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Published in the Sequoyah County Times April 8, 2004

IN THE DISTRICT COURT

IN AND FOR

SEQUOYAII COUNTY

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF DESTINY VILA RASHELLE PEOPLES, MINOR CHILD.

Case No. PA-2004-3

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICATION FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER

TO: DAVID ALAN PEOPLES, BIOLOGICAL FATHER OF DESTINY VILA RASHELLE PEOPLES, MINOR CHILD

YOU ARE HEREBY notified that a Petition for Adoption and Application for Adoption Without the Consent of the Biological Father have been filed in the District Court of Sequoyah County, State of Oklahoma, on the 9th day of March 2004, for the adoption of Destiny Vila Rashelle Peoples, a minor child, born on the 23rd day of August 1995. A hearing on said Application for Adoption Without the Consent of the Biological Father is scheduled for the 4th day of May 2004, at 10 o'clock in the District Courtroom of the Sequoyah County Courthouse in the City of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, before Judge Dennis M. Sprouse. Said Application alleges that the minor child should be eligible for adoption without the consent of the biological father for the reason that you, the biological father, has refused, failed, or neglected to pay for any voluntary support since you have not exercised any parental rights or duties or indicated any interest in the child by maintaining a relationship with said child in any manner.

No other person was named as the father on the birth certificate of said child. That the minor child is eligible to be a member of the Cherokee Nation and the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act 10 O. S.

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