STATE OF INDIANA  IN THE MARION SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF MARION  CAUSE NUMBER:49D09-2508-JT-008389  IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP: CRW - DOB 9/7/2024 AND JESSE M HOWARD (ALLEGED FATHER) HEATHER WILKINS (MOTHER) AND ANY UNKNOWN ALLEGED FATHERS SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION & NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING   TO:  Jesse M Howard Heather Wilkins and Any Unknown Alleged Father Whereabouts unknown   NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the above noted parent whose whereabouts are unknown, as well as Any Unknown Alleged Fathers, whose whereabouts are also unknown, that the Indiana Department of Child Services has filed a Petition for Involuntary Termination of your Parental Rights, and that an adjudication hearing has been scheduled with the Court. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a hearing has been scheduled before the Judge of the Marion Superior Court for a(n) Trial Hearing on 12/12/2025 at 9:00 AM and to answer the Petition for Termination of your Parental Rights of said child. Pursuant to Administrative Rule 14, arrangements have been made for you to participate in this hearing by phone or video. You will receive instructions prior to the hearing instructing you on how to participate in the hearing. It is your responsibility to provide your Family Case Manager with a working phone number. YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to participate telephonically or by video for this hearing. You should not appear in person. The scheduled hearing will be conducted virtually via WebEx; use the information below to attend. Video attendance is preferred when possible, but telephonic appearance is acceptable. Exhibits shall be e-filed 48 hours prior to hearing. Exhibits should be pre-marked as Pet. or Resp. & comply with the Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records or be subject to being stricken. Go to www.webex.com to enter your meeting number and password or use the toll-free number below to join by phone. Please join the hearing five (5) minutes before your hearing is scheduled to begin. You will be admitted to the hearing room once the Court is ready to begin. Meeting number (access code): 2346 789 6237 Meeting password: 49MAGD09 (49624309 from phones) Join by phone 1-844-992-4726 - toll free You are further notified that if the allegations in said petition are true, and/or if you fail to participate at the hearing, the Juvenile Court may terminate your parent-child relationship; and if the Court terminates your parent-child relationship you will lose all parental rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations including any rights to custody, control, visitation, or support in said child; and if the Court terminates your parent-child relationship, it will be permanently terminated, and thereafter you may not contest an adoption or other placement of said child. You are entitled to representation by an attorney, provided by the State if applicable, throughout these proceedings to terminate the parent-child relationship. If you have been appointed an attorney in the Child in Need of Services action involving the above-named child(ren), that attorney may not be automatically appointed to represent you in these proceedings. You must appear at the hearing currently scheduled in this matter and request that the Court appoint an attorney to represent you in these proceedings to terminate the parent-child relationship. YOU MUST RESPOND by appearing virtually or by an attorney within thirty (30) days after the last publication of this notice, and in the event you fail to do so, adjudication on said petition and termination of your parental rights may be entered against you, in your absence, without further notice. Clerk Alaina Goschke, 37631-49 Attorney, Indiana Department of Child Services 4160 N Keystone Ave Indianapolis, IN 46205 INI-10/29,11/05,11/12/2025-11783865 hspaxlp