PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE



IN THE PROBATE COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA

NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDING - Case No: PR-2025-003511



TO: Zay or any unknown father of XKR, a minor; whose whereabouts are unknown

Please take notice that a Petition to adopt XKR a male born to IBR, a minor, on December 14, 2025 in Anniston, Calhoun County County, Alabama has been filed in the Probate Court of Shelby County. As a notified party, you may 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, ESQ.

2603 Moody Parkway, Suite 200, P.O. Box 310, Moody, AL 35004

(205)699-5500


Shelby County Reporter: Jan. 11, 18, 25 and Feb. 1, 2026

PR-2025-003511