Published in the Tahlequah Daily Press on November 30, 2018 IN THE DISTRICT COURT WITHIN AND FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF S.B. A.D.M. J.C.M. DATE OF BIRTH: 10/06/2005 ALLEGED DEPRIVED CHILDREN Case No. JD-2018-31 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: Jonathan Birkes YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED the State of Oklahoma, through J. Andrew Williams, Assistant District Attorney in and for the Fifteenth Judicial District of Oklahoma, has filed a petition in and to the above-named minor children and the same has been set for hearing on the 29th day of January, 2019 at 9:00 AM in the Cherokee County Courthouse, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. FURTHER, that above-named parents must appear before the District Court in and for Cherokee County, Juvenile Division, thereof, in the courtroom in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, at the hour of 9:00 AM on the 29th day of January, 2019, when and where the Court will proceed to hear the merits of said petition and grant such relief or make such orders as the Court deems necessary and proper in these premises. You are advised that the parents are entitled to be represented by an attorney at each and every stage of these proceedings. If a state of indigence exists, such parties are entitled to a Court-appointed attorney at public expense. FURTHER, THAT IN THE EVENT the parents, Jonathan Birkes, fails to appear as summoned herein, the Court will proceed to grant such relief and make such orders as the Court deems necessary and proper in said cause, as supported by the findings on the merits of said cause of action. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING SCHEDULED ON THE 29TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2019 AT 9:00 AM WILL CONSTITUTE A DENIAL OF INTEREST IN THE ABOVE-NAMED MINOR CHILDREN. SUCH DENIAL MAY RESULT, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE OF THIS HEARING OR NOTICE OF ANY SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS, IN GRANTING THE APPLICATION FOR ADJUDICATION COULD RESULT IN THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND THE CHILDREN'S ADOPTION. Dated this 26th day of November, 2018. /s/ SANDY CROSSLIN SANDY CROSSLIN SPECIAL DISTRICT JUDGE