NOTICE OF HEARING: Child In Need of Protection or Services Matter: Jennifer Rud

State of Minnesota        District Court

Koochiching County        9th Judicial District

                    Court File Number: 36-JV-12-174

                        NOTICE OF HEARING

                    Child In Need of Protection or Services Matter

Jennifer m. rud

po box 73

wescott wi 54890

In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child(ren) of: Jennifer Rud

Please take notice that on March 16, 2012, a Petition was filed with the above-named court alleging that the child(ren) of the above-named parent(s) or legal custodian(s) are in need of protection or services.  A copy of the Petition is attached.

YOU ARE hereby summoned and required to appear in court at the following date, time, and place where a hearing regarding the Petition and the best interests of the child(ren) will be held:

April 24, 2012

Admit/Deny Hearing

3:00 PM

                District Court Judge Charles H. LeDuc

                Koochiching County District Court

                715 4th Street

                International Falls Minnesota  56649

                218-283-1160

YOU HAVE BEEN SERVED WITH THIS SUMMONS because, pursuant to statute or court rule:

•    You are a parent to the child(ren) named in the petition; or

•    You are a party to this proceeding pursuant to Juvenile Protection Rule         21.01 or an attorney for a party, or

•    You have legal custody of the child who is the subject of the Petition; or

•    You are a person whose presence the court believes is important to a                 determination concerning the best interests of the child(ren) who are                 the subject of the Petition.

IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING:

•    The court may conduct the hearing without you; and

•    The court may find that the factual allegations and statutory grounds                 set forth in the petition have been proved; and

•    The court may enter an order granting the relief requested in the                 petition, which may include:

        o    removing the child(ren) from the home of the parent or legal                         custodian and placing the child(ren) in foster care;

        o    permanently severing the parent’s rights to the child(ren) pursuant             to a termination of parental rights petition;

        o    permanently transferring the child(ren)’s legal and physical cus                        tody to a relative; or

        o    an order for other permanent placement of the child(ren).

A STATEMENT OF YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IS ATTACHED, including the right to be represented by an attorney as authorized under the statutes and court rules.  It is your responsibility to immediately notify the court administrator if your address changes.

Dated: March 20, 2012        Sean R Jones    

                    Court Administrator

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