IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS PROBATE DIVISION WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF SOPHIA LEELEAN CASTRO CASE NO. 2025 PB-A 000304 NOTICE

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS PROBATE DIVISION WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF SOPHIA LEELEAN CASTRO CASE NO. 2025 PB-A 000304 NOTICE Jose Saul Castro Arellano, whose current address is unknown and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained and whose last known address was 410 W. Oak St., Orrville, OH, is hereby notified that on March 27, 2025, Pam L. Lehman filed in this Court a Petition for Adoption of a Minor, Sophia Leelean Hernandes, whose date of birth is December 10, 2009. The petition will be heard on Dec. 16, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. at Probate Court, 107 W. Liberty St., Wooster, OH 44691. It is alleged in the petition that, pursuant to R.C. 3107.07, the consent of Jose Saul Castro Arellano is not required because he is a parent who has failed without justifiable cause to provide more than de minimis contact with the minor for a period of one year immediately preceding the filing of the adoption petition or the placement of the minor in the home of petitioner. A FINAL DECREE OF ADOPTION, IF GRANTED, WILL TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO CONTACT THE MINOR. ALL LEGAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE MINOR AND YOU AND YOUR RELATIVES WILL TERMINATE, SO THAT THE MINOR IS A STRANGER TO YOU AND YOUR RELATIVES FOR ALL PURPOSES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DIVISION (A)(1)(b) OF SECTION 3107.15 OF THE REVISED CODE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THE ADOPTION, AND THE MINOR WAS LESS THAN ONE YEAR OF AGE AT THE TIME THE PETITION FOR ADOPTION WAS FILED, YOU MUST DO BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION WITH THE COURT WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF SERVICE OF NOTICE OF THE FILING OF THE PETITION AND OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING. (2) APPEAR AT THE HEARING. IF YOU OBJECT TO THE ADOPTION, AND THE MINOR WAS ONE YEAR OF AGE OR OLDER AT THE TIME THE PETITION FOR ADOPTION WAS FILED, YOU MUST DO BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION WITH THE COURT WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS FROM THE DATE OF SERVICE OF NOTICE OF THE FILING OF THE PETITION AND OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING. FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, THE COURT MAY EXTEND THE TIME IN WHICH A WRITTEN OBJECTION MAY BE FILED. (2) APPEAR AT THE HEARING. A FINAL DECREE OF ADOPTION MAY BE ENTERED IF YOU FAIL TO FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION ON TIME AND APPEAR AT THE HEARING. RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY: YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY. IF YOU ARE INDIGENT AND UNABLE TO EMPLOY AN ATTORNEY, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY PROVIDED FOR YOU PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 120. OF THE REVISED CODE. YOU MUST CONTACT THE COURT ON RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE IF YOU ARE REQUESTING THAT AN ATTORNEY BE APPOINTED FOR YOU. THE COURT SHALL CONSIDER A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR AN ATTORNEY OR A NOTICE OF APPEARANCE FILED BY AN ATTORNEY ON YOUR BEHALF, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVEMENTIONED TIME FRAMES, AS GROUNDS FOR AN EXTENSION TO FILE WRITTEN OBJECTIONS. LATECIA E. WILES, PROBATE JUDGE September 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 2025 LWOO0336426