Court notice for termination of parent-child relationship and adoption proceedings.

STATE OF TEXAS
235th JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COUNTY OF COOKE
CITATION BY PUBLICATION
CV25-00379
TO: JOSE RICARDO HERNANDEZ
2025 LAKE VISTA LANE
DENTON, TX 76208
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: "YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. YOU MAY EMPLOY AN ATTORNEY. IF YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY DO NOT FILE A WRITTEN ANSWER WITH THE CLERK WHO ISSUED THIS CITATION BY 10:00 A.M. ON THE MONDAY NEXT FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF 20 DAYS AFTER YOU WERE SERVED THIS CITATION AND PETITON, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU. IN ADDITION TO FILING A WRITTEN ANSWER WITH THE CLERK, YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO MAKE INITIAL DISCLOSURES TO THE OTHER PARTIES OF THIS SUIT. THESE DISCLOSURES GENERALLY MUST BE MADE NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER YOU FILE YOUR ANSWER WITH THE CLERK. FIND OUT MORE AT TEXASLAWHELP.ORG.
"The FIRST AMENDED PETITION FOR TERMINATION AND ADOPTION OF STEPCHILDREN OF CORINA PINEDA-MORALES AND JOSE ANTONIO AGUILAR ZAPEDA, Petitioner(s), was filed in the 235th JUDICIAL DISTRICT of Cooke County, Texas, on December 15, 2025, against JOSE RICARDO HERNANDEZ, Respondent(s), in a cause numbered CV25-00379 and entitled:
ITIO, M.H.P., AND N. H., CHILDREN
The suit requests termination of Respondent's parent-child relationship and adoption of the children by JOSE ANTONIO AGUILAR ZAPEDA.
The date and place of birth of the children who are subjects of this suit:
NAME: MARISSA HERNANDEZ-PINEDA
SEX: FEMALE
BIRTHDATE: 02/02/2010
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS
PLACE OF BIRTH: DENTON, TEXAS
NAME: NICOLE HERNANDEZ
SEX: FEMALE
BIRTHDATE: 05/27/2011
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS
PLACE OF BIRTH: DENTON, TEXAS
"The Court has authority in this suit to enter any Judgment or Decree in the children's interest which will be binding upon you, including the termination of the parent-child relationship, the determination of paternity and the appointment of a conservator with authority to consent to the children's adoption."
ISSUED and GIVEN under my hand and seal of said Court at Gainesville, Texas, the 20th day of January, 2026.
MARCI A. GILBERT, DISTRICT CLERK
COOKE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
101 S DIXON, ROOM 207
GAINESVILLE, TEXAS 76240
By: Argelia Moreno, Deputy
RETURN TO: ROBERT D. EPSTEIN
EPSTEIN FAMILY LAW, P.C.
5949 SHERRY LANE, SUITE 1070
DALLAS, TX 75225