Attorney File #: 26-003083
Notice ID: 1589503
First Publication Date: 4/2/2026
Number of Insertions: 4
Last Publication Date: 4/23/2026
County: Berrien
Begin Notice
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Attention homeowner: If you are a military service member on active duty, if your period of active duty has concluded less than 90 days ago, or if you have been ordered to active duty, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing the mortgage at the telephone number stated in this notice.
Notice of foreclosure by advertisement. Notice is given under section 3212 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.3212, that the following mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at a public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check at the place of holding the circuit court in Berrien County, starting promptly at 11:00 AM on MAY 7, 2026. The amount due on the mortgage may be greater on the day of the sale. Placing the highest bid at the sale does not automatically entitle the purchaser to free and clear ownership of the property. A potential purchaser is encouraged to contact the county register of deeds office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge a fee for this information.
Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joseph R. Reaves and Tara R. Reaves, to Fifth Third Bank, Mortgagee, dated October 24, 2019 and recorded October 29, 2019 in Liber 1162, Page 2318 Cass County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Four Thousand One Hundred Forty-One and 42/100 Dollars ($94,141.42).
Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the place of holding the circuit court within Berrien County, Michigan at 11:00 AM on MAY 7, 2026.
Said premises are located in the Township of Milton, Cass County Michigan, and are described as:
Lots Numbered 8 and 9 of DUNNING ACRES, according to the plat thereof recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, page(s) 333 of Cass County Records; EXCEPTING THEREFROM That part of said Lots 8 and 9 which lies Southeasterly of a line described as: Commencing at the East Quarter corner of Section 11, Town 8 South, Range 16 West, thence South 00 degrees 10 minutes 42 seconds East along the East line of said Section 11 a distance of 452.79 feet to the point of beginning, thence South 35 degrees 55 minutes 44 seconds West a distance of 242.37 feet to the survey line of Highway US-12 and point of ending.
69594 Anderson Rd, Niles, Michigan 49120
The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.
If the property is sold at foreclosure sale, pursuant to MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damage to the property during the redemption period. FinCEN reporting will be required of all successful purchasers, absent a lawful exemption.
Dated: April 2, 2026
File No. 26-003083
Firm Name: Orlans Law Group PLLC
Firm Address: 1650 West Big Beaver Road, Troy MI 48084
Firm Phone Number: (248) 502.1400
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