Notice to Absent Defendants
KEITH A. BONCHI, ESQUIRE – KAB032321983
GOLDENBERG, MACKLER, SAYEGH, MINTZ,
PFEFFER, BONCHI & GILL
A Professional Corporation
660 New Road, Suite 1-A
Northfield, NJ 08225
(609) 646-0222
FILE NO,. 67596-26
Attorneys for Plaintiff____________SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY
GTECH CAPITAL, LLC ) MIDDLESEX COUNTY
) CHANCERY DIVISION
)
Plaintiff(s) ) Docket No. F-002134-25
vs. )
SIGMUND BATRUK JR., Individually and as ) CIVIL ACTION
Substitutionary Administrator CTA of the ) ORDER SETTING TIME,
Estate of Sophie Batruk, Deceased; SHARON ) PLACE AND AMOUNT OF
FRITZ; CHRISTINE BATRUK, her heirs, devisees ) REDEMPTION
and personal representatives, and their or )
any of their successors in right, title and )
interest; STATE OF NEW JERSEY; LOCKWOOD )
BOAT WORKS INC.; EUGENE J. McDONALD, ESQ. )
)
__________________________ _Defendant(s) )
THIS MATTER being opened to the court by Goldenberg, Mackler, Sayegh, Mintz, Pfeffer, Bonchi & Gill, A Professional Corporation, Attorneys for Plaintiff, and it appearing that default has been entered against the defendants, SIGMUND BATRUK JR., Individually and as Substitutionary Administrator CTA of the Estate of Sophie Batruk, Deceased; SHARON FRITZ; CHRISTINE BATRUK, her heirs, devisees and personal representatives, and their or any of their successors in right, title and interest; STATE OF NEW JERSEY; LOCKWOOD BOAT WORKS INC.; EUGENE J. McDONALD, ESQ.; that plaintiff has produced before this court tax sale certificate #22-00101, certified to be a true copy, which certificate is dated October 7, 2022, and is of record in the Middlesex County Clerk's Office on January 23, 2023, in book 19135, page 540, which covers Block 411.04, Lot 10, in the Borough of Sayreville. Said certificate has been marked Exhibit P-1 on the part of the plaintiff. More than two years have elapsed since the sale of said lands by the Borough of Sayreville, and the lands have not been redeemed from the tax sale; that plaintiff has produced before this court its Certification showing that there is due on said tax sale certificate, together with subsequent taxes and interest, the sum of $55,927.94 as of February 16, 2026; and
IT IS on this 11th day of March , 2026, ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the amount required to redeem the premises referred to in the aforementioned tax sale certificate is the sum of $55,927.94, which includes the amount due on said tax sale certificate, subsequent taxes and interest as of February 16, 2026, together with costs duly taxed in the sum of $4,558.10. An exact redemption amount must be obtained from the municipal tax collector; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the 11th day of May , 2026, during normal office hours, at the office of the Tax Collector of the Borough of Sayreville, 167 Main Street, Sayreville, New Jersey, be and the same is hereby fixed as the time and place for the redemption of the said lands as described in the Amended Complaint and making up the premises concerning which the Amended Complaint is filed, and that thereupon the defendant who redeems shall be entitled to the certificate of tax sale duly endorsed for cancellation; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that in default of the said defendants paying to the Tax Collector of the Borough of Sayreville, and the plaintiff, the said sum, interest and costs aforesaid, the said defendants stand absolutely debarred and foreclosed of and from all right and equity of redemption on, in and to said lands and premises and every part thereof, and the plaintiff shall have an absolute and indefeasible interest of inheritance in fee simple, to said lands and premises. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, redemption shall be permitted up until the entry of final judgment including the whole of the last date upon which judgment is entered; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that in accordance with Chief Justice Rabner's July 10, 2023 Order, a copy of this Order will to be personally served upon the defendants who have a right of redemption; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order or a Notice thereof be served upon the defendants, whose addresses are known, by mailing to each of them such a copy or notice not later than ten days prior to the date fixed for redemption of the lands and premises by this Order; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if the addresses of the defendants are not known, a copy of this Order or Notice thereof directed to such defendants shall be published in The Home News Tribune, a newspaper circulating in Middlesex County, at least one time, not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for redemption by this Order; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order be delivered to the Tax Collector of the Borough of Sayreville, and that said Tax Collector of the Borough of Sayreville certify to this Court whether the premises were or were not redeemed from the plaintiff's tax sale certificate in accordance with the terms of this Order.
/s/ Lisa M. Vignuolo, P.J. Ch.
Hon. Lisa M. Vignuolo, P.J. Ch.
Respectfully Recommended
R.1:34-6 Office of Foreclosure
March 24 2026
LNYS0482080
$79.98