THE STATE OF TEXAS - CAUSE NO: D-1-FM-15-007416 - TO: MICHAEL NOLAN - GIFFORD, the Alleged Father of the subject child, Tessa Lane Gifford, 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, 353rd 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 Second Amended Petition in a Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship-Termination Petition and/or Managing Conservatorship filed in said Court on the 12th day of December, 2016 and the Affidavit of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Petitioner, filed in said Court on the 30th day of December, 2015, against the Alleged Father, MICHAEL NOLAN GIFFORD, and said suit being number D-1-FM-15-007416, on the docket of said Court, and entitled In the Interest of Tessa Lane Gifford, A Child, 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: - Tessa Lane Gifford March 3, 2012 Place of Birth: Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska - The Court has authority in this suit to enter any judgment or decree in the Child'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 Child's adoption. - Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Austin, Texas, this 12th day of December, 2016. - VELVA L. PRICE - Travis County District Clerk - 1000 Guadalupe, P.O. Box 679003 - Austin, Texas 78767 - By /s/ BW - REQUESTED BY: - ERIKA HIME - ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY - P.O. BOX 1748 - AUSTIN, TEXAS 78767 - (512) 854-9662 - State Bar No. 24072899 - FOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES - ATTN: Beth McDowell (512) 854-9662
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