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ORANGE

NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS

Docket No. F-012048-25 Superior Court of New Jersey Chancery Division Essex County (L.S.) STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO: Courtney Dover, Mr. Courtney Dover, husband of Courtney Dover and Washington Heights Federal Savings and Loan Association YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to serve upon McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP, counsel for the plaintiff, with an address of 485F US Highway 1 S., Building F, Suite 300, Iselin, NJ 08830, with a telephone number of (732) 902-5399, an Answer to the Complaint filed in a civil action where M&T Bank is the plaintiff and Courtney Dover, et al. is the defendant. The action is pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Essex County, and bears Docket No. F-012048-25. Your Answer must be filed within thirty-five (35) days of November 13, 2025, excluding that date, or if this publication runs after November 13, 2025, within thirty-five (35) days after the actual date of publication, excluding that date. If you fail to file an Answer, judgment by default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. You shall file your Answer and Proof of Service in duplicate with the Clerk of the Superior Court, Hughes Justice Complex – CN 971, Trenton, NJ 08625, with a copy to McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP, in accordance with the NJ Rules of Court. This action has been instituted for the purpose of (1) foreclosing a mortgage dated July 8, 2022 made by Courtney Dover to M&T Bank, A Corporation, recorded in the Essex County Clerk's Office on July 15, 2022, and as Instrument No. 2022066841, which mortgage was assigned to the above named Plaintiff, which has the right to enforce the note secured by the mortgage; and (2) to recover possession of the land and premises commonly known as 114 Elm Street, Orange, NJ 07050 and is further described as Lot 16 (formerly Lot 00017), Block 1803 (formerly Block 00056) on the Tax Map of the City of Orange Township. If you are unable to obtain an attorney, you may communicate with the New Jersey Bar Association by calling 732-249-5000. You may also contact the Lawyer Referral Service of the County of venue by calling (973) 622-6204. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may contact the Legal Services office of the County of venue by calling (973) 624-4500. YOU, Courtney Dover, are made a party defendant to this foreclosure action because you executed the note and mortgage and may be liable for any deficiency, are a record owner of the subject property, and for any right, title and interest you may have in, to or against the subject property. YOU, Mr. Courtney Dover, husband of Courtney, are made a party defendant to this foreclosure action for any lien, claim or interest you may have in, to or against the Mortgaged Premises, which were acquired after the date of the mortgage, because you are the spouse, domestic partner or civil union partner of Courtney Dover, whose current marital status is unknown. Washington Heights Federal Savings and Loan Association is joined as a party defendant because of a mortgage prior in time given by Sherman G. Hill and Eleanor E. Hill, his wife, to J.I. Kislak Mortgage Corporation, dated November 2, 1961, in the amount of $11,600.00, recorded in the Essex County Register’s Office on November 3, 1961, in Book 3826, Page 328 (the “Open Mortgage”). The Open Mortgage was assigned from J.I. Kislak Mortgage Corporation to Washington Heights Federal Savings and Loan Association by Assignment of Mortgage dated November 27, 1961, and recorded in the Essex County Register’s Office on December 7, 1961, in Book 431, Page 377. File 25-11535NJ /S/Michelle M. Smith Michelle M. Smith

Clerk of Superior Court of New Jersey

DATED: November 13, 2025 E147282 WCN November 13, 2025 ($77.04)