STATE OF INDIANA  IN THE MARION SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF MARION  CAUSE NUMBER: 49D15-2509-JT-009851                                                           49D15-2509-JT-009852 IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP: KH - DOB 5/30/2024 MH - DOB 5/30/2024 AND JESSICA CRISTAN DYER (MOTHER) WILLIAM DAVID HARDCASTLE, JR. (BIOLOGICAL FATHER) AND ANY UNKNOWN ALLEGED FATHERS SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION & NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING TO:  William David Hardcastle, Jr. Jessica Cristan Dyer 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 2/23/2026 at 10:15 AM and to answer the Petition for Termination of your Parental Rights of said children. 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. Meeting number (access code): 2342 864 9621 Meeting password: D15MAG22 (31562422 from phones) Join by phone 1-844-992-4726 - toll free Join by video system Dial 23428649621@webex.com You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number Meeting link: https://mscourts.webex.com/mscourts/j.phpMTID=m179de88d8dc028874f1c3cd6a1591de8 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 children; 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 children. 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 Lindsey Petitt, 37490-49 Attorney, Indiana Department of Child Services 4160 North Keystone Indianapolis, IN INI-12/05,12/12,12/19/2025-11891803 hspaxlp