IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF GRENADA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF LAURA FORD AND TRACY FORD FOR ADOPTION
Cause No. 26-AD-1-VD
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF GRENADA
TO: Gerald Baxter Nugent III
You have been made a respondent in the Petition for Adoption filed in this Court by Laura Ford and Tracy Ford.
You are summoned to appear, and answer said Petition for Adoption at 9:00 a.m. on the 4th day of May, 2026, in the Chancery Court of DeSoto County, 2535 Highway 51 South, Hernando, Mississippi 38632.
No answer is required in this matter; however, you may mail, or hand deliver a written response to the petition filed in this action to Brittany E. Barbee, Tollison & Webb, P.A., 103 N. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 201, Post Office Box 1216, Oxford, MS 38655.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE 1st DAY OF APRIL, 2026, WHICH IS THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED, THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE PETITION WILL BE GRANTED TO MOVE FORWARD.
You must also file the original of your response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.
Issued by:
Brittany E. Barbee
Tollison & Webb P.A.
103 North Lamar Blvd.
Ste. 201
Oxford, MS 38655
(662) 234-7070
brittany@tollisonlaw.com
Counsel for Laura Ford and
Tracy Ford
Publish: 4/1, 8, 15
