IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF EFFINGHAM COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA CHRISTOPHER LEE STEADE AND SOMPHORN R. STEADE, PETITIONERS, v. KRISTA L. WIGGINS AND ALLEN CHAPMAN, RESPONDENTS, In the Adoption of: A. L. C., a female child, born in 2011. CASE NO. SU25A28 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION To: KRISTA L. WIGGINS You are hereby notified that a PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS AND ADOPTION was filed in said Court on October 14, 2025. You are hereby notified that the above-styled adoption proceeding was filed in this Court on the 14th day of October, 2025. Upon the filing of this Petition, notice will begin to run once a week for three consecutive weeks in Effingham and Chatham County. You are commanded and required to show cause, if any you can, at the Effingham County Judicial Complex, 700 North Pine Street, Springfield, Georgia, 3rd floor, on the 8th day of January, 2026 at 9:00 a.m., why your parental rights should not be terminated and the Petitioners Petition for Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption should not be granted. You may retrieve a copy of the Petition during the business hours of 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the law office of Kicklighter Law, P.C., 412 North Laurel Street, Springfield, Georgia 31329 or from the Clerk of Superior Court of Effingham County at 700 North Pine Street, Springfield, Georgia 31329 during normal business hours. This 20th day of November, 2025. s/ Claude M. Kicklighter, Jr. State Bar No. 416998 Attorney for Petitioners 412 North Laurel Street Springfield, GA 31329 Tel: (912) 754-6003 Fax: (912) 754-6336 Email: Mickey@kick-law.com 22825 12.10.25 RL