STATE OF INDIANA
IN THE MARION SUPERIOR COURT
COUNTY OF MARION
CAUSE NUMBER: 49D14-2510-JT-010712
IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION
OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP:
NC - DOB 5/26/2018
AND
CARMELINA CARTER (MOTHER)
ENRIQUE VALDEZ (FATHER) AND
ANY UNKNOWN ALLEGED FATHERS
SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION & NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING
TO:
Carmelina Carter
Enrique Valdez 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 1/28/2026 at 1:45 PM 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.
Magistrate Jennifer J. Hubartt D14 Mag 2 Remote Hearings Meeting Number: 2341 286 9854 Password: 49MAG2D14 Link: https://mscourts.webex.com/mscourts/j.phpMTID=m55ec072a61fd893d9f93b6bc60d5b087 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. Join by phone +1-312-535-8110 United States Toll (Chicago) 1-844-992-4726 United States Toll Free; Numeric Password: 49624231.
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
Feleshia Davis, 33787-45
Attorney, Indiana Department of Child Services
INI-12/9,12/16,12/23/2025-11900377 HSPAXLP