LEGAL NOTICES for Thursday, July 28, 2022

STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF SOMERSET
SKOWHEGAN, MAINE
Docket No. AA-0203-1
AA-0204-1

In Re: Baylon Jared Walther
Grant Paul Walther
Minor Child

ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

The cause came to be heard on the Motion for Service by Publication by Petitioners, Micah and Autum Cram, 117 Porter Road, Skowhegan, ME 04976, for service by publication upon TROY WALTHER, pursuant to Maine Rule of Civil Procedure 4(g) and Rule of Probate Procedure 4(e)(2), and it appearing that this is an action for Termination of Parental Rights brought by the Petitioners Micah and Autum Cram against TROY WALTHER; and that TROY WALTHER cannot, with due diligence, be served by any other prescribed method, and that the address of TROY WALTHER is not known and cannot be ascertained by reasonable diligence, and it is ORDERED that the Petition to Terminate Parental Rights be heard before this Court at 41 Court Street, Skowhegan, ME on AUGUST 10, 2022, at 1 P.M., or as soon thereafter as it can be heard, and it is ORDERED that TROY WALTHER appear and defend the cause and file a written response to the Petition by delivering it in person or by mailing it to the Office of the Register of Probate, 41 Court Street, Skowhegan, ME 04976, and by mailing a copy thereof to the Petitioners at their said address on or before AUGUST 10, 2022, 1 P.M.

IMPORTANT WARNING: IF YOU FAIL TO FILE A RESPONSE WITHIN THE TIME STATED ABOVE, OR IF, AFTER YOU FILE YOUR RESPONSE, YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AT ANY TIME THE COURT NOTIFIES YOU TO DO SO, A JUDGMENT MAY, IN YOUR ABSENCE, BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF REQUESTED. IF YOU DO NOT FILE A RESPONSE, YOU MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE WITH THE CLERK IF YOU WISH TO BE HEARD. IF YOU INTEND TO OPPOSE THE PETITION DO NOT FAIL TO ANSWER WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME.

AN ORDER TERMINATING TROY WALTHER’S PARENTAL RIGHTS WILL DIVEST SAID TROY WALTHER, BAYLON JARED WALTHER AND GRANT PAUL WALTHER OF ALL LEGAL RIGHT, POWERS, PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS TO EACH OTHER AS PARENT AND CHILD, EXCEPT THE INHERITANCE RIGHTS BETWEEN THE CHILD AND HIS/HER PARENT. FURTHERMORE, TROY WALTHER SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO NOTICE OF THE CHILD’S ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS, NOR SHALL HE HAVE ANY RIGHT TO OBJECT OR PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCEEDINGS, AND SAID ORDER SHALL HAVE ALL OTHER EFFECTS SET FORTH IN 22 M.R.S.A. §4056.

If you believe you have a defense to the Petition, or if you believe you have a claim of your own against the Petitioners, you should talk to a lawyer. If you feel you cannot afford to pay a fee to a lawyer, you may ask the office of the Register of Probate, at 41 Court Street, Skowhegan, ME 04976 or any other Register of Probate, for information as to places where you may seek legal assistance.

It is further ORDERED that this Order be published in The Town Line, a weekly newspaper published in South China, Maine, once a week for three (3) successive weeks.

Dated: June 29, 2022

/s/ Robert Washburn,
Judge of Probate

A true copy of the original
Attest: /s/ Victoria M. Hatch
Register of Probate
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