NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION ...

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION
FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
IN RE: Ty'Onna Elizabeth Marie Siler a/k/a Ty'Onna Siler a/k/a Tyonna Siler, a minor. NO. AP-101-2021 in the Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
TO: The Unknown Father of Ty'Onna Elizabeth Marie Siler a/k/a Ty'Onna Siler a/k/a Tyonna Siler, a minor, born on October 7, 2012 to Ashley Nicole McArthur a/k/a Ashley Nicole Milslagle a/k/a Ashley N. McArthur a/k/a Ashley McArthur in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
A petition has been filed asking the court to put an end to all rights you have to your child, Ty'Onna Elizabeth Marie Siler a/k/a Ty'Onna Siler a/k/a Tyonna Siler. The court has set a hearing to consider ending your rights to your child. That hearing will be held on October 21, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time), before the Honorable Kathryn Hens-Greco. This hearing may not take place in the courthouse, but may be proceeding via telephone or video conferencing. In order for you to participate in this hearing, it is important that you contact the assigned termination caseworker, Lateka Moorefield, at (412) 473-2300, or your legal counsel/attorney, to obtain information for how to participate by telephone, video conference or in person. Should the hearing proceed virtually, the aforementioned caseworker and/or your attorney may be able to provide you with a phone number or link to the virtual hearing. You are warned that even if you fail to participate in the scheduled hearing, the hearing will go on without you and your rights to your child may be ended by the court without your being present. You have a right to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer. You should contact your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one, telephone the office set forth below to find out where you can get legal help.
This is also to inform you of an important option that may be available to you under Pennsylvania law. Act 101 of 2010 allows for an enforceable voluntary agreement for continuing contact or communication following an adoption between an adoptive parent, a child, a birth parent, and/or a birth relative of the child, if all parties agree and the voluntary written agreement is approved by the court. If you are interested in learning more about this option for a voluntary agreement, contact your attorney or:
LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE
THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
400 Koppers Building,
436 Seventh Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Telephone: 412-261-5555
ANDREW F. SZEFI
County Solicitor
LAURA J. WHITEMAN
Assistant County Solicitor
CONTACT:
AMY BLACK, Esq.
Adoption Legal
Services Project
225 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 288-3289; ablack@diakon-swan.org
ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER