SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION CAMDEN COUNTY DOCKET NO. F-003602-25 OUR FILE NUMBER: NJ202500000133 NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO MELISSA A. BATES YOU ARE HEREBY summoned and required to serve upon Stern & Eisenberg, PC, Plaintiff's attorneys, whose address is 1120 Rt. 73, Suite 400, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054, telephone (609) 397-9200, an Answer to the Foreclosure Complaint filed in a civil action, in which NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing is a Plaintiff and Melissa A. Bates is a defendant, pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey within 35 days after October 13, 2025, the date of publication, exclusive of such date. If you fail to do so, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. You shall file your Answer and proof of service in duplicate with the Clerk of the Superior Court, Hughes Justice Complex, P.O. Box 971, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 in accordance with the Rules of Civil Practice and Procedure. You are further advised that if you are unable to obtain an attorney, you may communicate with the New Jersey State Bar Association or Lawyer Referral Service of the county of venue and that if you cannot afford an attorney, you may communicate with the Legal Services office of the county of venue. A directory with contact information for local Legal Services Offices and Lawyer Referral Services is available in the Civil Division Management Office in the county listed above and online at: http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/prose/10153_deptyclerklawref.pdf. THE ACTION has been instituted for the purpose of foreclosing the following Mortgage: Dated: January 29, 2004 In the amount of: $137,700.00 Made by: Melissa A. Bates and David M Bates To: Commerce Bank, N.A., its successors and assigns Recorded: March 16, 2004 at Book OR 07393 and Page 0739 Covers real estate located at: 7 Lily Court, Atco, NJ 08004 Also known as: Block 2401.01, Lot 19, in the Township of Winslow, County of Camden and State of New Jersey. You, Melissa A. Bates, have been made a Defendant for any interest you may have in the subject premises because you executed Plaintiff's mortgage and are a record owner and for any lien, claim or interest you may have in, to or against the mortgaged premises. The nature of which and the reason that you and each of you are joined as defendants is set forth with particularity in the Complaint, a copy of which will be furnished to you on request, addressed to the attorneys of the plaintiff at the above-mentioned address. Dated: October 13, 2025 Michelle M. Smith, Esquire, CLERK SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY October 13 2025 LNYS0386088 $53.04