SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION: CAUSE NO. 2024-0407-DNH IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI CAUSE NO.: 2024-0407-DNH COLLEEN FAIRCHILD, PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT VERSUS SERENITY BATES, ET AL., DEFENDANTS/CO-RESPONDENT STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: SERENITY BATES (WHEREVER SHE MAY BE FOUND) You are summoned to appear before the Honorable D. Neil Harris, Sr., Senior Chancellor of the Chancery Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, at the Jackson County Courthouse, 3104 S. Magnolia Street, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567, at 9:00 o'clock A.M. on the 10th day of SEPTEMBER, 2026, then and there to defend against the Petition for Modification of Custody and Incident Relief filed by Petitioner Jamie Aaron Bates, and to show cause why the relief prayed for in said Petition should not be granted. ISSUED under my hand and the seal of said Court, this the 22nd day of July, 2026. JOSH ELDRIDGE, CHANCERY CLERK JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IPL0363105 Aug 5,12,19 2026