PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE COUNTY COURT OF WARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI YOUTH COURT DIVISION
WARREN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES, BY ANDREA A. SANDERS, AND S.J.D., A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HIS NEXT FRIEND, ANDREA A. SANDERS PETITIONERS
CHRISTOPHER PAGE CO-PETITIONER VS. RACHEL LEIGH PURVIS (A/K/A RACHEL DUNIGAN) AND UNKNOWN PUTATIVE FATHER RESPONDENTS
CIVIL ACTION NO.
26-104-TPR
COUNTY COURT SUMMONS

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF WARREN
TO: Unknown Putative Father, who is not to be identified or located in the State of Mississippi on diligent inquiry, and whose post office address(es) are unknown to Petitioners after diligent search and inquiry.
You have been made a Respondent in the suit filed in this Court by the Warren County Department of the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services, seeking to terminate your parental rights as those rights relate to a named minor within said suit and demanding that the full custody, control, and authority to act on behalf of said minor be placed with the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services.
You are summoned to appear and defend against the Petition filed against you in this action at 9:30 a.m., on the 5th day of August, 2026, in the courtroom of the Warren County Youth Court, located at 1100 Grove Street, Suite B, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39183, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a Judgment will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do so if you desire.
ISSUED under my hand and seal of said Court, this 22 day of June, 2026.
COUNTY COURT CLERK
WARREN COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI
BY: /s/Denise Bailey
Deputy Clerk

Prepared By:
Emily N. Lal, MSB # 106830
Special Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Post Office Box 220
Jackson, MS 39205
Telephone: (601) 540-8429
Email: Emily.Lal@ago.ms.gov

Vicksburg Post:
June 26, July 3 and 10, 2026
26-104-TPR