26-01442K

NOTICE OF ACTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
Case Number: 2026CA-000624-A000-BA
SOUTHSTATE BANK, N.A.,
Plaintiff, vs.
THE DULY APPOINTED TRUSTEE(S) OF THE DTM LIVING REVOCABLE TRUST; JOSE G. DE TOMA a/k/a JOSE GUERINO DE TOMA; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF JOSE G. DE TOMA a/k/a JOSE GUERINO DE TOMA; UNKNOWN TRUSTEES AND UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE DTM REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST; JOE G. TEDDER, AS POLK COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; NYULKA ELENY MARQUEZ AS TRUSTEE OF THE MARQUEZ PRIVATE EQUITY TRUST; UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE MARQUEZ PRIVATE EQUITY TRUST; TERRY H. MATTINGLY, ED.S.; SUPERIOR FENCE & RAIL OF POLK COUNTY, INC., an administratively dissolved Florida corporation, a/k/a SUPERIOR FENCE & RAIL OF POLK CO; and UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION,
Defendants.
TO: THE DULY APPOINTED TRUSTEE(S) OF THE DTM LIVING REVOCABLE TRUST; JOSE G. DE TOMA a/k/a JOSE GUERINO DE TOMA; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF JOSE G. DE TOMA a/k/a JOSE GUERINO DE TOMA; UNKNOWN TRUSTEES AND UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE DTM REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST; NYULKA ELENY MARQUEZ AS TRUSTEE OF THE MARQUEZ PRIVATE EQUITY TRUST and UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE MARQUEZ PRIVATE EQUITY TRUST, claiming under any of the above-named or described defendant or party or claiming to have any right, title, or interest in the real property hereinafter described.
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following real property in Polk County, Florida:
Lot 17, Deer Run Estates Phase One, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 83, Pages 25 through 27, of the public records of Polk County, Florida
has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Krista Mahalak, plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is P.O. Drawer 7608, Winter Haven, Florida 33883, within 30 days after the first publication of this Notice of Action, and file the original with the Clerk of the Court either before service on plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter.
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 said Court on this 6th day of July, 2026.
Stacy M. Butterfield
Clerk of the Court
(COURT SEAL) By: Lynnette Burke
Deputy Clerk
Krista Mahalak,
plaintiff’s attorney,
P.O. Drawer 7608,
Winter Haven, Florida 33883
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