Notice of Service of Process by Publication. State of North Carolina, Gaston County. In the District Court. File No. 26JT000018-350, In Re Doe; Petitioner Frances Yvonne Ervin Barlow and Kevin Gray Barlow v. Respondent Derek Daniel Henderson and/or any Unknown Father. To Derek Daniel Henderson and/or any Unknown Father, take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of relief being sought is a termination of your parental rights for the minor female child born on May 9, 2021 in Gaston County, North Carolina to the mother Summer Nicole Foster. You shall be required to make defense to such pleading not later than June 17, 2026, which is 40 days after the first date of publication, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought, which is a termination of your parental rights. For any unknown father, the respondent's parental rights to the juvenile shall be terminated upon failure to answer the petition within the time prescribed. This the 8th day of May 2026. Petitioner Frances Yvonne Ervin Barlow and Kevin Gray Barlow, c/o Jamie Hester Griffith, Attorney, 100 Glenway St., Suite A, Belmont, NC 28012. IPL0337673 May 8,15,22 2026