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NOTICE OF ACTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 2024-CA-004552
WHISPERING TRAILS HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION OF WINTER HAVEN, INC., A Florida Not for Profit Corporation,
Plaintiff, vs.
LEONARI JANETTE JONES, individually.
Defendant
TO:
Leonari Janette Jones
22 N 6th St, Apt 4M
Brooklyn, New York 11249
Leonari Janette Jones
200 East 131st St, Apt 2I
New York, New York 10037
Leonari Janette Jones
3157 Whispering Trails Ave
Winter Haven, Florida 33884
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for declaratory judgment that Defendant, Owner, is in violation of the provisions of the Declaration against the real property in Polk County Florida, commonly known as 3157 Whispering Trails Avenue, Winter Haven, Florida 33884, and more particularly described as:
LOT 229, WHISPERING TRAILS PHASE 2, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 143, PAGE 49, PUBLIC RECORDS OF POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA.
Which has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on DI MASI | BURTON, P.A., the Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 801 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 500, Orlando, Florida 32801 within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this notice and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on the Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise, a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
This notice shall be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in Business Observer.
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.
Default Date: January 16, 2026
DATED: Dec. 10, 2025
Stacy M. Butterfield
Clerk of the Court for Polk County, Florida
(SEAL) By: A. Nieves
Deputy Clerk
DI MASI | BURTON, P.A.,
the Plaintiff’s attorney,
801 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 500, Orlando, Florida 32801
Jan. 23, 30; Feb. 6, 13, 2026 26-00101K
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