SUPERIOR COURT CHANCERY DIVISION MONMOUTH COUNTY DOCKET NO: F-000856-26 NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO: DONNA CURATO You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon Boudwin Roy Leodori PC, Plaintiff's attorneys, whose address is 10000 Midlantic Drive, Suite 100E, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, 08054, an answer to the complaint in a civil action in which Stonefield Investment Fund IV, LLC is the Plaintiff and Donna Curato is a Defendant pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey within 35 days after July 23, 2026, exclusive of said 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, Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, PO Box 971, Trenton, New Jersey 08625, in accordance with the rules governing the courts. You are further advised that if you cannot afford an attorney, you may call the Legal Services office in the county where you live. If you do not have an attorney and are not eligible for free legal assistance, you may obtain a referral to an attorney by calling the Lawyer Referral Services. The names and telephone numbers of such agencies in the county of venue are as follows: Lawyer Referral Services: (732) 431-5544; Legal Services: (732) 866-0020. This action has been for the purposes of foreclosing the following tax sale certificate: (a) Tax Sale Certificate #20230161, dated December 14, 2023, made by Amy R. Cordell, Tax Collector of the Township of Howell, to SLS I, LLC (subsequently assigned to Stonefield Investment Fund IV, LLC), which tax sale certificate was recorded in the Monmouth County Clerk's Office on February 27, 2024, Book 9679, Page 612, et seq. You, Donna Curato are a Defendant in the above-entitled action because you are the owner of the property at issue in this foreclosure located at 90 E Bosworth Blvd, Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey 07727, (Block 182, Lot 449), which deed was dated September 24, 2021, and recorded in the Monmouth County Clerk's Office on November 3, 2021, in Book 9555, Page 8153 et seq. The nature of which and the reason that you are named as a defendant 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. IN ORDER TO PRESERVE ANY EQUITY THAT MAY EXIST IN THE PROPERTY, YOU SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEMAND, BY WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, BEFORE THE DATE THAT THE FINAL JUDGMENT IS ENTERED, THAT PLANTIFF FORECLOSE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM THE CERTIFICATE THROUGH A JUDICIAL SALE OR INTERNET AUCTION THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY SHERIFF. IF YOU DO NOT DEMAND A JUDICIAL SALE OR INTERNET AUCTION, PLAINTIFF SHALL PROCEED AND FORECLOSE WITHOUT A JUDICIAL SALE OR INTERNET AUCTION OF THE PROPERTY, AND YOU SHALL HAVE NO CLAIM AGAINST PLAINTIFF FOR ANY EQUITY IN THE PROPERTY. Michelle M. Smith Clerk, Superior Court of New Jersey Dated: July 23, 2026 July 23 2026 LNYS0559710 $60.72