IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO...

IN THE PROBATE COURT

CASE NO. AD2026-020

STATE OF ALABAMA

LIMESTONE COUNTY


IN THE MATTER OF THE
ADOPTION PETITION OF
MAURICE RASHOD RATLIFF

NOTICE OF ADOPTION
PROCEEDING

To: Tevin O'Neil Gordon, the biological father of Z.T.G., a minor, whose whereabouts are unknown.

Please take notice that Petitioner Maurice Rashod Ratliff has filed with this Court a Petition for Adoption to adopt Z.T.G., a girl born to Jessie Dean Pylant and Tevin O'Neil Gordon on May 10, 2014 in Huntsville, Madison County, 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 August, 2026.

Meg Wynn Bowers
Attorney for Petitioner
Latham Moffatt PC
317 West Market Street
Athens, Alabama 35611
(256) 233-5091

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