FIRST INSERTION

NOTICE OF ACTION

FOR ORDER ESTABLISHING PETITIONER AS SOLE CUSTODIAL PARENT & LEGAL GUARDIAN OF

MINOR CHILD

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH WDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SARASOTA COUNTY, STATE OF FLORIDA FAMILY LAW DIVISION

Case No.: 23-DR-004131 SYLVIA DONIS ESPADA

Petitioner, And

BRYAN ORTIZ FERNANDEZ Respondent.

TO: BRYAN ORTIZ FERNANDEZ Adress is unknown

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action has been filed against you for a Petition for Court Order Establishing Petitioner as the Sole Custodial Parent and Legal Guardian of the Minor Child or, in the Alternative, Granting Issuance of Passport with Unrestricted Travel for Minor Child and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to in on CYNTHIA J. HERNANDEZ, attorney for the Petitioner, whose address is 506 N. Armenia Ave., Tampa, FL 33609 on or before 1-08-2024 and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 800 E. Twiggs St., Tampa, Florida 33602, before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a defeault may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office.

You may review these documents upon request.

You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at the clerk’s office.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.

If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Sarasota County Jury Office, P.O. Box 3079, Sarasota, Florida 34230-3079, (941)861-7400, at least seven (7) days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than seven (7) days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.

Dated: November 29, 2023

KAREN E RUSHING, CLERK CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

(SEAL) By: Glen Kopinsky Karen E. Rushing, Deputy Clerk CYNTHIA J. HERNANDEZ, attorney for the Petitioner,

506 N. Armenia Ave.,

Tampa, FL 33609

Dec. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023 23-02544S