LEGAL NOTICE

SASSANO, DEIGHTON

DELANEY, HIGGINS & MOMMSEN, CO. L.P.A.

4834 Richmond Rd., Suite 201

Cleveland, OH 44128

In the Court of Common Pleas, 203 West Main Street, Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio.

Case No. 2026 CV 00235.

The Huntington National Bank Successor by Merger to TCF National Bank Successor by Merger to Chemical Bank successor by Merger to Talmer Bank and Trust, Plaintiff vs. Christopher Hodge, et al., Defendants.

Defendant(s), Crystal Hodge, whose last known address is 7827 State Route 88, Ravenna, OH 44266, will take notice that on March 13, 2026, The Huntington National Bank Successor by Merger to TCF National Bank Successor by Merger to Chemical Bank Successor by Merger to Talmer Bank and Trust, filed its Complaint in Case Number 2026CV00235, Portage County, Ohio, alleging that the defendant(s), Crystal Hodge, has or claims to have an interest in the real estate described below:

 Premises commonly known as 7827 State Route 88, Ravenna, OH 44266.

Parcel No.: 18-091-00-00-001-014

The Plaintiff further alleges that by reason of default in the payment of the promissory note, according to its tenor, the conditions of a concurrent mortgage deed given to secure the payment of said note and conveying the premises described, have been broken and the same has become absolute.

The Plaintiff demands that the Defendant(s) named above be required to answer and set up their interest in said real estate or be forever barred from asserting the same, for foreclosure of said mortgage, the marshaling of any liens, and the sale of said real estate, and the proceeds of said sale applied to the payment of Plaintiff's claim in the proper order of its priority and for such other and further relief as is just and equitable.

Said above named Defendant(s) will further take notice that they are required to answer the Complaint on or before June 18, 2026.

THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO TCF NATIONAL BANK SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHEMICAL BANK SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO TALMER BANK AND TRUST,

Plaintiff

By: BRADLEY P. TOMAN, (#0042720) and JAMES L. SASSANO, (#0062253), Attorneys for Plaintiff.

May 7, 14, 21, 2026

26-00115