STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
SKOWHEGAN, MAINE
COUNTY OF SOMERSET
Docket No. AA-0241-1
In Re: TRISTAN SCOTT LEE
Minor child
ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
This cause came to be heard on the Motion for Service by Publication by Petitioners, Alanna J. Salvas and Jayce P. Salvas, of 42 Pine Street, Madison, Maine 04950, for service by publication upon JAMES S. LEE, 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 Alanna J. Salvas and Jayce P. Salvas against JAMES S. LEE; and that JAMES S. LEE cannot, with due diligence, be served by any other prescribed method; and that the address of JAMES S. LEE 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 November 6, 2024 AT 1:20 PM. or as soon thereafter as it can be heard, and it is ORDERED that JAMES S. LEE 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 November 6, 2024 at 1:20 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 JAMES S. LEE’S PARENTAL RIGHTS WILL DIVEST SAID JAMES S. LEE and Tristan Scott Lee 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, JAMES S. LEE 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, Maine 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 So. China, Maine, once a week for three (3) successive weeks.
Dated: October 17, 2024
October 24, 2024, October 31, 2024 /s/ Robert Washburn Judge of Probate (10/31)
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