SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION MIDDLESEX COUNTY DOCKET NO. F-012843-25 OUR FILE NUMBER: 118.040965 NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO Kevin S. Slade a/k/a Kevin Scott Slade, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION MIDDLESEX COUNTY DOCKET NO. F-012843-25 OUR FILE NUMBER: 118.040965 NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO Kevin S. Slade a/k/a Kevin Scott Slade, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his or any of their successors in right, title and interest; Margaret Ann Barnes, Known Heir 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 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for ABFC 2004-OPT5 Trust, ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-OPT5 is a Plaintiff and Kevin S. Slade a/k/a Kevin Scott Slade, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his or any of their successors in right, title and interest and Margaret Ann Barnes, Known Heir are defendants, pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey within 35 days after December 9, 2025, 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 25, 2004 In the amount of: $212,000.00 Made by: Kevin S. Slade a/k/a Kevin Scott Slade and Arlene B. Slade To: H&R Block Mortgage Corporation, a Massachusetts Corporation Recorded: July 13, 2004 at Instrument No. 2004 047748, Book 09850 and Page 424 Covers real estate located at: 23 Orchard Dr, Old Bridge, NJ 08857-1640 Also known as: Block 18046, Lot 7, in the Township/Borough/City of Old Bridge, County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey. You, Kevin S. Slade a/k/a Kevin Scott Slade, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his or any of their successors in right, title and interest, have been made a Defendant for any interest you may have in the subject premises because you executed Plaintiff's mortgage and are a record owner and for any lien, claim or interest you may have in, to or against the mortgaged premises. You, Kevin S. Slade a/k/a Kevin Scott Slade, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his or any of their successors in right, title and interest, have been made a Defendant in the above action because you have or may claim to have some right, title, lien or other interest affecting the real estate being foreclosed by virtue of ownership, inheritance, descent, intestacy, devise, dower, courtesy, mortgage, deed or conveyance, entry of judgment or other legal or lawful right. You, Margaret Ann Barnes, Known Heir, have been made a Defendant in the above action because you have or may claim to have some right, title, lien or other interest affecting the real estate being foreclosed by virtue of ownership, inheritance, descent, intestacy, devise, dower, courtesy, mortgage, deed or conveyance, entry of judgment or other legal or lawful right. 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: December 9, 2025 Michelle M. Smith, Esquire, CLERK SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY December 9 2025 LNYS0419243 $80.34