PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE COUNTY COURT OF ADAMS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
YOUTH COURT DIVISION
ADAMS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI
DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES, BY ANDREA A.
SANDERS, L.S.M., A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH
HIS NEXT FRIEND, ANDREA A. SANDERS PETITIONERS
JACKLYN SHANICE MILLS CO-PETITIONER
VS. UNKNOWN PUTATIVE FATHER RESPONDENT
CIVIL ACTION NO. 26-251
COUNTY COURT SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF ADAMS

TO: UNKNOWN PUTATIVE FATHER, who is not to be identified or located in the State of Mississippi on diligent inquiry, and whose post office address(es) are unknown to Petitioners after diligent search and inquiry.
You have been made a Respondent in the suit filed in this Court by the Adams County Department of the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services, seeking to terminate your parental rights as those rights relate to a named minor within said suit and demanding that the full custody, control, and authority to act on behalf of said minor be placed with the Adams County Department of the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services.

You are summoned to appear and defend against the Petition filed against you in this action at 3:30 p.m., on the 13th day of August, 2026, in the courtroom of the Adams County Courthouse, located at 115 South Wall Street, Natchez, Mississippi 39210, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a Judgment will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.

You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do so if you desire.

ISSUED under my hand and seal of said Court, this 29th day of June, 2026.

COUNTY COURT CLERK
ADAMS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

BY: /s/Tina Pettis
Deputy Clerk

Prepared By:
Emily N. Lal, MSB # 106830
Special Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Post Office Box 220
Jackson, MS 39205
Telephone: (601) 540-8429
Email: Emily.Lal@ago.ms.gov

Natchez Democrat:
July 3, 10 and 17, 2026
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