LEGAL NOTICE Unknown Spouse, if any, of Corey Ward whose last places of residence/business are 7190 N Geyers Chapel Road, Smithville, OH 44677, 5263 West 16th Street, Cleveland, OH 44134, and 6158 West 54th Street, Cleveland, OH 44128 but whose present place of residence/business is unknown will take notice that on January 6, 2026, Nations Lending Corporation filed its Complaint in Case No. 2026CVCE000002 in the Court of Common Pleas Wayne County, Ohio, 215 N. Grant Street, Wooster, Ohio 44691, alleging that the Defendant(s) Unknown Spouse, if any, of Corey Ward have or claim to have an interest in the real estate described below: Permanent Parcel Number: 51-00164.000; Property Address: 7190 N Geyers Chapel Road, Smithville, OH 44677. The legal description may be obtained from the Wayne County Auditor at 428 West Liberty Street, Wooster, Ohio 44691, 330-287-5441. The Petitioner further alleges that by reason of default of the Defendant(s) in the payment of a promissory note, according to its tenor, the conditions of a concurrent mortgage deed given to secure the payment of said note and conveying the premises described, have been broken, and the same has become absolute. The Petitioner prays that the Defendant(s) named above be required to answer and set up their interest in said real estate or be forever barred from asserting the same, for foreclosure of said mortgage, the marshalling of any liens, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of Petitioner's Claim in the proper order of its priority, and for such other and further relief as is just and equitable. THE DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE ARE REQUIRED TO ANSWER ON OR BEFORE THE 14TH OF APRIL, 2026. BY: TIFFANY & BOSCO P.A. Douglas A. Haessig, Attorney at Law Attorney for Plaintiff-Petitioner P.O. Box 39696 Solon, Ohio 44139 (330)600-5500 3/3,10,17'26#12124338