COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS WORCESTER, SS: SUPERIOR COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. 2685CV00213C TO: Alan Fernandes of Hopedale, Worcester County, Massachusetts; AND TO ALL PERSONS ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE SERVICEMEMBERS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 2003: DOMINGOS AFONSO, is an individual residing at 5 Jencks Road, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; and FATIMA AFONSO, is an individual residing at 5 Jencks Road, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Claiming to be the holders of a mortgage covering property situated on or near 44 Plain St., Hopedale, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Given by Alan Fernandes to Domingos Afonso and Fatima Afonso dated September 29, 2020 and recorded at the Worcester District Registry of Deeds at Book 63375, Page 290 has filed with said court a Complaint for Authority to foreclose said mortgage in the manner following: by entry on and possession of the premises therein described and by exercise of the power of sale contained in said mortgage. If you are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act of 2003 and you object to such foreclosure, you or your attorney should file a written appearance and answer in said court at Worcester in said County on or before the 25th day of March, 2026 or you may be forever barred from claiming that such foreclosure is invalid under said Act. Witness, Michael D. Ricciuti, Esquire, Chief Justice of said Court, this 10th day of February, 2026. March 2 2026 LNEO0463913