Notice for termination of parental rights hearing on June 9, 2026.

FN6713  gpn18  FN6713 gpn18 NOTICE TO APPEAR STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF FULTON IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF FULTON COUNTY.  In the interest of    B. Pezzano, Sex: F, Age: 02, DOB: 01/01/24, and B. Pezzano, Sex: F, Age: 01, DOB: 12/11/24, File Number: 246460 TO: BRITTANY PEZZANO, MOTHER, WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN, AND ANY UNKNOWN OR UNNAMED BIOLOGICAL, LEGAL OR PUTATIVE FATHER. GREETINGS: Pursuant to Order of this Court, you are hereby notified that on March 13, 2026 a PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS was filed in this Court by the Georgia Department of Human Services, though its agent, Fulton County Department of Family and Children Services, by Anabelle Blackburn, case manager, whose address is 5710 Stonewall Tell Road, College Park, Georgia 30349 alleging the whereabouts of the above-named parties are unknown.   The Petitioner asks the Court to transfer permanent legal custody of the above-named children to the Department for the purposes of adoption.  The purpose of the hearing is to terminate the parental rights of the parents.  A free copy of the Petition may be obtained from the Clerk of the Juvenile Court of Fulton County, 395 Pryor Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30312, on any day, Monday through Friday, between the hours 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. You are hereby commanded to be and appear at the Fulton County Juvenile Court, 395 Pryor Street, Fourth Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30312 on June 9, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. to show cause why the request of the Department to obtain permanent custody of the above-named children should not be granted.   You may file in the office of the Clerk of this Court and serve upon Plaintiffs attorney, Pilar d. Myrick, P.O. Box 89188, Atlanta, Georgia 30312, within sixty (60) days of the date of the first publication, your answer to the Departments Petition. A party is entitled to counsel in these proceedings and the Court will appoint an attorney for you if you are unable, without undue financial hardship to employ counsel. Notice is hereby given that prior to a final hearing, a provisional hearing may be conducted by the Court pursuant to O.C.G.A. ? 15-11-163.  Findings of Fact and orders of disposition made at the provisional hearing may become final at a final hearing unless parties served by publication appear at the final hearing. Georgia law provides that you can permanently lose your rights as a parent. A petition to terminate parental rights has been filed requesting the court to terminate your parental rights to your children. If you fail to appear, the court can terminate your parental rights in your absence.  If the court at the trial finds that the facts set out in the petition to terminate parental rights are true and that termination of your rights will serve the best interest of your children, the court can enter a judgment ending your rights to your children.  If the judgment terminates your parental rights, you will no longer have any rights to your children. This means that you will not have the right to visit, contact, or have custody of your children or make any decisions affecting your children or your children's earnings or property. Your children will be legally freed to be adopted by someone else.  Even if your parental rights are terminated: (1) You will be responsible for providing financial support (child support payments) for your children's care unless and until your children are adopted; and (2) Your children can still inherit from you unless and until your children are adopted.  This is a very serious matter. You should contact an attorney immediately so that you can be prepared for the court hearing. You have the right to hire an attorney and to have him or her represent you. If you cannot afford to hire an attorney, the court will appoint an attorney if the court finds that you are an indigent person. Whether or not you decide to hire an attorney, you have the right to attend the hearings of your case, to call witnesses on your behalf, and to question those witnesses brought on against you.  If you are a biological father who is not the legal father, you may lose all rights to the children named in a petition brought pursuant to this article and will not be entitled to object to the termination of his rights to such children unless, within 30 days of receipt of notice, you file: (1) A petition to legitimate such children; and (2) Notice of the filing of the petition to legitimate with the court in which the termination of parental rights proceeding is pending. WITNESS, the Honorable Renata Turner, Judge This the 26th day of March, 2026. MEIKO WILLIAMS CLERK OF JUVENILE COURT 4:08,15,22,29,2026 #546187-EP