Christine Zadra Deputy County Attorney Lewis and Clark County Courthouse 228 Broadway Helena, MT 59601 Telephone: (406) 447-8221 Attorney for Department of Public Health and Human Services MONTANA FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY Cause No.: ADN 2024-63 IN THE MATTER OF R.T., A YOUTH IN NEED OF CARE. PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS ON FATHER TO: JOHN OR JON DOE THE FATHER OF: R.T. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a petition requesting Adjudicating the youth as a youth in need of care and granting temporary legal custody to the department has been filed in the above-entitled Court by Christine Zadra, Deputy County Attorney, representing the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division (Department) at 111 N Jackson Street, Helena, Montana, phone 406-444-2030. NOW, THEREFORE, YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED to appear on August 12, 2026, at 3:00 PM, at the Courtroom of Judge Mike Menahan, 228 Broadway, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, then and there to show cause, if any you may have, why said youth should not be declared as a Youth in Need of Care, and why the Department should not be granted Temporary Legal Custody of the youth. The youth was born on July 21, 2016, to Leeann May Whetstone and John or Jon Doe. A Public Defender has been appointed to represent you. They can be reached at the Public Defender's office at 139 North Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601, phone 406-444-0104. Your failure to appear at the hearing constitutes a denial of your interest in the above-named youth, 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 the petition is filed with the Clerk of District Court for Lewis and Clark County, 228 Broadway, Room 104, Helena, MT 59601, phone 406-447-8216. WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Court on this 4th day of June 2026. LISA KALLIO, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Florence Liston Deputy Clerk June 21, 28, July 5 2026 LCOL0534209