District Court Denver Juvenile Court ___________________________________County, Colorado Court Address: ________________________________________ IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: ______________________________ (name of person(s) seeking to adopt) FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD Attorney or Party Without Attorney (Name and Address): _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Phone Number:________________ E-mail: ____________________ FAX Number:__________________ Atty. Reg. #:________________ COURT USE ONLY Case Number: _________________
Division _____ Courtroom _________
MOTION AND AFFIDAVIT FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE
Petitioner(s) move(s) the Court for an Order of service of the Notice on Respondent(s) by Publication, and state(s):
1. This is an action for adoption of a child. 2. Respondent _____________________________________________ is the birth/presumed/purported mother of the child. Respondent ______________________________________________ is the birth/presumed/purported father of the child. Petitioner(s) has/have been unable to locate the Respondent mother for personal service of the Notice and Petition, and has/have attempted to obtain personal service of the Notice and Petition on the Respondent mother, and a Not Found Return is attached. Petitioner(s) has/have been unable to locate the Respondent father for personal service of the Notice and Petition, and has/have attempted to obtain personal service of the Notice and Petition on the Respondent father, and a Not Found Return is attached. Respondent mother's present address is: ___________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
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Respondent father's present address is: ____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
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Diligent efforts to locate the Respondent mother for personal service have consisted of: Search has been made of the telephone and other available directories; various inquiries have been made of persons who may have information concerning the address and whereabouts of the Respondent mother, but said efforts have been to no avail, and Respondent mother's address and residence and whereabouts are and remain unknown to the Petitioner(s). Additional efforts to locate the Respondent mother include the following: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Diligent efforts to locate the Respondent father for personal service have consisted of: Search has been made of the telephone and other available directories; various inquiries have been made of persons who may have information concerning the address and whereabouts of the Respondent father, but said efforts have
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been to no avail, and Respondent father's address and residence and whereabouts are and remain unknown to the Petitioner(s). Additional efforts to locate the Respondent father include the following: _______________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Petitioner(s) last heard from Respondent mother on _____________________________ (date), and last saw Respondent mother at ________________________________________________________________.
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Petitioner(s) last heard from Respondent father on ______________________________ (date), and last saw Respondent father at _________________________________________________________________.
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The last known address for Respondent mother is: ____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
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The last known address for Respondent father is: _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
Wherefore, Petitioner(s) move(s) that this Motion for Publication be granted.
VERIFICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I swear/affirm under oath, that I have read the foregoing Motion and Affidavit for Publication of Notice and that the statements set forth therein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
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Petitioner Signature Date
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Petitioner Signature Date
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Petitioner's Attorney Signature, if any
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Petitioner's Attorney Signature, if any
Subscribed and affirmed, or sworn to before me in the County of ________________________, State of ____________________, this _______ day of ________________, 20 ____. My Commission Expires: __________________ ______________________________________ Notary Public/Clerk
Subscribed and affirmed, or sworn to before me in the County of _________________________, State of ___________________, this ________ day of _______________, 20 ____. My Commission Expires: __________________ ______________________________________ Notary Public/Clerk
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