IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF MERIWETHER COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA IN THE INTEREST OF: NAME: K.B.M. SEX: MALE DOB: 01/20/2025 AGE: 1 YEAR JUVENILE ACTION NO 26JUV00016 Child Under the Age of 18 NOTICE OF SUMMONS TO: TRAVIS JENKINS, and all males of the world and any and all persons with a parental interest in the above-referenced children. The above name children having been born to MARGARET MOONEY, a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights having been filed, and the whereabouts of the putative father being unknown, an order for service by publication was entered. NOTICE OF EFFECT OF TERMINATION JUDGMENT Georgia law provides that you can permanently lose your rights as a parent. A petition to terminate parental rights has been filed on the 3 day of March, 2026, requesting the court to terminate your parental rights to your children. The grounds alleged in the termination of parental rights petition include (a) that the child has been subjected to aggravated circumstances, (b) the child has been abandoned by the parents, and (C) that the child is dependent due to lack of proper parental care and control and the continued dependency will cause or is likely to cause serious physical, mental, emotional, or moral harm to such child. A copy of the petition to terminate parental rights may be obtained by contacting the clerk of court at 706.672.4416. A court hearing of your case has been scheduled for the 12 day of May, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at the Juvenile Court of Meriwether County, located at 100 North Court Square, Greenville, GA 30222. If you fail to appear, the court can terminate your rights in your absence. If the court at the trial finds that the facts set out in the petition to terminate parental rights are true and that termination of your rights will serve the best interests of your child, the court can enter a judgment ending your rights to your child. If the judgment terminates your parental rights, you will no longer have any rights to your child. This means that you will not have the right to visit, contact, or have custody of your child or make any decisions affecting your child or your child's earnings or property. Your child will be legally freed to be adopted by someone else. Even if your parental rights are terminated: (1) You will still be responsible for providing financial support (child support payments) for your child's care unless and until your child is adopted; and (2) Your child can still inherit from you unless and until your child is adopted. This is a very serious matter. You should contact an attorney immediately so that you can be prepared for the court hearing. You have the right to hire an attorney and to have him or her represent you. If you cannot afford to hire an attorney, the court will appoint an attorney if the court finds that you are an indigent person. Whether or not you decide to hire and attorney, you have the right to attend the hearing of your case, to call witnesses on your behalf, and to question those witnesses brought against you. Notice to Biological Fathers who are not Legal Fathers: Pursuant to O.C.G.A. §15-11-283(b), the biological father who is not the legal father is hereby notified that he may lose all rights to the child named in a petition brought pursuant to this article and will not be entitled to object to the termination of his rights to such child unless, within 30 days of receipt of notice, he files: (1) A petition to legitimate such child; and (2) Notice of the filing of the petition to legitimate with the court in which the termination of parental rights proceeding is pending. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. §15-11-283(c), if the identity of the biological father whose rights are sought to be terminated is not known to the petitioner or the petitioner's attorney and the biological father would not be entitled to notice in accordance with subsection (a) of this Code section, then it shall be rebuttably presumed that he is not entitled to notice of the proceedings. The court shall be authorized to require the mother to execute an affidavit supporting the presumption or show cause before the court if she refuses. Absent evidence rebutting the presumption, no further inquiry or notice shall be required by the court, and the court may enter an order terminating the rights of the biological father. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. §15-11-283(d), the court may enter an order terminating all the parental rights of a biological father, including any right to object thereafter to such proceedings: (1) Who fails to file a timely petition to legitimate the child named in a petition brought pursuant to this article and notice in accordance with subsection (b) of this Code section; (2) Whose petition to legitimate is subsequently dismissed for failure to prosecute; or (3) Whose petition to legitimate does not result in a court order finding that he is the legal father of the child named in a petition brought pursuant to this article. WITNESS THE HONORABLE ROBERT LEE TODD, IV, JUDGE OF SAID COURT. This 3 day of March, 2026. /s/ Brooklyn Sarno Deputy Clerk, Juvenile Court of Meriwether County IPL0319447 Mar 7 2026