STATE OF MAINE PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF Location of Court DOCKET NO. A2003-3795 In the Matter of the Adoption Petition of: NOTICE TO PUTATIVE FATHER ABOUT PENDING ADOPTION Abigale Love Anderson THIS NOTICE IS ADDRESSED TO THE UNKNOWN FATHER OF ABIGALE LOVE ANDERSON BORN ON AUGUST 1, 2001. THERE IS A PENDING PETITION FOR ADOPTION FILED BY DIANA ANDERSON, GUARDIAN IF YOU WISH TO ESTABLISH YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD YOU MUST, WITHIN 20 DAYS FROM THE DATE THIS NOTICE WAS SERVED FILE A PETITION WITH THE JUDGE OF THE PROBATE COURT IN KENNEBEC COUNTY REQUESTING THAT THE JUDGE GRANT TO YOU PARENTAL RIGHTS OF THIS CHILD A HEARING IS SCHEDULED ON THIS MATTER IN KENNEBEC PROBATE COURTAT 95 STATE STREET, AUGUSTA, ME 04330 FOR JUNE 5, 2019 at 1:00 PM. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND, THE COURT MAY ISSUE AN ORDER THAT YOU HAVE NO PARENTAL RIGHTS AND THE ADOPTION MAY PROCEED If you file a petition within 20 days you must include an allegation that you are in fact the birth father of the child and the Judge will set a date for hearing to determine whether you shall have parental rights to this child If you do not petition within 20 days, the Judge shall rule that you have no parental rights and that only the birth mother of the child need consent to the adoption or execute a surrender and release. Upon such a ruling, you lose all rights to prove that you are the child's father or that you have any legal relationship with this child IF YOU WANT AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT YOU AND ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD ONE, THE COURT WILL APPOINT AND PAY FOR AN ATTORNEY FOR YOU. YOU MUST COME TO THIS COURT IN PERSON OR APPLY IN WRITING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ATTORNEY WITHIN 20 DAYS OF SERVICE OF THIS NOTICE. IF YOU HAVE APPLIED FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A LAWYER, THE COURT WILL EXTEND THE TIME IN WHICH YOU MUST PETITION TO ESTABLISH YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS UNTIL YOUR ATTORNEY HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS CASE AND ADVISE YOU Dated: April 5, 2019 s/Kathleen G. Ayers Register of Probate