NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS
Docket No. F-011954-25
Superior Court of New Jersey
Chancery Division
Ocean County
(L.S.) STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO:
Geraldine Lucas
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to serve upon McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP, counsel for the plaintiff, with an address of 485F US Highway 1 S., Building F, Suite 300, Iselin, NJ 08830, with a telephone number of (732) 902-5399, an Answer to the Complaint filed in a civil action where Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC is the plaintiff and Geraldine Lucas, et al. is the defendant. The action is pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Ocean County, and bears Docket No. F-011954-25. Your Answer must be filed within thirty-five (35) days of November 3, 2025, excluding that date, or if this publication runs after November 3, 2025, within thirty-five (35) days after the actual date of publication, excluding that date. If you fail to file an Answer, judgment by default may be entered 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 – CN 971, Trenton, NJ 08625, with a copy to McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP, in accordance with the NJ Rules of Court.
This action has been instituted for the purpose of (1) foreclosing a mortgage dated July 11, 2022 made by Geraldine Lucas, unmarried woman, to Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, recorded in the Ocean County Clerk's Office on July 27, 2022 in Book 19114, page 47, which mortgage was assigned to the above named Plaintiff, which has the right to enforce the note secured by the mortgage; and (2) to recover possession of the land and premises commonly known as 20 Allaire Drive, Toms River, NJ 08753 and is further described as Lot 15, Block 192.08 on the Tax Map of the Township of Toms River.
If you are unable to obtain an attorney, you may communicate with the New Jersey Bar Association by calling 732-249-5000. You may also contact the Lawyer Referral Service of the County of venue by calling (732) 240-3666. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may contact the Legal Services office of the County of venue by calling (732) 341-2727.
YOU, Geraldine Lucas, are made a party defendant to this foreclosure action because you executed the note and mortgage and may be liable for any deficiency, are a record owner of the subject property, and for any right, title and interest you may have in, to or against the subject property.
/S/Michelle M. Smith
Michelle M. Smith
Clerk of Superior Court of New Jersey
DATED: November 3, 2025
November 3 2025
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