Legal Notice to the Defendants: Unknown Heirs, Legatees

Legal Notice To the Defendants: Unknown Heirs, Legatees, and Devisees, if any, of Robert E. Thomas, whose addresses are unknown: In the Butler County Clerk of Courts 315 High Street, Floor 5 Hamilton, OH 45011 Butler County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas Plaintiff: NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Defendants: Unknown Heirs, Legatees, and Devisees, if any, of Robert E. Thomas Case No. CV 2022 12 2122 Judge Spaeth Plaintiff has brought this action naming you as a Defendant in the above-named court by filing its Complaint on December 28, 2022. The object of the Complaint is to foreclose the mortgage against Defendant. The prayer is that Plaintiff be found to have a good and valid first lien on the within described premises in the amount as set forth in the Complaint and accrued interest and penalties, if any; that each of the Defendants be required to answer setting up their interest, if any, in said premises, or be forever barred from asserting same; that unless the amount found due the Plaintiff be paid within a reasonable time to be named by the Court, the equity of redemption of said Defendants shall be foreclosed and an order of sale issued to the Plaintiff for it to be directed to sell said premises as upon execution, and for such other relief as Plaintiff may be entitled. Part of Lots numbered Eighty Six Hundred and Thirty Seven (8637) and Seventy Eight Hundred and Thirty Two (7832) as the same are known and designated on the recorded plat of the City of Middletown, Butler County, Ohio, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of said Lot 8637; thence West along the north line of said Lot 8637 a distance of 49.77 feet; thence in a southerly direction and parallel with the East line of said Lot 8637 and the east line of said Lot 7832 and at right angles to the north line of said Lot 8637 a distance of 150 feet to a point in said Lot 7832; thence east and parallel with the north line of said Lot 8637 a distance of 49.77 feet to the east line of said Lot 7832; thence north along the east line of said Lot 7832 and the east line of said Lot 8637 a distance of 150 feet to the place of beginning. Known As: 2218 Erie Avenue, Middletown, OH 45042 Parcel No. Q6511-024-00-0061 Prior Deed Reference: Affidavit of Survivorship in Official Record 7140, page 1173 and Official Record 1808, page 714, Recorder's Office, Butler County, Ohio You are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight days after the last publication of this notice, which will be published once each week for three successive weeks, and the last publication will be made on February 2, 2023. In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as permitted by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure within the time stated, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. David J. Demers, Esq. (0055423) Cooke Demers, LLC 260 Market Street, Suite F New Albany, OH 43054 614-939-0930 614-939-0987 (fax) Attorney for Plaintiff 1-19, 1-26, 2-2/2023