Attention homeowner: If you are a military service member on active duty, if your period of active duty has concluded less than 90 days ago, or if you have been ordered to active duty, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing the mortgage at the telephone number stated in this notice. Notice of foreclosure by advertisement. Notice is given under section 3212 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.3212, that the following mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at a public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check at the place of holding the circuit court in Branch County, starting promptly at 10:00 AM on AUGUST 20, 2026. The amount due on the mortgage may be greater on the day of the sale. Placing the highest bid at the sale does not automatically entitle the purchaser to free and clear ownership of the property. A potential purchaser is encouraged to contact the county register of deeds office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge a fee for this information. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mary Lou Birchfield, Mary D. Birchfield and Andrew James Birchfield, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Loandepot. Com, LLC. its successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 21, 2017 and recorded October 2, 2017 in Instrument Number 2017-06714 Branch County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by FIFTH THIRD BANK, N.A, by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty Thousand Three Hundred Three and 64/100 Dollars ($60,303.64). Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the place of holding the circuit court within Branch County, Michigan at 10:00 AM on AUGUST 20, 2026. Said premises are located in the Township of KINDERHOOK , Branch County Michigan, and are described as: A PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 3, TOWN 8 SOUTH, RANGE 6 WEST, KINDERHOOK TOWNSHIP, BRANCH COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS BEGINNING ON THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 3, AT A POINT 235 FEET NORTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE CENTERLINE OF THE BLACKTOP PAVEMENT OF THE FORMER ISLAND ROAD COUNTY HIGHWAY (NOW VACATED), AND RUNNING THENCE FROM THIS POINT OF BEGINNING FOR THE PARCEL HEREIN DESCRIBED NORTH 115 FEET, ALONG SAID QUARTER QUARTER SECTION LINE, THENCE WESTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE CENTERLINE OF SAID ROAD, ABOUT 120 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE CENTER OF A CHANNEL, THENCE SOUTH 115 FEET, ALONG THE CENTER OF SAID CHANNEL, AND THENCE EASTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE CENTERLINE OF SAID ROAD, 120 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING SUBJECT TO A 20 FOOT WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY ACROSS THE EAST 20 FEET IN WIDTH THEREOF FOR USE BY GRANTORS, THEIR HEIRS AND ASSIGNS FOR ACCESS TO LAND NORTH OF THIS PARCEL OF LAND AND INCLUDING THE RIGHTS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER AND UPON A 20 FOOT WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER AFORESAID, EXTENDING FROM THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL OF LAND SOUTH TO THE ISLAND ROAD COUNTY HIGHWAY AS NOW RELOCATED 720 Leaf Ln, Coldwater, Michigan 49036 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. If the property is sold at foreclosure sale, pursuant to MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damage to the property during the redemption period. FinCEN reporting will be required of all successful purchasers, absent a lawful exemption. Dated: July 18, 2026 File No. 26-006592 Firm Name: Orlans Law Group PLLC Firm Address: 1650 West Big Beaver Road, Troy MI 48084 Firm Phone Number: (248) 502.1400 1598822 (07-18)(08-08) Invoice Date: 08/08/2026