NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR ADOPTION STATE OF GEORGIA SUPERIOR COURT OF NEWTON COUNTY, GEORGIA IN THE INTEREST OF C.M.V., a MALE MINOR CHILD DOB: April 27, 2009 POB: Rockford, Illinois LEGAL FATHER: AHJAMAH JOHIND VARNADO LEGAL MOTHER: KATIE MARIE (HESS) LILLY Civil Action No. 2025-AD-4-2 TO: BIRTH FATHER OF C.M.V., whose whereabouts are unknown. By Order of the Court, you are hereby advised that on or around the 22nd day of April, 2025, a petition for the adoption of the minor child was filed in this court. Said petition included a motion to terminate your rights and obligations with respect to the child, and of the child arising to him from the potential parental relationship, including the right to inheritance. You will neither receive notice nor be entitled to object to the adoption of the child unless, within 30 days of receipt of such notice, the biological father files: (1) A petition to legitimate the child pursuant to Code Section 19-7-22 as a separate civil action; (2) Notice of the filing of the petition to legitimate with the court in which the action under this Code section, if any, is pending; and (3) Notice of the filing of the petition to legitimate shall be served upon Petitioner's attorney, W. Michael Waters, Esquire, 1117 Church Street, P.O. Box 150, Covington, Georgia 30015, (770) 786-8123. Witness the Honorable Clerk of Superior Court of Newton County, this 1st day of June, 2025. Stephanie Finnie, Clerk of Superior Court Newton County, Georgia PUBLIC NOTICE #702402 6/1,8,15