FIRST INSERTION
NOTICE OF ACTION - CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION
Case No. 2025CA003578A000BA
Freedom Mortgage Corporation
Plaintiff, vs.
Donald T. Gettens, III; Kimberly Gettens; Lake Eloise Pointe Homeowners Association, Inc.; Polk County, Florida; United States of America on behalf of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Defendants.
TO: Donald T. Gettens, III
Last Known Address: 287 Lake Eloise Pointe Blvd, Winter Haven, FL 33880
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in Polk County, Florida:
LOT 19, LAKE ELOISE POINTE, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THERETO, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 149, PAGE(S) 27 THROUGH 30, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA.
has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Julie York, Esquire, Brock & Scott, PLLC., the Plaintiffs attorney, whose address is 4919 Memorial Hwy, Suite 135, Tampa, FL 33634, within thirty (30) days of the first date of publication on or before June 10, 2026, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on the Plaintiffs attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint or petition.
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Office of the Court Administrator,255 N. Broadway Avenue, Bartow, Florida 33830, (863) 534-4686, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.
DATED on May 4, 2026.
Stacy M. Butterfield
As Clerk of the Court
(SEAL) By A. Nieves
As Deputy Clerk
Julie York, Esquire,
Brock & Scott, PLLC.,
the Plaintiffs attorney,
4919 Memorial Hwy, Suite 135,
Tampa, FL 33634
File # 25-F02400
May 15, 22, 2026 26-00932K
