Type: WOParty: Notice of Hearing County: PulaskiAttorney/Contact: Mark J. Mansfield
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 2ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT - IN AND FOR LEON COUNTY FL - CASE #2025 DR 573 - Domestic Relations Div. - IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF A MINOR CHILD: J.L.D.-R. DOB: 04/16/2015 – Adoptee - NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND STEPPARENT ADOPTION AND NOTICE OF HEARING - To: Carson William Dickens - Last Known Addresses: 225 Keightly Dr., #A11, Little Rock, AR 72207 or 1715 Division St., N. Little Rock, AR 72114 - YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a Joint Petition for Adoption by Stepparent has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on the Joint Petitioners, Marie & Sean Duckworth-Rogowski, through their atty. Sonia R. Crockett, Legal Services of N. Florida, Inc., 2119 Delta Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32303 (soniac1955@aol.com) on or before 7/16/2025, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at Leon County Courthouse, 2nd Judicial Circuit Court, Civil Div. Family, 301 S. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32301 before service on Petitioners or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. The minor child is identified as follows: D.O.B. 4/16/15; Place of Birth – Tallahassee, FL. Physical desc. of Carson William Dickens: Age – 43 or 44 years; Race – White; Hair color – Brown; Eye color – Brown; Approx. height – 5’11”; Approximate weight – 235 lbs. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, FL Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or e-mailed to the addresses on record at the clerk’s office. There will be a hearing on Case No. 2025 DR 573, In the Matter of the Termination of Parental Rights for the Proposed Adoption of a Minor Child, on 7/23/25 at 9:00 a.m. before Judge Monique Richardson. The hearing will be via the ZOOM platform at the Leon County Courthouse, 301 S. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL. The Court has set aside 15 mins. for this hearing. Info. to participate is as follows: Join Zoom Mtg. https://zoom.us/j/97565138837?pwd=clFJUGg3V281b25oWkNhVG5ZM3V6QT09 Mtg. ID: 975 6513 8837/Passcode: 725847. UNDER SEC. 63.089, FL STATUTES, FAILURE TO TIMELY FILE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE AND THE PETITION WITH THE COURT AND TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING CONSTITUTES GROUNDS UPON WHICH THE COURT SHALL END ANY PARENTAL RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE OR ASSERT REGARDING THE MINOR CHILD. Should you wish to contest the adoption, you are required to attend this hearing. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Regina Shaw, ADA Coordinator, Leon County Courthouse, 301 S. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32301, 850.606.4400 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. Dated: 6/5/25 - Gwen Marshall, Clerk of The Circuit Court. By: /s/ Robyn Peters, Deputy Clerk. DR4T 6/17, 6/24, 7/01, 7/08/2025