SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION, CARE AND PROTECTION, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, DOCKET NUMBER 25CP0198SP, Trial Court of Massachusetts, Juvenile Court Department, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Hampden County Juvenile Court, 80 State Street, Springfield, MA 01103. 413-748-7714. TO: Marcus D Hale, the father of Jada Na Chele Hale, born on April 28, 2009, and to Marcus D Hale or the father of Najaya Renee Hale born on January 24, 2011 and of Marshawn Davontae Hale born on June 2, 2013, all born in Ohio to Shanisha Renee Lanier aka Shanisha R. Lanier aka Shanisha Reene Lanier, and of Promise Marie Brown born on December 17, 2015 in Springfield, MA. to Shanisha Reene Lanier: A petition has been presented to this court by DCF Legal, seeking, as to the following children: Jada N Hale, Marshawn D Hale, Najaya R Hale, Promise M Brown, that said children be found in need of care and protection and committed to the Department of Children and Families. The court may dispense the rights of the person(s) named herein to receive notice of or to consent to any legal proceeding affecting the adoption, custody, or guardianship or any other disposition of the children named herein, if it finds that the children are in need of care and protection and that the best interests of the children would be served by said disposition. You are hereby ORDERED to appear in this court, at the court address set forth above, on the following date and time: 06/29/2026 at 09:00 AM Status Hearing You may bring an attorney with you. If you have a right to an attorney and if the court determines that you are indigent, the court will appoint an attorney to represent you. If you fail to appear, the court may proceed on that date and any date thereafter to a trial on the merits and adjudication of this matter. For further information call the Office of the Clerk-Magistrate at 413-748-7714. WITNESS: Hon. David B. Paradis, FIRST JUSTICE, DATE ISSUED: 05/12/2026, Paul R. Viets, Clerk-Magistrate. May 22, 26, June 1 2026 LWOO0521893