PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE COUNTY COURT OF LAF
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7/1/2026
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PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
YOUTH COURT DIVISION
LAFAYETTE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES, BY ANDREA A. SANDERS, AND R.J.S. AND R.J.C., MINORS, BY AND THROUGH THEIR NEXT FRIEND, ANDREA A. SANDERS PETITIONERS
JACQUELINE REANNA CHATMAN CO-PETITIONER VS. ANTHONY QUINN SANDERS, MICHAEL CLAYTON,
AND UNKNOWN PUTATIVE FATHER RESPONDENTS
CIVIL ACTION NO. LYC26-043
COUNTY COURT SUMMONS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: Anthony Quinn Sanders, Michael Clayton, and Unknown Putative Father who are not to be found in the State of Mississippi on diligent inquiry and whose post office address is not known to the Petitioners after diligent inquiry.
You have been made a Respondent in the suit filed in this Court by the Lafayette County Department of Child Protection Services, by Andrea A. Sanders, Commissioner, and R.J.S. and R.J.C., minors, seeking to terminate your parental rights as those rights relate to said minors and demanding that the full custody, control, and authority to act on behalf of said minors be placed with the Lafayette County Department of Child Protection Services.
YOU ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR AND DEFEND AGAINST THE PETITION FILED AGAINST YOU IN THIS ACTION AT 9:00 AM ON THE 13TH OF AUGUST 2026, IN THE COURTROOM OF THE LAFAYETTE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 1 COURTHOUSE SQUARE, OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AND IN CASE OF YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AND DEFEND, A JUDGMENT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE PETITION.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do so if you desire.
ISSUED under my hand and seal of said Court, this the 22nd day of June 2026.
JEFF BUSBY, COUNTY COURT CLERK
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 38655
BY: Sarah May
Deputy Clerk
LINDSEY E. LAZINSKY, MSB #103856
ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONERS
Office of the Mississippi Attorney General
Child Protection Services Division
2330 University Avenue, Suite F
Oxford, Mississippi 38655
Telephone No.: (662) 202-1524
Oxford Eagle:
July 1, 8 and 15, 2026
LYC26-043
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
YOUTH COURT DIVISION
LAFAYETTE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES, BY ANDREA A. SANDERS, AND R.J.S. AND R.J.C., MINORS, BY AND THROUGH THEIR NEXT FRIEND, ANDREA A. SANDERS PETITIONERS
JACQUELINE REANNA CHATMAN CO-PETITIONER VS. ANTHONY QUINN SANDERS, MICHAEL CLAYTON,
AND UNKNOWN PUTATIVE FATHER RESPONDENTS
CIVIL ACTION NO. LYC26-043
COUNTY COURT SUMMONS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: Anthony Quinn Sanders, Michael Clayton, and Unknown Putative Father who are not to be found in the State of Mississippi on diligent inquiry and whose post office address is not known to the Petitioners after diligent inquiry.
You have been made a Respondent in the suit filed in this Court by the Lafayette County Department of Child Protection Services, by Andrea A. Sanders, Commissioner, and R.J.S. and R.J.C., minors, seeking to terminate your parental rights as those rights relate to said minors and demanding that the full custody, control, and authority to act on behalf of said minors be placed with the Lafayette County Department of Child Protection Services.
YOU ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR AND DEFEND AGAINST THE PETITION FILED AGAINST YOU IN THIS ACTION AT 9:00 AM ON THE 13TH OF AUGUST 2026, IN THE COURTROOM OF THE LAFAYETTE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 1 COURTHOUSE SQUARE, OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AND IN CASE OF YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AND DEFEND, A JUDGMENT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE PETITION.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do so if you desire.
ISSUED under my hand and seal of said Court, this the 22nd day of June 2026.
JEFF BUSBY, COUNTY COURT CLERK
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 38655
BY: Sarah May
Deputy Clerk
LINDSEY E. LAZINSKY, MSB #103856
ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONERS
Office of the Mississippi Attorney General
Child Protection Services Division
2330 University Avenue, Suite F
Oxford, Mississippi 38655
Telephone No.: (662) 202-1524
Oxford Eagle:
July 1, 8 and 15, 2026
LYC26-043