Hon. Yvonne Laird District Judge 17th Judicial District PO Box 470 Malta, MT 59538 Ph. (406)654-1062 MONTANA SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, BLAINE COUNTY Cause No. DN-2025-05 CITATION FOR PUBLICATION IN THE MATTER OF: X.K.S., A YOUTH IN NEED OF CARE. TO: GISELE LEROY YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED a Petition has been filed in the above-entitled Court by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division (hereinafter the Department), 232 1st St. West Suite B, Havre, MT 59501, (406) 262-2864, for Temporary Legal Custody of the above-named Youth. NOW, THEREFORE, YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED to appear on the 9th DAY OF DECEMBER 2025 at 3:00 P.M. at the Blaine County Courthouse in Chinook, Montana, then and there to show cause, if you may have, why the Department's requests should not be granted. The youth, X.K.S., was born in 11/2015. The youth's mother is Gisele Leroy. The youth's father is Dwight Spang. You have the right to be represented by an attorney in these proceedings. The Court has appointed an attorney, Samual Harris, to represent you. Your failure to appear in the proceedings may constitute a denial of your interest in the above-named child, which denial may result, without further notice of this proceeding or any subsequent proceeding, in judgment by default being entered for the relief requested in the petition. A copy of ther Petition is filed with the Clerk of District Court in Blaine County, (406) 357-3230. WITNESS the Honorable Yvonne Laird Judge of the above-entitled Court and the Seal of this Court, this 14th day of November, 2025.   Hon. Yvonne Laird District Court Judge OR /s/ Julie Campbell Clerk of District Court By: Deputy Clerk Published on Nov. 19, 26, Dec. 3, 2025 at the total approximate cost of $80.20 and may be viewed free of charge at www.sdpublicnotices.com