NOTICE OF HEARING
Baxter Leech/Unknown Father
You have been named as the father of Z. Smith born to Desirae Arnold. A case has been filed in the Circuit Court of Kanawha, West Virginia, and this petition requests the Court to grant permanent custody of this child to the West Virginia Department of Human Services.
This case is set for a hearing on July 29th, 2026 at 1:30 o’clock p.m. This hearing may result in the termination of all of your rights as the parent of above listed children. This hearing will be held before the Honorable Carrie Webster, Circuit Judge, at the Kanawha County Judicial Annex, 111 Court Street, 7th Floor, Courtroom F, Charleston, West Virginia.
If you want to keep your rights as a parent of the children listed above you should attend this hearing. An attorney has been appointed by the Court to represent you if you attend the hearing. IF YOU DO NOT SHOW UP FOR THE HEARING, you may lose all rights to see, visit or claim kinship to this child.
July 13, 2026
/s/ Lori Waller
Lori Waller
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
(22,29jl)
