Hearing to determine custody of minor River Bacon on March 31, 2026.

STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF LAKE  IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE DIVISION  IN THE INTEREST OF: River Bacon, A Minor Gen. No. 26 JA 8  NOTICE OF PUBLICATION   NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, unknown father of the minor, River Bacon and TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, that on January 27, 2026 petitions were filed under the Juvenile Court Act by TARA H. ORI in this Court, and that in the courtroom of Judge Marnie Slavin C-1, Robert W. Depke Juvenile Justice Complex, 24647 North Milwaukee Avenue, Vernon Hills, Illinois, on March 31, 2026 at 10:30am or soon thereafter as this case may be heard, an adjudicatory hearing will be held upon the petition to have the child declared to be a ward of the Court under the Act. THIS COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS CASE TO TAKE AWAY THE CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR, TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR. YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD. Unless you appear, you will not be entitled to further written notices or publication notices of the proceedings in this case, including the filing of an amended petition or a motion to terminate parental rights. Unless you appear at the hearing in person or through an attorney, an order of judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief asked in the petition, and thereafter any and all of your parental rights will be terminated and held for naught.  Erin Cartwright Weinstein CLERK OF COURT  February 13, 2026  ERIC F. RINEHART, STATE'S ATTORNEY, 18 NORTH COUNTY STREET, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS 60085 ​F​ebruary 20, 2026 - 7929938