IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR GULF COUNTY GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO. 25000047CAAXMX FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, vs. DOUGLAS D HORTON, et al., Defendant. NOTICE OF ACTION To: RAQUEL M HORTON, 4640 LAKE DR PANAMA CITY, FL 32404 LAST KNOWN ADRESS STATED, CURRENT RESIDENCE UNKNOWN YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose Mortgage covering the following real and personal property described as follows, to-wit: COMMENCE AT A POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY BOUNDARY LINE OF CREEKVIEW DRIVE AND THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 10 WEST, GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA; THENCE GO NORTH 60 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 18 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY BOUNDARY LINE FOR A DISTANCE OF 318.28 FEET; THENCE GO NORTH 29 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 24 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY BOUNDARY LINE FOR A DISTANCE OF 315.24 FEET; THENCE GO NORTH 39 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY BOUNDARY LINE FOR A DISTANCE OF 151.92 FEET FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING CONTINUE NORTH 39 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY BOUNDARY LINE FOR A DISTANCE OF 88.61 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY BOUNDARY LINE GO NORTH 42 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 09 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 431.13 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF STONE MILL CREEK; THENCE ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF STONE MILL CREEK THE FOLLOWING COURSES AND DISTANCES; NORTH 03 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 17 SECONDS EAST 24.49 FEET; SOUTH 46 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 24 SECONDS EAST 51.37 FEET; SOUTH 61 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST 31.82 FEET; SOUTH 88 DEGREES 35 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST 24.27 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING THE CENTERLINE OF STONE MILL CREEK GO SOUTH 46 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 50 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 450.40 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL CONTAINING AN AREA OF 1.0 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. PARCEL NUMBER: 01545-137R has been filed against you and you are required to file a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Jacqueline T. Levine, Esq, McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP, 225 East Robinson Street, Suite 155, Orlando, FL 32801 and file the original with the Clerk of the above-styled Court on or before April 22, 2026 or 30 days from the first publication, otherwise a Judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court on the 24 day of February, 2026. REBECCA L. "BECKY" NORRIS CLERK OF COURT OF GULF COUNTY As Clerk of the Court BY: /s/ Deputy Clerk March 18 & 25, 2026; #12169957