Hon. Luke Berger
Fifth Judicial District Court Judge
Jefferson County Courthouse
201 Centennial
Post Office Box H
Boulder, Montana 59632
(406) 225-4042
MONTANA FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY
In the matter of declaring I.S-C., Youth in Need of Care. Cause No. DN-1-2024-6
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
To: Nikita Marie Collett
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition for Emergency Protective Services, Adjudication of Child as Youth in Need of Care, and Temporary Legal Custody (“the Petition”) regarding, I.S-C., the child who is the subject of the above-captioned proceedings brought pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 3 of the Montana Code Annotated, has been filed in Cause No. DN-2024-06 in Montana Fifth Judicial District Court, in Jefferson County by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division (CFS), located at 111 N. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, Montana 59601.
The Petition requests that CFS be granted the following relief: Emergency Protective Services; Adjudication as a Youth in Need of Care; and Temporary Legal Custody. A copy of the Petition is filed with the Clerk of District Court for Jefferson County, (406) 225-4042, and is hereby served upon you at this time.
The child who is the subject of the proceedings, I.S-C., was born on December 29, 2008 in Butte, Montana. The child’s mother is Nikita Marie Collett. The child’s father is unknown.
NOW, THEREFORE, YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED to appear at the hearing regarding the Petition that is set on the 20th day of September, 2024 at 1:00 o’clock p.m., at the Jefferson County Courthouse located at Boulder, Montana, then and there to show cause, if any you may have, why CFS should not be granted the relief requested in the Petition.
NOTICE: Your failure to appear at the hearing will constitute a denial of interest in the child, which denial may result, without further notice of this proceeding or any subsequent proceeding, in judgment by default being entered for the relief requested in the Petition.
You have the right to be represented by an attorney in these proceedings. If you are unable to afford an attorney, the Court will have an attorney appointed to represent you.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court this 7th day of August, 2024.
(SEAL)Deanna Brulla, Clerk of District Court
By: /s/ Kathy Stein, Deputy Clerk
Legal 24-095 Published in the Boulder Monitor Aug. 14, 21 & 28 2024
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