Citation/Notice Details

Cause Number : 191026042
Name(s) of party to be served : UNKNOWN FATHER
Court/County : 286th District Court - Hockley County (Hockley)
Publication Start Date :  10/06/2020
Publication End Date :  11/03/2020
Status : Return Issued
Citation/Notice Text :

C I T A T I O N B Y P U B L I C A T I O N STATE OF TEXAS TO: UNKOWN FATHER, , Respondent “You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of 20 days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you.” GREETINGS: YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the Honorable 286th Judicial District Court, Hockley County, Texas, at the Courthouse of said County in Levelland, Texas, at or before 10 o’clock a.m. of the Monday next after the expiration of 20 days from the date of service of this citation, then and there to answer the petition of DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, Petitioner, filed in said Court on the 17th day of October, 2019, against UNKOWN FATHER, Respondent, and said suit being numbered 191026042 on the docket of said Court, and entitled IN THE INTEREST OF KIMBERLY, KAYLA, ALICIA, ELIDA, ROSA, ARIEL, AMARIE MINDIETA CHILDREN the nature of which suit is a request FIRST AMENDED PETITION FOR PROTECTION FILED 09/30/2020; AFFIDAVIT FILED 10/17/2020: ORDER SETTING RESUMPTION OF FINAL HEARING FILED 09/28/2020 Said child was born the 10th day of APRIL , 2007 , in LEVELLAND TX 7th JULY , 2009 , LEVELLAND TX 27th OCTOBER , 2010 , LEVELLAND TX 27th AUGUST , 2012 , LEVELLAND TX 7th OCTOBER , 2013 , LEVELLAND TX 18th OCTOBER , 2017 , LEVELLAND TX 27th SEPTEMBER,2018 LEVELLAND TX The Court has authority in this suit to enter any judgment or decree in the child’s interest which will be binding upon you, including the termination of the parent-child relationship and the appointment of a conservator with authority to consent to the child’s adoption. If this citation is not served within ninety days after the date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved. The officer executing this writ shall promptly serve the same according to requirements of law, and the mandates hereof, and make due return as the law directs. Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court at Levelland, Texas, this the 6th day of October, 2020. DENNIS PRICE, DISTRICT CLERK 802 HOUSTON ST., SUITE #316 LEVELLAND, TEXAS 79336 BY