:

The Department of Human Services, and 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 _______________________________
(Name)

is not required due to the following: That person is a parent who has failed without justifiable cause to communicate 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. That person is a parent who 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 of 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 prior to January 1, 1997). ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Probate Judge_____________________________________ By:_______________________________________________ Deputy Clerk

18.2 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR ADOPTION

10/1/97

[Reverse of Form 18.2]

The State of Ohio ____________________________________County, 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 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________

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 _______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ ________ __
$ $ $ _________ _________ _________ _________ $ _________

FEES
Service and return, 1st name, ____ Additional names, at ____ Miles traveled, at ________________________ Total

__________________________________________ Sheriff __________________________________________ Deputy Sheriff _________________________________________ Name __________________________________________ Title

______________________________________