PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF HIGHLAND COUNTY,

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF HIGHLAND COUNTY, OHIO JUDGE KEVIN L. GREER IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF Mckinley Marie West CASE NO. 20265018 PUBLICATION OF NOTICE "TO ARIANN JADE HERNANDEZ, AND TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ADOPTION OF MCKINLEY MARIE WEST HIGHLAND COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO. 20265018" You are hereby notified that on the 26th day of June, 2026, Robert Michael West, Jr. and Ashley Nichole West, filed in this Court a Petition for Adoption of Natalia Grant-Marie Roberts, a minor, whose date of birth is May 25, 2020, and for change of the name of the minor to Mckinley Marie West. This Court, located at 105 N. High Street, Hillsboro, Ohio 45133, will hear the petition on the 30th day of November, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. It is alleged in the petition, pursuant to R.C. 3107.07, that the consent of Ariann Jade Hernandez is not required due to the following: That said person is a parent who has failed without justifiable cause to have more than de minimis contact with the minor for a period of one year immediately preceding the filing of the petition. "A FINAL DECREE OF ADOPTION, IF GRANTED, WILL TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO CONTACT THE MINOR. ALL LEGAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE MINOR AND YOU AND YOUR RELATIVES WILL TERMINATE, SO THAT THE MINOR IS A STRANGER TO YOU AND YOUR RELATIVES FOR ALL PURPOSES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DIVISION (A) (1) (B) OF SECTION 3107.15 OF THE REVISED CODE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THE ADOPTION, AND THE MINOR WAS LESS THAN ONE YEAR OF AGE AT THE TIME THE PETITION FOR ADOPTION WAS FILED, YOU MUST DO BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION WITH THE COURT WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF SERVICE OF NOTICE OF THE FILING OF THE PETITION AND OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING. (2) APPEAR AT THE HEARING. IF YOU OBJECT TO THE ADOPTION, AND THE MINOR WAS ONE YEAR OF AGE OR OLDER AT THE TIME THE PETITION FOR ADOPTION WAS FILED, YOU MUST DO BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION WITH THE COURT WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS FROM THE DATE OF SERVICE OF NOTICE OF THE FILING OF THE PETITION AND OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING. FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, THE COURT MAY EXTEND THE TIME IN WHICH A WRITTEN OBJECTION MAY BE FILED. (2) APPEAR AT THE HEARING. A FINAL DECREE OF ADOPTION MAY BE ENTERED IF YOU FAIL TO FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION ON TIME AND APPEAR AT THE HEARING. RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY: YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY. IF YOU ARE INDIGENT AND UNABLE TO EMPLOY AN ATTORNEY, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY PROVIDED FOR YOU PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 120. OF THE REVISED CODE. YOU MUST CONTACT THE COURT ON RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE IF YOU REQUESTING THAT AN ATTORNEY BE APPOINTED FOR YOU. THE COURT SHALL CONSIDER A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR AN ATTORNEY OR A NOTICE OF APPEARANCE FILED BY AN ATTORNEY ON YOUR BEHALF, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED TIME FRAMES, AS GROUNDS FOR AN EXTENSION TO FILE WRITTEN OBJECTIONS. " Judge Kevin L. Greer Highland County Probate Court J. Allyce Horne Attorney for Petitioners 131 E. Beech Street Hillsboro, Ohio 45133 (937) 393-1102 Sup. Ct. Reg. #0088231 (Sat., Aug. 29, Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26, Oct. 3, 2026) 90224920