SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN RE: THE ADOPTION OF L.D.W., a minor AND E.L.W., a minor CAUSE NO. 26-ad-17/4 THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: UNKNOWN PUTATIVE FATHER You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by Kenneth Denton, Plaintiff, seeking a Petition for Adoption. You are required to mail or hand deliver a written response to the Complaint filed against you in this action to: Harrison County Chancery Clerk Angela Thrash P.O. Drawer CC Gulfport, Mississippi 39502 Your response must be mailed or delivered not later than thirty (30) days after the 15th day of March 2026, which is the date of the first publication of this summons. If your response is not so mailed or delivered, a judgment by default will be entered against you for the money or other relief demanded in the Complaint. This matter is hereby set for hearing on the 6th day of May, 2026, at 9:00 A.M. at 1801 23rd Avenue, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501. You must also file the original of your Response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward. Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 11th day of March, 2026. Angela Thrash Harrison County Chancery Clerk By: Deputy Clerk IPL0322424 Mar 15,22,29,Apr 5 2026