IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA   IN RE: THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF: CASE NO. 2025 DR 1283 C XAVIER ELIJAH LEE CONNER __________________________________ NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND STEPPARENT ADOPTION   TO: Kristopher Daniel Cruz 94 Holly Street Port Reading, New Jersey 07064   YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights for the Proposed Adoption of a Minor Child and Joint Petition for Adoption by Stepparent has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Ryan G. Hardy, Esquire on behalf of Teri Alexis Conner, whose address is 520 N. Main Street, Crestview, Florida 32536 on or before 10/10/2025, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 101 East James Lee Boulevard, Crestview, Florida 32536 before service of Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.   The minor child is identified as follows:   Xavier Elijah Lee Conner Date of Birth: 02/05/2021 Place of Birth: Camp Lejeune, NC   Physical Description of Respondent: Age: approximately 26 Race: Puerto Rican Hair color: Black Eye color: Brown Approx height: approximately 5'6" Approx weight: approximately 180 lbs   Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request.   You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or e-mailed to the addresses on record at the clerk’s office.   Dated: 08/29/2025   Clerk of the Circuit Court   By: J Dunlap_ {Deputy Clerk}   Respectfully Submitted, /s/ Ryan G. Hardy   Florida Bar No.: 95986 Ryan G. Hardy, P.A. 520 N. Main St. Crestview Florida 32536 Telephone: (850) 398-8790 Email: ryan@ryanhardylaw.com   9/12/25, 9/19/25, 9/26/25, 10/3/25 ($252.72)