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

CARE AND PROTECTION, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION DOCKET NUMBER: 26CP0049NA, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Berkshire County Juvenile Court, 111 Holden Street, North Adams, MA 01247, 413-664-8700. TO: Chelsea L Brien, mother of Natalie Arnold, DOB 4/22/16 and Floyd Jacobs-Barrows, Jr and/or any unknown, unnamed Father of Floyd Jacobs-Barrows III, DOB: 7/22/2019, James Jacobs-Barrows, DOB: 9/7/2020, all born to Chelsea Brien in Pittsfield, MA: A petition has been presented to this court by Department of Children and Families, seeking, as to the following child: Natalie E Arnold, Floyd Jacobs-Barrows III, James Jacobs-Barrows, that said children 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 children named herein, if it finds that the children are in need of care and protection and that the best interests of the children 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: 11/24/2026 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 with a trial on the merits of the petition and an 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: 10/29/2026 Michele M. Graziano, Clerk-Magistrate. Ad# 105883 11/06/2026, 11/10/2026 11/17/2026