STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF LAURENSIN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEASC/A NO: 2026CP3000175SUMMONS AND NOTICES(Non-Jury)FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGEWILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY,FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITYBUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OFCSMC 2021-RPL4 TRUST, Plaintiff,v.ELAINE THOMAS; ANY HEIRS-AT-LAW ORDEVISEES OF RICKY THOMAS, DECEASED,THEIR HEIRS, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES,ADMINISTRATORS,SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AND ALLOTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES ENTITLEDTO CLAIM THROUGH THEM; ALLUNKNOWN PERSONS OR ENTITIES WITHANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, INTEREST INOR LIEN UPON THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBEDIN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN;ALSO ANY PERSONS WHO MAY BE INTHE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA, BEING A CLASSDESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE; AND ANYUNKNOWN MINORS, INCOMPETENT ORIMPRISONED PERSON, OR PERSONSUNDER A DISABILITY BEING A CLASSDESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE; SOUTHC; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OFREVENUE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENTOF MOTOR VEHICLES,Defendant(s).TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED:YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and requiredto appear and defend by answeringthe Complaint in this foreclosure action onproperty located at 403 QUIET CIRCLE,GRAY COURT, SC 29645 being designatedin the County tax records as TMS# 410-00-00-034.001, of which a copy is herewithserved upon you, and to serve a copy of yourAnswer on the subscribers at their offices,13010 Morris Road, Suite 450, Alpharetta,GA 30004, within thirty (30) days after theservice hereof, exclusive of the day of suchservice; except that the United States ofAmerica, if named, shall have sixty (60) daysto answer after the service hereof, exclusiveof the day of such service; and if you fail todo so, judgment by default will be renderedagainst you for the relief demanded in the reliefdemanded in the Complaint.TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARSOF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDERFOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THEPERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDESAND/OR TO PERSONS UNDERSOME LEGAL DISABILITY:YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED ANDNOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of aGuardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s)within sixty (60) days after the service of thisSummons upon you. If you fail to do so, applicationfor such appointment will be madeby Attorney for Plaintiff.YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiffwill move for an Order for Reference orthe Court may issue a general Order of Referenceof this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that underthe provisions of S.C. Code Ann. §29-3-100,effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignmentof rents contained in the referencedMortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiffhereby gives notice that all rents shall bypayable directly to it by delivery to its undersignedattorneys from the date of default. Inthe alternative, Plaintiff will move before ajudge or this Circuit on the 10th day afterservice hereof, or as soon thereafter ascounsel may be heard, for an Order enforcingthe assignment of rents, if any, and compellingpayment of all rents covered by suchassignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motionis to be based upon the original Noteand Mortgage herein and the Complaint attachedhereto.NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINTTO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that theComplaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions andCertificate of Exemption from ADR in theabove-entitled action was filed in the Officeof the Clerk of Court for LAURENS Countyon February 20, 2026.ORDER APPOINTINGGUARDIAN AD LITEMIt appearing to the satisfaction of the Court,upon reading the filed Petition for Appointmentof Kelley Woody as Guardian ad Litemfor unknown minors, and persons who maybe under a disability, and it appearing thatKelley Woody has consented to said appointment.FURTHER upon reading the filed Petition forAppointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Attorneyfor any unknown defendants who maybe in the Military Service of the United Statesof America, and may be, as such, entitled tothe benefits of the Servicemember's Civil ReliefAct, and any amendments thereto, and itappearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire hasconsented to act for and represents said Defendants,it isORDERED that Kelley Woody, Esquire, P.O.Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803)787-9678, be and hereby is appointedGuardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknownminors and all unknown persons who may beunder a disability, all of whom may have orclaim to have some interest or claim to thereal property commonly known as 403 QUIETCIRCLE, GRAY COURT, SC 29645; thatshe is empowered and directed to appear onbehalf of and represent said Defendant, unlesssaid Defendants, or someone on theirbehalf, shall within thirty (30) days after serviceof a copy hereof as directed, procure theappointment of Guardian or Guardians ad Litemfor said Defendants.AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that KelleyWoody, Esquire, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia,SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be andhereby is appointed Attorney for any unknownDefendants who are, or may be, inthe Military Service of the United States ofAmerica and as such are entitled to the benefitsof the Servicemember's Civil Relief Actaka Soldiers' and Sailors'' Civil Relief Act of1940, and any amendments thereto, to representand protect the interest of said Defendants.AND IT IS FURTHER ORDEREDThat a copy of this Order shall be forth withserved upon said Defendants by publicationin Laurens County Advertiser, a newspaperof general circulation published in the Countyof LAURENS, State of South Carolina, oncea week for three (3) consecutive weeks, togetherwith the Summons and Notice of Filingof Complaint in the above entitled action.Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane &Partners, PLLC13010 Morris Road, Suite 450Alpharetta, GA 30004Phone 470-321-7112 | Fax 404-393-1425Attorneys for PlaintiffApril29May6,13
