Petition for termination of parental rights pending adoption of a minor child.

NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS PENDING ADOPTION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No.: 2025 DR 4035 IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF A MINOR CHILD TO: Unknown Polk County YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights Pending Adoption has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to Clay H. Whittaker, Esq. d/b/a Gulf Coast Adoptions, PLLC, as the Adoption Entity, and whose address is 30 S. Spring St. Pensacola, Florida 32502 (and phone number 850-999-7977), on or before 3/11/2026 and file the original with the Clerk of this Court at M.C. Blanchard Judicial Building, 190 W. Government Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502, before service on Petitioner 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: Name: Baby Boy Kirkpatrick aka Zane Date of Birth: November 1, 2025 Place of Birth: Lakeland Regional Health and Medical Center, Lakeland, Polk County, Florida Physical Description of Respondent Unmarried Biological Father: Age: Unknown Race: Unknown Hair Color: Unknown Eye Color: Unknown Approximate Height: Unknown Approximate Weight: Unknown Potential Location: Unknown No further information or identifying characteristics of the unknown respondent unmarried biological father are known. Hearing Date for Petition for Termination of Parental Rights Pending Adoption: March 30, 2026 @ 2:00 CST Join Zoom Meeting from Computer https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4419604993 Join Zoom Meeting from Telephone Dial-in from telephone +1 312 626 6799 US (Primary) +1 929 205 6099 US (Secondary) Meeting ID: 441 960 4993 Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Courts office. You may review these documents upon request. The Courts primary phone number is 850-595-4400 and the Family Law Division phone number is 850-595-4331. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Courts office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, Florida 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 clerks office Dated: 1/29/26 PAM CHILDERS, CLERK & COMPTROLLER CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (SEAL) By: Leslee Scruggs {Deputy Clerk} Clay H. Whittaker, Esq. Gulf Coast Adoptions, PLLC, 30 S. Spring St. Pensacola, Florida 32502 Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2026 26-00188K