Ads for The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Juvenile Court Department in the Berkshires

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION, CARE AND PROTECTION, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, DOCKET NUMBER: 24CP0022NA, Trial Court of Massachusetts, Juvenile Court Department, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Berkshire County Juvenile Court, 111 Holden Street, 2nd Floor, North Adams, MA 01247, (413) 664-8700. TO: Stacia M Sweet, Shawn F Sullivan and any unknown/unnamed father of Jasper Sean Sweet born on 02/06/2024 in Pittsfield, MA: A petition has been presented to this court by DCF, seeking, as to the following child, Jasper S Sweet, that said child be found in need of care and protection and committed to the Department of Children and Families. The court may dispense the rights of the person(s) named herein to receive notice of or to consent to any legal proceeding affecting the adoption, custody, or guardianship or any other disposition of the child named herein, if it finds that the child is in need of care and protection and that the best interests of the child would be served by said disposition. You are hereby ORDERED to appear in this court, at the court address set forth above, on the following date and time: 05/14/2024 at 09:00 AM Other Hearing You may bring an attorney with you. If you have a right to an attorney and if the court determines that you are indigent, the court will appoint an attorney to represent you. If you fail to appear, the court may proceed on that date and any date thereafter to a trial on the merits and adjudication of this matter. For further information, call the Office of the Clerk- Magistrate at (413) 664-8700. WITNESS: Hon. Joan M McMenemy, FIRST JUSTICE, DATE ISSUED: 04/12/2024, Mary Gallant Cote, Clerk-Magistrate. AD# 84106 04/19/2024, 04/23/2024, 04/30/2024