Order for redemption of tax sale certificate due by June 1, 2026.

Keith A. Bonchi, Esq. (032321983)
GOLDENBERG, MACKLER, SAYEGH, MINTZ,
PFEFFER, BONCHI & GILL
A Professional Corporation
660 New Road, Suite No. 1-A
Northfield, New Jersey 08225
(609) 646-0222    FAX (609) 646-0887
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Robert Rothman(Our File No. 52183-61)
ROBERT ROTHMAN
                                                      Plaintiff(s),
v.
 
GLENN B. SLATER, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives, and their or any of their successors in right, title and interest; GLENN VICTOR SLATER, Individually & Co-Administrator of the Estate of Glenn B. Slater; SHANE THOMAS SLATER, Individually & Co-Administrator of the Estate of Glenn B. Slater; MELISSA SLATER a/k/a MELISSA YON; SARA SLATER;  JOHN M. PAULOVICH;  STATE OF NEW JERSEY;  LISA TROLL, Administratrix CTA of the Estate of Joseph F. Troll;  WILLIAM 
STANDISH JR.; WAKS & MECKY; MELISSA YON; NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY; MARK S. GURALNICK; SUBURBAN PROPANE; HIBU INC. f/k/a YELLOW BOOK SALES AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANY INC.; SLATER PROPERTIES, LLC
                                                         Defendant(s)
SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY
CHANCERY DIVISION
PASSAIC COUNTY
 
DOCKET NO. F-002025-25
 
      Civil Action
  
ORDER SETTING TIME, PLACE
AND AMOUNT OF REDEMPTION
                                       
          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, GLENN B. SLATER, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and their or any of their successors in right, title and interest; GLENN VICTOR SLATER, Individually and Co-Administrator of the Estate of Glenn B. Slater; SHANE THOMAS SLATER, Individually and Co-Administrator of the Estate of Glenn B. Slater; MELISSA SLATER a/k/a MELISSA YON; SARA SLATER; JOHN M. PAULOVICH; STATE OF NEW JERSEY; LISA TROLL, Administratrix CTA of the Estate of Joseph F. Troll; WILLIAM STANDISH JR.; WAKS & MECKY; MELISSA YON; NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY; MARK S. GURALNICK; SUBURBAN PROPANE; HIBU INC. f/k/a YELLOW BOOK SALES AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANY INC.; and SLATER PROPERTIES, LLC having filed a Contesting Answer and by Consent Order dated August 26, 2025, the Contesting Answer was deemed a Non-Contesting Answer, and that plaintiff has produced before this court tax sale certificate #09-039, certified to be a true copy, which certificate is dated April 3, 2009, and is of record in the Passaic County Clerk's Office on April 23, 2009, in book 10346 of mortgages, page 172, as instrument #2009020120, which covers Block 3603, Lot 8. 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 Township of West Milford, 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 $583,691.80 as of December 15, 2025; and
IT IS on this 1st day of April, 2026,  ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the amount required to redeem the premises referred to in the aforementioned tax sale certificate is the sum of $583,691.80, which includes the amount due on said tax sale certificate, subsequent taxes and interest as of December 15, 2025, together with costs duly taxed in the sum of $11,632.03. An exact redemption amount must be obtained from the municipal tax collector; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the 1st day of June, 2026, during normal office hours, at the office of the Tax Collector of the Township of West Milford, 1480 Union Valley Road, West Milford, 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 Township of West Milford, 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 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 Record and Herald News, newspapers circulating in Passaic County, at least one time, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that in accordance with Chief Justice Rabner's July 10, 2023 Order, a copy of this Order or Motion 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 a copy of this Order be delivered to the Tax Collector of the Township of West Milford, and that said Tax Collector of the Township of West Milford 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.
 
Hom. Frank Covello, P.J.Ch.
Respectfully Recommended
R.1:34-6 Office of Foreclosure    
April 8 2026
LNYS0492530
$101.20