No. 16-5-00283-4 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENT/CHILD RELATIONSHIP SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR PIERCE COUNTY In the Matter of the Adoption of NELIA VIVIAN BELOTTI-SAVAGE, (DOB: February 19, 2009) A child under the age of eighteen. TO: BENITA MARLENA BELOTTI The petitioner has filed with the Clerk of the above court a petition for stepparent adoption and a petition requesting that any parent-child relationship between you and the above-named child be terminated. The child was born on February 19, 2009 in the city of Tacoma, Washington. Her father, NATHAN MATTHEW SAVAGE has joined in the petition of his wife to adopt her. The court has entered an order setting the time and place of the court hearing on the petition to terminate your parent-child relationship. The court hearing on this matter shall be on Friday, August 19, 2016 at 9:00 AM at Pierce County Juvenile Court, 5501 Sixth Avenue, Tacoma, Washington 98406. As the mother of the child, you have the right to seek custody of the child and to support the child. You have the right to be represented by counsel in that proceeding and counsel will be appointed for an indigent person who requests counsel. Your failure to appear at the hearing referred to above or to respond to this Notice or the Petition for Termination of The Parent/Child Relationship within thirty (30) days of the date of first publication of this Notice will result in the court entering an order terminating your parent-child relationship by default without further notice. A default judgment is one where petitioner is entitled to what he or she asks for because you have not responded. If you serve a notice of appearance on the undersigned person, you are entitled to notice before a default judgment may be entered. One method of responding to this Notice is to send your response to the Clerk of the Court whose address appears below and to the attorney for the petitioner at the address below by certified mail with return receipt requested. You are further notified that if the child named above is an Indian child, your parental rights may not be terminated unless you (i) give valid consent to termination, or (ii) your parent-child relationship is terminated involuntarily pursuant to chapter 26.33 or 13.34 RCW. DATED and signed this 8th day of July 2016 at Tacoma, Washington. MICHELE G. HINZ – WSBA #8449 Attorney for Petitioner Mailing address and Telephone Number of Attorney for Petitioner: Michele G. Hinz Attorney at Law 33035 – 52ND Ave. S. Auburn, WA 98001-3622 (253) 740-0667 Mailing Address of Clerk of Court: Pierce County Superior Court Clerk County-City Building 930 Tacoma Avenue South, Room 110 Tacoma, WA 98402-2177 IDX-710235 July 12, 19, 26