NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATIONNORTH CAROLINA GUILFORD COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION 26 JT 000041-400In Re: B.B.E., A Minor Juvenile. TO: The father of a male child born on January 7, 2026, in Charlotte, North Carolina, respondent. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a petition seeking termination of your parental rights and obligations to the above-named child conceived in Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, on April 16, 2025, and born to Brittany Allia Elbate in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on January 7, 2026, has been filed against you. The birth father may be of Hispanic ethnicity and met the birth mother at Econo Lodge, 3100 Cloverleaf Parkway, Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. You are required to file written answer to the petition within forty (40 days of March 17, 2026, exclusive of that date. Upon failure to do so, your parental rights, if any, will be terminated at a hearing in Juvenile Court, Guilford County Courthouse, Greensboro, North Carolina, immediately following said 40-day answer period or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard. You are entitled to attend this hearing. You are entitled to be represented by counsel, court-appointed if you are indigent, provided you request counsel at or prior to said hearing. This is a new case. Any attorney appointed previously to represent you will not represent you in this proceeding unless ordered to do so by the Court. You may call the Assistant Clerk of Court, Juvenile Division, in Guilford County at (336 412-7555 for further information. The date, time and place of hearing of the petition will be mailed to you following said 40-day answer period or on your filing of an answer, if your whereabouts are then known.Michele G. Smith Attorney for Petitioner The Children's Home Society of North Carolina, Inc. Post Office Box 989 Greensboro, North Carolina 27402 Telephone: (336) 379-13904144661 3/17, 3/24, 3/31