26-01005K

NOTICE OF ACTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 2024CA002239000000
SEATTLE BANK,
Plaintiff, VS.
UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, SURVIVING SPOUSE, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEE, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER, OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF DELORIS MONTGOMERY, DECEASED;UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, SURVIVING SPOUSE, GRANTEES, AS SIGNEE, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER, OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF JOHN H. SCOTT, DECEASED; et al.,
Defendant(s).
TO: Thelma G. Gaillard
Last Known Residence: 1450 Connestee Rd Lakeland, FL 33805
TO: Leroy Gaillard, III
Last Known Residence: 1450 Connestee Rd Lakeland, FL 33805
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in POLK County, Florida:
LOT 9 OF ROCHESTER HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 9, PAGE 50, AND THAT PART OF LOT 10, BLOCK E, RIDGECREST ADDITION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 7, PAGE 41, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE SE CORNER OF SAID LOT 9 ROCHESTER HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, RUN EAST 6 FEET, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY TO A POINT ON RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF CONNESTEE COURT, WHICH POINT IS 44.22 FEET SOUTHEASTERLY OF NE CORNER OF SAID LOT 9 MEASURED ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, RUN THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 44.22 FEET TO SAID NE CORNER OF SAID LOT 9, THENCE SOUTH ALONG EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 9 TO POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL LYING AND BEING IN 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 ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP, Plaintiff’s attorney, at 401 W. Linton Blvd. Suite 202-B Delray Beach, FL 33444, on or before June 18, 2026, 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 or petition.
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.
Dated on May 12th, 2026.
Stacy M. Butterfield
As Clerk of the Court
(SEAL) By: S. Irlanda
As Deputy Clerk
ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP,
Plaintiff’s attorney,
401 W. Linton Blvd. Suite 202-B
Delray Beach, FL 33444
1395-1119B
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