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FIRST INSERTION
NOTICE OF ACTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
CIVIL ACTION
CASE NO.: 2025 CA 004990
CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC,
Plaintiff, vs.
ALMERTIS STEPHENS, JR., et al,
Defendant(s).
To: DENIEDRA MORRISON
Last Known Address: 2920 Dayton Dr
Winter Haven, FL 33884
Current Address: Unknown
ALMERTIS STEPHENS, JR.
Last Known Address: 2920 Dayton Dr
Winter Haven, FL 33884
Current Address: Unknown
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in Polk County, Florida:
LOT 218, TRADITIONS PHASE 1, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 131, PAGES 47 THROUGH 54, INCLUSIVE, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA.
A/K/A 2920 DAYTON DR WINTER HAVEN FL 33884
has been filed against you and you are required to file written defenses with the clerk of court and to serve a copy within 30 days after the first publication of the Notice of Action, on Albertelli Law, Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 23028, Tampa, FL 33623; otherwise, a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint or petition.
This notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in the Business Observer.
**See the Americans with Disabilities Act
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: July 13, 2026
WITNESS my hand and the seal of this court on this 4th day of June, 2026.
Stacy M. Butterfield
Clerk of the Circuit Court
(Court Seal) By: /s/ A. Nieves
Deputy Clerk
Albertelli Law
P.O. Box 23028
Tampa, FL 33623
tna - 25-015292
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