IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COLUMBIA COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA DOMESTIC RELATIONS DIVISION   IN THE INTEREST OF: ALEXANDER MORROW A CHILD   Civil Action File No. 2025A0104   NOTICE OF PUBLICATION   TO: MATTHEW AVELAR, BIOLOGICAL FATHER YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on December 9, 2025, a Petition for Adoption of one minor child, to-wit: Alexander Mattox Morrow, a male born December 20, 2016 in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. Said Petition was filed in the Superior Court of Columbia County, Georgia, Civil Action File Number 2025A0104. Let all interested persons show cause before the Court, if any they can, at 9:30 a.m., on the 12th day of May, 2026 at the Columbia County Courthouse, Courtroom 2, 640 Ronald Reagan Drive, Evans, Georgia 30809, why the Court should not permit the adoption of the minor child by the Petitioner. WITNESS, the Honorable J. Grady Blanchard of the Superior Court of Columbia County, Georgia. This 24th day of February, 2026. /s/ Cindy Mason Clerk of Court  Columbia County   /s/ Adam D. Land Georgia Bar No: 775211 Tisdale Middleton & Land Law Firm 207 N. Belair Road Evans, Georgia 30809 Telephone (706) 869-1348 Facsimile (706) 869-9464 12118584