STATE OF INDIANA  )     IN THE TIPPECANOE SUPERIOR COURT 3                                     ) COUNTY OF TIPPECANOE ) CAUSE NO.: 79D03-2604-JC-000050   IN RE: THE MATTER OF TALLULAH SHUMATE (48692) - DOB 11/15/2024 AGE 1 year A CHILD ALLEGED TO BE A CHILD IN NEED OF SERVICES PRAECIPE FOR SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION COMES NOW the Indiana Department of Child Services, local office in D03 County, (hereinafter "DCS"), by counsel, Hannah Burnau, and pursuant to I.C. 31-32-9-2 and Indiana Trial Rule 4.13, requests authorization for Summons by Publication on "Alleged Unknown Father" with respect to the Verified Petition Alleging Child In Need of Services filed herein. In support thereof, DCS shows the Court the Affidavit in Support of Summons by Publication filed contemporaneously herewith. WHEREFORE, DCS requests this Court enter an Order authorizing Summons by Publication on "Alleged Unknown Father" and for any and all relief proper in the premises. DATED: May 15, 2026 Respectfully submitted, Hannah Burnau, 39401-79 DCS Attorney, Indiana Department of Child Services Email: hannah.burnau@dcs.in.gov CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a copy of the foregoing pleading or paper has been served upon the following interested parties and counsel of record by depositing same in the United States mail in envelopes properly addressed and with sufficient first class postage affixed, by placing same in the attorney's mailbox in the Tippecanoe County Clerk's Office, by personal service, by email or facsimile if service is so accepted, this 15th day of May, 2026: Tippecanoe CASA, admincasa@tippecanoe.in.gov Jennifer L Schrontz, jschrontz@schrontzlegal.com Hannah Burnau, 39401-79 LAF - 5/19, 5/26, 6/2/2026 - 12340739