CITATION BY PUBLICATION - THE ...
CITATION BY PUBLICATION - THE ...
CITATION BY PUBLICATION - THE STATE OF TEXAS - CAUSE NO: D-1-FM-25-002234 - TO: SHAWN SMITH, the Respondent Father of the subject child, MASON SMITH, 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, 98th Judicial District, Travis County, Texas, at the Civil and Family Courts Facility 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 Original Amended Petition in Suit Affecting the Parent Child-Relationship- Term. filed in said Court on the 1st day of April, 2025 and the Affidavit of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Petitioner, filed in said Court on the 2nd day of April, 2025, against the Respondent Father, SHAWN SMITH, and said suit being number D-1-FM-25-002234, on the docket of said Court, and entitled "In the Interest of MASON SMITH, ZANE EDWARDS, & ORION EDWARDS, Children," the nature of which suit is a request to 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: - MASON SMITH DOB: FEBRUARY 4, 2013 - Place of Birth: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - 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 appointment of a managing conservator. - Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Austin, Texas, this 30th day of March, 2026. - REQUESTED BY: - BRIDGET K. O'SHAUGHNESSY - ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY - P.O. BOX 1748 - AUSTIN, TEXAS 78767 - [(512) 854-9447] - State Bar No. 24090953 - FOR TRAVIS COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES - ATTN: Jeannette Paniagua [512-854-3212] - Velva L. Price - Travis County District Clerk - 1700 Guadalupe P.O. Box 679003 - Austin, TX 78767 - By: Ashley Brown Deputy -
CITATION BY PUBLICATION - THE STATE OF TEXAS - CAUSE NO: D-1-FM-25-002234 - TO: SHAWN SMITH, the Respondent Father of the subject child, MASON SMITH, 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, 98th Judicial District, Travis County, Texas, at the Civil and Family Courts Facility 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 Original Amended Petition in Suit Affecting the Parent Child-Relationship- Term. filed in said Court on the 1st day of April, 2025 and the Affidavit of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Petitioner, filed in said Court on the 2nd day of April, 2025, against the Respondent Father, SHAWN SMITH, and said suit being number D-1-FM-25-002234, on the docket of said Court, and entitled "In the Interest of MASON SMITH, ZANE EDWARDS, & ORION EDWARDS, Children," the nature of which suit is a request to 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: - MASON SMITH DOB: FEBRUARY 4, 2013 - Place of Birth: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - 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 appointment of a managing conservator. - Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Austin, Texas, this 30th day of March, 2026. - REQUESTED BY: - BRIDGET K. O'SHAUGHNESSY - ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY - P.O. BOX 1748 - AUSTIN, TEXAS 78767 - [(512) 854-9447] - State Bar No. 24090953 - FOR TRAVIS COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES - ATTN: Jeannette Paniagua [512-854-3212] - Velva L. Price - Travis County District Clerk - 1700 Guadalupe P.O. Box 679003 - Austin, TX 78767 - By: Ashley Brown Deputy -
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