NOTICE BY PUBLICATION – PATERNITY OF AAISEA LYNETTE NICOLE NELSON, AALIYA LOUISE JUNE NELSON

STATE OF INDIANA
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY
IN THE ST. JOSEPH
PROBATE COURT
CAUSE NO: 71J01-2202-JP-000090 71J01-2202-JP-000091
QUEST FILE COMPLAINT NO(S): 101274/1 and 101273/1
Date Filed : January 10, 2024
IN THE MATTER OF THE PATERNITY OF:
Aalisea Lynette Nicole Nelson (101274)
Aaliyah Louise June Nelson (10273)
Children Born Out of Wedlock
State of Indiana ex reI.,
As Child’s Next Friend,
and
Mackenie Reanee’ Nelson
Mother,
and
Arthur L. Lewis,
Alleged Father.
Notice by Publication
To: Arthur Lee Lewis whose whereabouts are unknown
TO THE ABOVE NAMED INDIVIDUAL:
You have been named as a party in two (2) lawsuits filed by the State of Indiana in the court stated above.
The State of Indiana has filed Verified Petitions to Establish Paternity and Motions to Vacate Order for Genetic Testing and Establish Paternity, naming you as the alleged father. The issues that will be decided by the Court based on the State’s Petitions and Motions are paternity, custody, parenting time, last name of the children, child support, health insurance, and tax exemptions.
You must respond to the Verified Petitions to Establish Paternity and Motions to Vacate Order for Genetic Testing and Establish Paternity within thirty (30) days after the last notice of the action is published, and if you fail to do so, the Court may issue default judgments against you and grant the relief outlined in the State’s Petitions/Motions.
A hearing will be heard on the State’s Verified Petitions to Establish Paternity and Motions to Vacate Order for Genetic Testing and Establish Paternity on March 11, 2024 at 8:30 a.m, in Courtroom 4 in the St. Joseph Probate Court located at the Juvenile Justice Center, 1000 S. Michigan St., South Bend, Indiana 46601.
Dated: 1/10/2024
Signed Amy Rolfes
Office of Kenneth P. Cotter (No. 15890-71)
St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney
Child Support Division
227 W. Jefferson Blvd., 6th Floor
(01-18)(02-01)