NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDING
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA
CASE NO.: PR-2025-003321
To: Andre McDougle, the legal father of AMJ, a minor, whose whereabouts are unknown
Please take notice that a Petition to adopt AMJ, a male born to Chasity Christine Smith on October 16, 2017 in Northport, Tuscaloosa County, has been filed in the Probate Court of Shelby County. As a notified party, you may appear in the adoption proceeding to contest or support the Petition for Adoption.
Please be advised that if you intend to contest this adoption, you must file a written response within thirty (30) days from the last day this Notice of Adoption Proceeding is published with the attorney for said Petition, whose name and address is shown below, and with the Chief Clerk of the Shelby County Probate Court at P.O Box 825, Columbiana, Alabama 35051. If you fail to respond within siad thirty (30) days, the Court may construe that failure as an implied consent to the adoption and as a waiver of a right to appear and of further notice of the adoption proceedings. If the adoption is approved, your parental rights, if any, will be considered terminated.
This the 01 day of December, 2025.
Attorney: Amy M. Osborne Esq., 4770 Eastern Valley Road, Suite 111, The Shoppes at Letson Farms, PMB 106, McCalla, AL 35111.
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