IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO....

IN THE PROBATE COURT
CASE NO. AD2026-014

STATE OF ALABAMA

LIMESTONE COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE
ADOPTION PETITION OF
TYLER RANDAL VAUGHAN AND MELANIE ELAINE VAUGHAN

NOTICE OF ADOPTION
PROCEEDING

To: Any Unknown Father of S.R.D, a minor, who was born to Shelby Nicole Davis on June 16, 2025, in Decatur, Alabama.

Please take notice that Petitioners, Tyler Randal Vaughan and Melanie Elaine Vaughan, have filed with this Court a Petition for Adoption to adopt S.R.D., a minor, who was born to Shelby Nicole Davis on June 16, 2025 in Decatur, Alabama. As a notified party, you may appear in the adoption proceeding to contest or support the Petition for adoption.

Please be advised that if you intend to contest this adoption, you must file a written response within thirty (30) days from the last day this Notice of Adoption Proceeding is published with the attorney for said Petitioners, whose name and address is shown below, and with the Chief Clerk of the Limestone County Probate Court at 100 South Clinton Street, Suite D, Athens, Alabama 35611. If you fail to respond within said thirty (30) days, the Court may construe that failure as an implied consent to the adoption and as a waiver of a right to appear and of further notice of the adoption proceedings. If the adoption is approved, your parental rights, if any, will be considered terminated.

This the 10th day of June, 2026.

Kimberly J. Dobbs, Esq.
Attorney for Petitioners
Harris, Caddell & Shanks, PC
PO Box 2688
Decatur, AL 35602-2688
(256) 340-8031
kdobbs@harriscaddell.com

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