IN THE CIRCUIT COURT NO. 1 FOR CLARK COUNTY STATE OF INDIANA IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF MICHAEL WILLIAM LAMB CASE NO. 10C01-1603-AD-014 NOTICE TO UNNAMED FATHER The unnamed putative father of the child born to Marlis Faith Lamb on December 5, 2007, or the person who claims to be the father of the child born to Marlis Faith Lamb on December 5, 2007, is notified that a Petition for Adoption of the child was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Clark County, in Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130. The petition for adoption alleges that the consent to adoption of Michael William Lamb is not required per Indiana Code 31-19-9-8(a)(2) and (b) because Petitioner has been the minor's guardian for a number of years and neither parent has had meaningful contact or provided for the support for the child for a period exceeding six months. If the unnamed putative father seeks to contest the adoption of the child, the unnamed putative father must file a motion to contest the adoption in accordance with Indiana Code 31-19-10-1 in the above-named Court within thirty (30) days after the date of service of this Notice. This Notice may be served by publication. If the unnamed putative father does not file a motion to contest the adoption within thirty (30) days after service of this Notice, the above-named Court shall hear and determine the Petition for Adoption. The unnamed putative father's consent is irrevocably implied and the unnamed putative father loses the right to contest the adoption or the validity of the unnamed putative father's implied consent to the adoption. The unnamed putative father loses the right to establish paternity of the child under I.C. 31-14. Nothing Marlis Faith Lamb or anyone else says to the unnamed putative father of the child relieves the unnamed putative father of his obligations under this Notice. No oral statement made to Marlis Faith Lamb relieves Marlis Faith Lamb of Marlis' obligations under this notice. Under Indiana law, a putative father is a person who is named as or claims he may be the father of the child born out of wedlock but who has not yet been legally proven to be the child's father. This notice complies with IC 31-19-4.5-3 and IC 31-19-4-4 but does not exhaustively set forth a person's legal obligations under the Indiana adoption statutes. A person being served with this notice should consult the Indiana adoption statutes. /s/Susan Popp SUSAN POPP, CLARK COUNTY CLERK PREPARED BY: LISA GARCIA REGER Indiana Attorney No. 17969-29 LORCH NAVILLE WARD LLC 506 State Street, P.O. Box 1343 New Albany, IN 47151-1343 Phone (812) 949-1000 Fax (812) 949-3773 hspaxlp
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