SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LEXINGTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE ELEVENTH [JUDICIAL CIRCUIT] Case No.: 2025-DR-32-02200 SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION IN THE MATTER OF: K.M.G, A MINOR TO: CHRISTOPHER EVERETT GONZALES, LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 24 BRUCE ROAD, GREENVILLE SC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights and stepparent adoption has been filed in the Family Court in LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, seeking to terminate all parental rights, interests, and obligations of CHRISTOPHER EVERETT GONZALES regarding the minor child, K.M.G., born on 09/28/2017. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition and to serve a copy of your Answer to this Petition on the petitioner or their attorney at: HAWKINS LAW, LLC 3608A LANDMARK DRIVE COLUMBIA, SC 29204 YOUR ANSWER MUST BE SERVED within thirty (30) days of the final date of publication of this notice. IF YOU FAIL TO ANSWER within the time prescribed, a default judgment may be taken against you, and the Court may proceed to terminate your parental rights to the child without further notice. NOTICE OF RIGHT TO COUNSEL: If you are indigent and cannot afford an attorney, you are entitled to have counsel appointed to represent you in this proceeding. You may contact the Clerk of Court at 803-785-8212 immediately to request that counsel be appointed. HAWKINS LAW LLC 3608A LANDMARK DRIVE COLUMBIA, SC 29204 2/19/2026 February 27, March 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18 2026 LGSC0467270