Foreclosure notice for property due to unpaid home equity loan.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS BROWN COUNTY, OHIOCase No. 20260061Judge Scott T. GusweilerNOTICE OF SERVICE BYPUBLICATION PURSUANT TO CIVIL RULE 4.4 AND O.R.C. SECTION 2703.14PEOPLES BANKPlaintiff,vs.UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS, ASSIGNS AND ESTATE OF JUSTIN A. FITHEN, DECEASED, et al.Defendants.The Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Administrators, Executors, Assigns and Estate of Justin A. Fithen, Deceased; and Jane Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any, of Justin A. Fithen, as of January 8, 2025, whose identities and places of residence are unknown and cannot by reasonable diligence be ascertained, will take notice that on the 23rd day of January, 2026, Plaintiff, Peoples Bank, successor in interest by merger to The National Bank and Trust Company, filed its Complaint for Foreclosure (In Rem) against the Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Legatees, Administrators, Executors, Assigns and Estate of Justin A. Fithen, Deceased; and Jane Doe, Unknown Spouse, if any, of Justin A. Fithen, as of January 8, 2025, and others, in the Court of Common Pleas of Brown County, Ohio, the same being Case No. 20260061, representing among other things that there is due on a 12 Year Home Equity Revolving Loan (the "Note") the sum of $35,147.19, plus interest at the per diem rate of $8.29 from December 10, 2025, plus court costs, advances, and other charges as allowed by law; that as security for the payment of said Note, on December 1, 2011, Justin A. Fithen (now deceased), executed a Mortgage to The National Bank and Trust Company, now Peoples Bank, which was recorded on December 8, 2011, in O.R. Book 409, page 1978 et seq., of the Official Records of Brown County, Ohio; and thereupon became the first lien upon the real estate located at 315 E. Grant Avenue, Georgetown, Ohio 45121 (Parcel No. 33-065992.0000) (the "Property").Plaintiff Peoples Bank, successor in interest by merger to The National Bank and Trust Company, prays that the Court determine that it is owed the amount of $35,147.19, plus interest at the per diem rate of $8.29 from December 10, 2025, plus court costs, advances, and other charges as allowed by law; thatits mortgage be foreclosed and the liens marshaled; that the equity of redemption of the Defendants be foreclosed; that the Property be sold and the amount due the Plaintiff, Peoples Bank, be paid from the proceeds of said sale according to its priority, together with its costs therein, and that all Defendants be required to set up their claims or interests in the Property, or be forever barred. Defendants above named and mentioned are required to answer within twenty-eight (28) days after, March 22, 2026. the date of the last publication of this notice, by serving a copy upon Robert A. DeBlasis, Esq., Kohnen & Patton LLP, Attorney for Plaintiff, 201 East Fifth Street, Suite 800, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, and filing said Answer with the Clerk, Brown County Common Pleas Court, 101 S. Main Street, Georgetown, Ohio 45121. Failure to answer or otherwise respond as permitted by the Ohio Rules of Procedure within the time stated will cause a judgment by default to be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.Respectfully submitted,KOHNEN & PATTON LLP/s/Robert A. DeBlasisRobert A. DeBlasis (0091110) 201 E. Fifth Street, Suite 800Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Telephone: (513) 381-0656 Facsimile: (513) 381-5823 E-mail: rdeblasis@kplaw.com Counsel for PlaintiffBCP 02-15-26, 02-22-26, 03-01-26, 03-08-26, 03-15-26, 03-22-26