LEGAL NOTICE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO   Brighthouse Life Insurance Company f/k/a Metlife Insurance Company USA C/O Nationstar Mortgage LLC,   Plaintiff vs.   Margie R. Foster aka Margie Foster-Reed, et al., Defendants Case No.: 26CV001395   Judge: Stephen L. McIntosh Defendant(s), John Doe and/or Jane Doe, Real Names Unknown, The Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Administrators, Executors and Assigns of Earl W. Reed, whose Identities andAddress(es) are Unknown, will take notice that on February 11, 2026, Brighthouse Life Insurance Company f/k/a Metlife Insurance Company USA, C/O Nationstar Mortgage LLC, filed its Complaint in Case Number 26CV001395, Franklin County, Ohio, alleging that the defendant(s), John Doe and/or Jane Doe, Real Names Unknown, The Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Administrators, Executors and Assigns of Earl W. Reed, have or claim to have an interest in the real estate described below:   Premises commonly known as: 1997 Fairwood Ave, Columbus, OH 43207 Parcel No.: 010-128278-00 The Plaintiff further alleges that by reason of default in the payment of the 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 Plaintiff demands that the defendants 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 marshaling of any liens, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of plaintiffs claim in the proper order of its priority and for such other and further relief as is just and equitable.   The defendants named above are required to answer the complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this legal notice on June 26, 2026.   Brighthouse Life Insurance Company f/k/a Metlife Insurance Company USA C/O Nationstar Mortgage LLC   By: Bradley P. Toman (0042720) James L. Sassano (0062253) Attorneys for Plaintiff Sassano, Deighton, Delaney, Higgins & Mommsen Co., L.P.A. 4834 Richmond Rd, Suite 201 Cleveland, OH 44128 216-360-7200 Phone 216-360-7210 Facsimile franklinmail@carlisle-law.com   05/15, 05/22, 05/29, 2026