IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF HALL COUNTY, GEORGIA IN THE INTEREST OF EEH, a minor child Adoption File No. 26-AD-0017 NOTICE OF ADOPTION BY PUBLICATION This notice is published pursuant to OCGA SS19-8-10(c)(1)&(2). NOTICE TO: BRANDON ROMANS, the biological father of EEH, and any other putative father: You are hereby notified that on May 28, 2026, Petitioner THOMAS DAVID PEEBLES filed a Petition for Adoption of his minor stepchild EEH who was born to EVIE CLAIRE PEEBLES (HERBST) in the year 2024. A hearing on this matter has been scheduled before the Honorable Lindsay H. Burton of the Hall County Superior Court, in courtroom 403 of the Hall County Courthouse, located at 225 Green St SE, Gainesville, GA on the 31st day of July 2026 at 10:30am. You are hereby further notified that you will lose all rights to said minor child and will neither receive further notice nor be entitled to object to the adoption of said minor child UNLESS, within thirty (30) days of receipt of this notice, you file (1) a Petition to Legitimate the minor child pursuant to O.C.G.A. SS19-7-22 as a separate civil action; and (2) a Notice of Filing of the Petition to Legitimate with the Clerk of the Superior Court of Hall County, Georgia, 225 Green St SE, Gainesville, GA 30501, with (3) service upon the Petitioner's attorney, Thereasa Rinderknecht, PO Box 310 Gainesville, GA 30503, 706-894-1363. 160501 6/10, 17, 24