PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF MITCHELL
GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
FILE NO: 26JT000002-600
IN THE MATTER OF J.W. STOUT DOB: 08/28/18
NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

Petitioner: Mitchell Co. Department of Social Services
To: Joey Ray Stout
TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled proceeding. The nature of the relief sought is the termination of your parental rights to the minor child named above pursuant to NCGS 7B-1100 et seq..
You are required to answer this Petition not later than 03 April 2026, being 40 days from the date of the first publication of this Notice and upon your failure to do so, the Petitioner will seek the relief sought by the Petition.
This the 22nd day of February 2026.

HOCKADAY & HOCKADAY, P.A.
Daniel M. Hockaday
Attorney for Petitioner
Post Office Box 65
Burnsville, NC 28714
(828) 682-7060

Elizabethton Star:
Feb. 22, Mar. 1 and 8, 2026
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