IN THE COMMON PLEAS COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY,

IN THE COMMON PLEAS COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO PROBATE DIVISION MARK L. SOWDERS, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF LAWAN PLEIMAN, DECEASED, Plaintiff, vs. JOHN MCMANUS, TREASURER, et al. Defendants. CASE NO. 2025 MSC 00026 2025 MSC 00027 2025 MSC 00292 JUDGE DAVID D. BRANNON LEGAL NOTICE TO: MICHAEL D. SOWDERS, whose last known address is 3740 E. Fourth Street, Dayton, Ohio 45403, and whose present address is unknown. You are hereby notified that on January 22, 2025 and June 11, 2025, Petitioner, Mark L. Sowders, filed in the Probate Court of Montgomery County, Ohio a Complaint to Sell Real Estate, in Case No(s). 2025 MSC 00026, 2025 MSC 00027, and 2025 MSC 00292, concerning certain property and/or rights in the Estate of Lawan Pleiman. The object of the action is to obatain authority from the Court to sell real estate belonging to the decedent to pay debts and costs of administration. You are required to answer or otherwise respond to said complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this notice, which shall be published once each week for six (6) consecutive weeks. If you fail to respond, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. ADAM J. ARNOLD ARNOLD & ARNOLD, LTD. 1717 Liberty Tower 120 West Second Street Dayton, Ohio 45402 (937) 716-2033 Attorney for Petitioner/Estate