PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA
NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDING - Case No: PR-2025-003524

TO: Howard Gary Boykin, Jr., the alleged father and any unknown father of VJ, a minor, whose whereabouts are unknown
Please take notice that a Petition to adopt VJ a female born to Amber Anne Jewell on December 6, 2025, in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama has been filed in the Probate Court of Shelby County. As a notified party, you mat appear in the adoption proceeding to contest or support the Petition for Adoption.
Please be advised that if you intend to contest this adoption, you must file a written response within thirty (30) days from the last day this Notice of Adoption Proceeding is published with the attorney for said Petitioner, whose name and address is shown below, and with the Chief Clerk of the Shelby County Probate Court at P.O. Box 825, Columbiana, Alabama 35051. If you fail to respond within said thirty (30) days, the Court may construe that failure as an implied consent to the adoption and as a waiver of a right to appear and of further notice of the adoption proceedings. If the adoption is approved, your parental rights, if any, will be considered terminated.
This the 29 day of December, 2025.

Attorney:
JOSEPH R. KEMP ESW.
2603 MOODY PARKWAY SUITE 200
PO BOX 310
MOODY, AL 35004
(205)699-5500

Shelby County Reporter:
Jan. 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2026
PR-2025-003524