IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR CITRUS COUNTY
CASE NO. 2024-DP-140
IN THE INTEREST OF:
A.M.P. DOB: 5/23/2017,
MINOR CHILD.
NOTICE OF ACTION
TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
TO:
Austin James Perry, address unknown
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the following child for adoption: A.M.P. born on May 23, 2017. You are hereby commanded to appear on March 16, 2026 , at 10:30 a.m., before the General Magistrate, Keith Schenck at the Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, FL 34450, Third Floor, Courtroom 3E, for an ADVISORY HEARING.
FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF THIS CHILD (OR CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD OR CHILDREN NAMED IN THIS NOTICE.
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450 or (352) 341-6700 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.
WITNESS, my hand as Clerk of said Court and the Seal thereof, this 12th day of February 2026.
Traci Perry, Clerk of Court
By:/s/Dorie Melhorn
As Deputy Clerk
Published February 18, 25, March 4, and 11, 2026.