PUBLIC NOTICE
PROBATE COURT OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, OHIO
PATRICIA SANDERS, JUDGE
ADOPTION OF LILYANA EMPERATRIZ JOSEPH-GRANDE
CASE NO. 2026 AD 06
NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR ADOPTION
NOTICE MUST BE SERVED NOT LESS THAN 20 DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF THE HEARING [R.C.
3107.11]
To: Kendra Beodda Castro 14130 Pleasant Ridge Dr., Marysville, OH 43040
You are hereby notified that on the 13th day of February, 2026 Kathy D. Joseph filed in this Court a Petition for Adoption of Lilyana Emperatriz Grande, a minor, whose date of birth is 9/8/2010
and for change of the name of the minor to Lilyana Emperatriz Joseph-Grande. This Court, located at 111 So. 4th St., Ironton, OH 45638 will hear the petition on the 20th day of July, 2026, at 9:00 o’clock A.M.
It is alleged in the petition, pursuant to R.C.
3107.07, that the consent of ____________
is not required due to the following:
That person is a parent who has failed without justifiable cause to provide more than de minimis contact with the minor for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the filing of the adoption petition or the placement of the minor in the home of the petitioner.
“A FINAL DECREE OF ADOPTION, IF GRANTED, WILL RELIEVE YOU OF ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO CONTACT THE MINOR, AND, EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO A SPOUSE OF THE ADOPTION PETITIONER AND RELATIVES OF THAT SPOUSE, TERMINATE ALL LEGAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE MINOR AND YOU AND THE MINOR’S OTHER RELATIVES, SO THAT THE MINOR THEREAFTER IS A STRANGER TO YOU AND THE MINOR’S FORMER RELATIVES FOR ALL PURPOSES. IF YOU WISH TO CONTEST THE ADOPTION, YOU MUST FILE AN OBJECTION TO THE PETITION WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER PROOF OF SERVICE OF NOTICE OF THE FILING OF THE PETITION AND OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING IS GIVEN TO YOU. IF YOU WISH TO CONTEST THE ADOPTION, YOU MUST ALSO APPEAR AT THE HEARING. A FINAL DECREE OF ADOPTION MAY BE ENTERED IF YOU FAIL TO FILE AN OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION PETITION OR APPEAR AT THE HEARING.”
NOTICE
If you are Indigent, you may qualify for Counsel to be Appointed on your behalf. Please Contact the Court for further Information or to apply for appointed counsel in this case at 740-533-4341
/s/Patricia Sanders
Probate Judge
/s/Robin Heaberlin
Deputy Clerk
Ironton Tribune: May 9, 16, 23, 30, June 6 and 13, 206
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