LEGAL NOTICE

In the Probate Court of Summit County, Ohio.

In the Matter of the Adoption of: Josephine Marie Carpas.

Case No. 2026 AD 028.

NOTICE OF HEARING ON

PETITION FOR ADOPTION

(RC 3107.11; Civ.R. 73(E); Loc.R. 52.1) - FORM 18.2

TO: Unknown Biological Father, last known address is unknown.

You are hereby notified that on July 22, 2026, Nicholas James Carpas and Jacqueline Marie Carpas filed in this Court a Petition for Adoption of Josephine Marie Carpas, a minor, whose date of birth is June 26, 2017, and for change of the name of the minor to Josephine Marie Carpas. The Court, located at 209 S. High Street, Akron, Ohio 44308 and Magistrate Angela Hardway will hear the petition on  the 6th day of January 2027, at 1:30 o'clock p.m.

It is alleged in the Petition that, pursuant to (R.C. 3107.07), the consent of Unknown Biological Father is not required due to the following:

State other grounds under R.C. 3107.07 (includes putative father of the minor born prior to January 1, 1997). No Father has established or registered.

"A final decree of adoption, if granted, will relieve you of all parental rights and responsibilities, including the right to contact the minor and except with respect to a spouse of the adoption petitioner and relatives of that spouse, terminate all legal and the minor's other relatives, so that the minor thereafter is a stranger to you and the minor's former relatives for all purposes. If you wish to contest the adoption, you must file an objection to the petition within fourteen days after proof of service of notice of the filing of the petition and of the time and place of hearing is given to you. If you wish to contest the adoption, you must also appear at the hearing. A final decree of adoption may be entered if you fail to file an objection to the adoption petition or appear at the hearing."

JUDGE ELINORE MARSH STORMER

Stephanie Wintermute, Deputy Clerk

Sep 25; Oct 2, 9, 2026

26-01188