IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO...

IN THE PROBATE COURT

CASE NO.: AD2026-028

STATE OF ALABAMA

COUNTY OF LIMESTONE

IN THE MATTER OF THE
ADOPTION PETITION OF:
SUE ANN KERR AND
CARSON BRENT KERR

NOTICE OF ADOPTION
PROCEEDING

To: Megan Kim a/k/a Megan Lee Kim a/k/a Megan Lee Smith a/k/a Megan Lee Jones, the biological mother of J.C.K., a minor, whose whereabouts are unknown.

Please take notice that Petitioners Sue Ann Kerr and Carson Brent Kerr have filed with this Court a Petition for Adoption to adopt J.C.K., a male born to Megan Lee Kim and Chan U. Kim on August 16, 2010 in Athens, Limestone 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 13th day of August, 2026.

John M. Totten
Attorney for Petitioners
105 S. Marion Street
Athens, Alabama 35612
(256) 233-2025

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August 15, 22, 29, 2026
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