LEGAL NOTICE: CITATION BY PUBLICATION TO UNKNOWN FATHER OF LAYTHAM ANDREW MCDONALD, RESPONDENT

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.

CITATION BY PUBLICATION 

CAUSE NO. 104929D

THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 IN THE INTEREST OF LAM, A CHILD

IN THE 378TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

OF ELLIS COUNTY

TO: UNKNOWN FATHER OF LAYTHAM

ANDREW MCDONALD, Respondent, 

GREETINGS: 

NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: ‘’You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 am on the Monday next following the expiration of 20 days after the date you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you.’’ 

The petition of MINER, TAYLOR DANELLE AND MINER, RYAN SCOTT, petitioners, was filed in the above numbered cause on 01/07/2021 in the 378TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of ELLIS County, Texas.

A brief statement of the nature of this suit is as follows, to-wit FIRST AMENDED PETITION FOR TERMINATION & ADOPTION OF STEP-CHILD as more fully shown by the Petition on file in this suit. 

The name, date and place of birth of the child/children who are subject of this suit is/are as follows: 

MCDONALD, LAYTHAM ANDREW

DOB: 08/14/2018

The court has authority in this suit to enter any judgement or decree in the child’s (children’s) interest which will be binding upon you, including the termination of the parent-child relationship, the determination of paternity and the appointment of a conservator with authority to consent to the child’s or children’s adoption. 

The name and address of the attorney for the plaintiff is: 

TOM SMALLEY

115 N. COLLEGE ST

WAXAHACHIE, TX 75165  

Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court at Waxahachie, Texas this the 24th day of JULY, 2020.

MELANIE REED, 

(SEAL) Ellis County District Clerk 

I 09 S. Jackson Street 

Waxahachie, TX 75165 

By: Mary Hinds, Deputy