NOTICE
LUCAYA DIXSON:
The State of Tennessee, Department of Children's Services, has filed a petition against you seeking to terminate forever your parental rights to Zah'Kalen Miquell Dixson. It appears that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon you because your whereabouts are unknown. You are hereby ORDERED to file an Answer to the Petition to Terminate Parental Rights with the Clerk of the Juvenile Court of Knox County, Tennessee, 3323 Division Street, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919, and to serve a copy of that Answer upon Ruth Bunn, Attorney for the Tennessee Department of Children's Services, 2600 Western Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37921, within thirty (30) days of the last date of publication of this notice, which will be September 23, 2025. If you fail to do so, a judgment may be taken against you pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. S 36-1-117(n), Rule 55 of the Tenn. R. of Civ. P. for the relief demanded in the petition. You may view and obtain a copy of the petition and any other subsequently filed legal documents in the Juvenile Court Clerk's Office at the address shown above.
ENTER this the 20th day of August, 2025.
/s/ ________
JUDGE
PREPARED BY:
/s/Ruth Bunn- by__ 016913
Ruth Bunn, BPR# 32016
Lead Associate Counsel
Department of Children's
Services
2600 Western Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37921