NOTICE OF ACTION/CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

NOTICE OF ACTION/CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO. 26000861CCAXMX VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC., a Tennessee corporation, Plaintiff, vs. ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, BENEFICIARIES, GRANTEES OR OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING BY OR THROUGH THE ESTATE OF CLARA STOUGH SPARKS, Deceased; et al., Defendants. NOTICE OF ACTION/CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION TO: ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, BENEFICIARIES, GRANTEES OR OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING BY OR THROUGH THE ESTATE OF CLARA STOUGH SPARKS, DECEASED Last Known Address: 5366 SE Celestial Cir., Stuart, FL 34997 Current Address: Unknown YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in Martin County, Florida: LOT 26, BLOCK A, MEYER ESTATES AND MEYER MOBILE MANOR, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 8, PAGE(S) 60, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA. TOGETHER WITH that certain 1981 CLAS Mobile Home, VIN No. EE2063A. Property address: 5366 SE Celestial Cir., Stuart, FL 34997 has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Matthew Leider, Esq., Law Offices of Manganelli, Leider & Savio, P.A., Plaintiff's attorney, whose address is 1900 N.W. Corporate Blvd., Ste. 200W, Boca Raton, FL 33431 and whose email address is: service@mls-pa.com, within thirty (30) days of the first date of publication on or before 8/17/26 and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on the Plaintiff's attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint or petition. WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Court this 10th day of July, 2026. (Court Seal) CAROLYN TIMMANN Clerk of the Court BY: /s/Carmen Castillo Deputy Clerk The above is to be published in The Stuart News on: 7/17/26 & 7/24/26. This notice shall be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks. July 17, 24 2026 LSAR0557442