Legal Notice for Service By Publication IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS LAKE COUNTY, OHIO Case No. 26CF000358 • Judge Jeffrey W. Ruple Freedom Mortgage Corporation Plaintiff, vs. Joseph J Hayes, et al. Defendant(s). LEGAL NOTICE IN SUIT FOR FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE Unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, executors, administrators, spouses and assigns and the unknown guardians of minor and/or incompetent heirs of Joseph J Hayes, address unknown will take notice that on March 09, 2026, Freedom Mortgage Corporation filed its Complaint in the Common Pleas Court of Lake County, Ohio in Case No. 26CF000358, on the docket of the Court, and the object and demand for relief of which pleading is to foreclose the lien of plaintiff’s mortgage recorded upon the following described real estate to wit: Property Address: 79 Coventry Drive, Painesville, OH 44077 and being more particularly described in plaintiff’s mortgage recorded in Instrument No. 2020R029747, of this County Recorder’s Office. The above-named defendant is required to answer within twenty-eight (28) days after last publication, which shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks, or they might be denied a hearing in this case. Melissa J. Whalen (0068316) Anel Bautista (0105465) Ashley E. Rothfuss (0083605) Justin C. Albright (0092521) Richard Mark Rothfuss, II (0087592) Trial Counsel McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP 333 W Wacker Drive Suite 1820 Chicago, IL 60606-1220 (312)346-9088 ohio.pleadings@mccalla.com 26-03848OH/(MJW) Date to answer the Complaint: August 3, 2026 2821656/June 22 and 29, 2026 and July 6, 2026