To the Defendants: Unknown Heirs, Legatees and Devisees, if any, of Kenneth Clark aka Kenneth L. Clark, Unknown Heirs, Legatees and Devisees, if any, of Diania Clark, and Paul Askew, whose addresses are unknown: In the Warren County Clerk of Courts 500 Justice Dr. Lebanon, OH 45036 Warren County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas Plaintiff: 21st Mortgage Corporation Defendants: Unknown Heirs, Legatees and Devisees, if any, of Kenneth Clark aka Kenneth L. Clark, et al. Case No. 26CV101520 Judge: Donald E. Oda II Plaintiff has brought this action naming Unknown Heirs, Legatees and Devisees, if any, of Kenneth Clark aka Kenneth L. Clark, Unknown Heirs, Legatees and Devisees, if any, of Diania Clark, and Paul Askew as Defendants in the above-named court by filing its Complaint on October 1, 2026. The object of the Complaint is to foreclose the mortgage against Defendants. 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. Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Warren, and in the Township of Franklin, bounded and described as follows: Being Lot Number Twenty-nine (9) of Castlebrook Estates, Section Three (3), as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 7, Page 94, Recorder's Office, Warren County, Ohio. Parcel No. 0207102002 Known as: 8955 Franklin-Trenton Road, Franklin, Ohio 45005 Prior Instrument Reference: Official Record Volume 5416, Page 579, Recorder's Office, Warren 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 November 9, 2026. 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, Ohio 43054 614-939-0930 (phone) 614-939-0987 (fax) Attorney for Plaintiff 10-26,11-2,11-9/2026


