26-00349K

NOTICE OF ACTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
Case No.: 2025CA004915A000BA
ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC,
Plaintiff, v.
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHERS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF DENNIS W. FRANKLIN, DECEASED; KAREN L. FRANKLIN; A&D FENCING & CARPENTRY INC.; NATOSHA N. LEWIS; ELSIE YOHAIRA LEWIS-MALDONADO; UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE OPENDOOR PROPERTY TRUST I, A DELAWARE STATUTORY TRUST; UNKNOWN TRUSTEES OF THE OPENDOOR PROPERTY TRUST I, A DELAWARE STATUTORY TRUST; HART LAKE COVE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; CITIMORTGAGE, INC.; ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING INTERESTS BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST A NAMED DEFENDANT TO THIS ACTION, OR HAVING OR CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY HEREIN DESCRIBED; UNKNOWN TENANT #1; UNKNOWN TENANT #2,
Defendant.
To the following Defendant(s):
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHERS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF DENNIS W. FRANKLIN, DECEASED
(RESIDENCE UNKNOWN)
UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE OPENDOOR PROPERTY TRUST I, A DELAWARE STATUTORY TRUST
(RESIDENCE UNKNOWN)
UNKNOWN TRUSTEES OF THE OPENDOOR PROPERTY TRUST I, A DELAWARE STATUTORY TRUST
(RESIDENCE UNKNOWN)
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Foreclosure of Mortgage on the following described property:
LOT 10, HART LAKE COVE PHASE I, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 135, PAGE 1, PUBLIC RECORDS OF POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA.
a/k/a 165 FISH HAWK DR, WINTER HAVEN, FL 33884
has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, upon Kelley Kronenberg, Attorney for Plaintiff, whose address is 10360 West State Road 84, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33324 on or before March 30, 2026, a date which is within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Notice in Business Observer and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
This notice is provided pursuant to Administrative Order No. 2.065.
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Office of the Court Administrator, 255 N. Broadway Avenue, Bartow, Florida 33830, (863) 534-4686, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court this 19 day of Feb., 2026.
Stacy M. Butterfield
As Clerk of the Court
(SEAL) By A. Nieves
As Deputy Clerk
Kelley Kronenberg,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
10360 West State Road 84,
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33324
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