Court Notice Notice (2025 JA 223-224)

LEGAL NOTICE
-Published 02/18-
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA COUNTY -- JUVENILE DIVISION 
PUBLICATION NOTICE 
IN THE INTEREST OF HAYWARD, CRYSTAL 
A MINOR 
CASE NO. 2025 JA 223-224 
TO: 
Jonathan Allen Gordon, RESPONDENT 
TO WHOM IT MAY ALL CONCERN: 
Take Notice That On November 19, 2025, a petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by Donna Cruz in the Circuit Court of Peoria County entitled, "In the interest of Crystal Hayward, a minor", and that in Courtroom 424, on the day of April 8, 2026 at the hour of 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as this cause 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 that Act. THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS PROCEEDING TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR, TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION. YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD. IF THE PETITION REQUESTS THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN WITH THE POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION, YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE 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. 
Now, unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the petition, the allegations of the petition may stand admitted as against you and each of you, and an order or judgment entered.  
/s/ Robert M. Spears
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
DATED February 18, 2026
004-335849