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CAUSE NO: D-1-FM-19-000316 - TO: LASHANA ELIZABETH STAPP, the Respondent Mother of the subject children, JADA DANIEL THOMAS, AMY ELIZABETH THOMAS and SEAN BRAYDEN THOMAS and to all whom it may concern, Respondents; - GREETINGS: - YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of twenty days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you. - YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the Honorable District Court, 250TH Judicial District, Travis County, Texas, at the Courthouse of said County in Austin, Texas, at or before 10 o'clock a.m. of the Monday next after expiration of twenty days from the date of service of this citation, then and there to answer the First Amended Petition in a Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship-Termination Petition and/or Managing Conservatorship filed in said Court on the 18TH day of June, 2019, and the Affidavit of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Petitioner, filed in said Court on the 15TH day of January, 2019, against the Respondent Mother, LASHANA ELIZABETH STAPP, and said suit being number D-1-FM-19-000316, on the docket of said Court, and entitled "In the Interest of JADA DANIEL THOMAS, AMY ELIZABETH THOMAS and SEAN BRAYDEN THOMAS, Children," the nature of which suit is a request to terminate the parent-child relationship and/or name the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services or a suitable, competent adult recommended by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, or an authorized agency recommended by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services as Managing Conservator of the child, whose name, date and place of birth are as follows: - JADA DANIEL THOMAS May 10, 2006 Place of Birth: Barren County, Kentucky - AMY ELIZABETH THOMAS November 2, 2007 Place of Birth: Jefferson County, Kentucky - SEAN BRAYDEN THOMAS November 2, 2007 Place of Birth: Jefferson County, Kentucky - The Court has authority in this suit to enter any judgment or decree in the Children's interest, which will be binding upon you, including the termination of the parent-child relationship, the determination of paternity and the appointment of a managing conservator with the authority to consent to the Children's adoption. - Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Austin, Texas, this 23rd day of August, 2019. - VELVA L. PRICE - Travis County District Clerk - 1000 Guadalupe, P.O. Box 679003 - Austin, Texas 78767 - PREPARED BY: B. Elliott - REQUESTED BY: - Cristina Gonzalez - ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY - P.O. BOX 1748 - AUSTIN, TEXAS 78767 - (512) 854-8128 - State Bar No. 24086057 - FOR TRAVIS COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES - ATTN: Melissa Sedillo (512) 854-1876
