SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION BURLINGTON COUNTY DOCKET NO. F-002432-26 OUR FILE NUMBER: 118.043318 NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO C and R Northfield Inc, Assignee

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION BURLINGTON COUNTY DOCKET NO. F-002432-26 OUR FILE NUMBER: 118.043318 NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO C and R Northfield Inc, Assignee YOU ARE HEREBY summoned and required to serve upon Stern & Eisenberg, PC, Plaintiff's attorneys, whose address is 1120 Rt. 73, Suite 400, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054, telephone (609) 397-9200, an Answer to the Foreclosure Complaint filed in a civil action, in which Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-EQ1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-EQ1 is a Plaintiff and C and R Northfield Inc, Assignee is defendant, pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey within 35 days after March 31, 2026, the date of publication, exclusive of such 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, Hughes Justice Complex, PO Box 971, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 in accordance with the Rules of Civil Practice and Procedure. You are further advised that if you are unable to obtain an attorney, you may communicate with the New Jersey State Bar Association or Lawyer Referral Service of the county of venue and that if you cannot afford an attorney, you may communicate with the Legal Services office of the county of venue. A directory with contact information for local Legal Services Offices and Lawyer Referral Services is available in the Civil Division Management Office in the county listed above and online at: http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/prose/10153_deptyclerklawref.pdf. THE ACTION has been instituted for the purpose of foreclosing the following Mortgage: Dated: June 23, 2006 In the amount of: $351,000.00 Made by: Roy L. Ludwick Jr. and Kristi A. Ludwick To: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for EquiFirst Corporation, its successors and assigns Recorded: July 18, 2006 at Book MB11003 and Page 150 Covers real estate located at: 7 Bretton Way, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 Also known as: Block 304.03, Lot 4, in the Township of Mount Laurel, County of Burlington and State of New Jersey. You, C and R Northfield Inc, Assignee, have been made a Defendant by reason of a judgment that was joined in our foreclosure complaint and your lien or encumbrance on the mortgaged premises is subject to Plaintiff's mortgage. The nature of which and the reason that you and each of you are joined as defendants 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. Dated: March 31, 2026 Michelle M. Smith, Esquire, CLERK SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY March 31 2026 LSOM0488191 $51.48