IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF CLARKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
CLARKE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT
OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES, BY ANDREA A. SANDERS, AND
J.J.E.G., K.J.G., D.R.D., MINORS, BY AND THROUGH
THEIR NEXT FRIEND, ANDREA A. SANDERS
PETITIONERS
VANESHIA CHANTE GRIFFIN
AND DANTHONY LAROME DAVIS
CO-PETITIONERS
VS.
CIVIL ACTION NO. 26-27(R)
JOSEPH EVERETT, MARCUS FELPS,
AND UNKNOWN PUTATIVE FATHER
RESPONDENTS
CHANCERY COURT SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF CLARKE
TO: Joseph Everett, Marcus Felps, and Unknown Putative Father, who are not to be found in the State of Mississippi on diligent inquiry and whose post office address is not known to the Petitioners after diligent inquiry made by said Petitioners.
You have been made Respondent in the suit filed in this Court by the Clarke County Department of Child Protection Services by Andrea Sanders, Commissioner, and J.J.E.G., K.J.G., and D.R.D, Minors, seeking to terminate your parental rights as those rights relate to said minors and demanding that the full custody, control and authority to act on behalf of said minors be placed with the Clarke County Department of Child Protection Services.
YOU ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR AND DEFEND AGAINST THE PETITION FILED AGAINST YOU IN THIS ACTION AT 8:45 O'CLOCK A.M. ON THE 5th DAY OF MAY 2026 IN THE COURTROOM OF THE COUNTY COURT OF CLARKE LOCATED AT 101 S ARCHUSA AVE, QUITMAN, MISSISSIPPI, 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 16 day of March, 2026.
COUNTY COURT CLERK OF
CLARKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
BY: Litrice Roberts
Deputy Clerk
Prepared By:
Bethany R. Baginski(MBN: 106778)
Special Assistant Attorney General
Children's Justice Division
Post Office Box 220
Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0220
Telephone: (601) 359-4425
Email: Bethany.Baginski@ago.ms.gov
0402/0409/0416
