IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF COLUMBIA, STATE OF GEORGIA   IN THE INTEREST OF: Riley  Ashley Smith, A CHILD, Civil Action File No. 2025-A-0106   NOTICE OF PUBLICATION   TO: Oleg Alexander Smith   YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Amended Petition for Stepparent Adoption has been filed in the Superior Court of Columbia County, Georgia, on the 22nd day of December 2025, to adopt Riley Ashley Smith born in 2017. Let all interested persons show cause before the Court, if any they can, at 9:30 a.m., on the 15"" day of April, 2026, in Courtroom #1, at the Columbia County Justice Center, 640 Ronald Regan Drive, Evans, Georgia 30809, before the Honorable J. Grady Blanchard, why the Court should not permit the adoption of the minor child by the Petitioner, Aaron Matthew Pucetas.   WITNESS, the Honorable Sheryl B. Jolly of the Superior Court of Columbia County, Georgia.   This 23rd day of February, 2026. Cindy Mason Clerk of Court Columbia County   Presented by: STEEN Joanna B. Mastny Attorney for Petitioners Mastny Law Firm, LLC 601 N. Belair Sq., Ste. 17 Evans, Georgia 30809 (706) 400-4032 Joanna@mastnylawfirm.com