ORDER FOR SERVICE – CYNTHIA D. MELTON VS. SECRETARY OF STATE

STATE OF MICHIGAN
BERRIEN COUNTY TRIAL COURT
CIVIL DIVISION
File No.: 2022- 0039-CH-W
DENNIS M. WILEY
CYNTHIA D. MELTON,
Plaintiff,
v.
SECRETARY OF STATE
OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
and Any and All Unknown Interested Parties, their Heirs and Assigns,
Defendants.
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JEFFREY R. HOLMSTROM (P29405)
Holmstrom Law Office PLC
Attorneys for Plaintiff
830 Pleasant Street, Suite 100
St. Joseph, Michigan 49085
(269) 983-0755
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ORDER FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION AND NOTICE OF ACTION
At a session of said Court, held in the Courthouse in the City of St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan, on the 11th day of April 2022.
PRESENT: Honorable Wiley Trial Court Judge
Plaintiff having filed a Complaint which names as Defendants “Unknown Interested Parties and Their Heirs”, and the Court finds that service of process cannot reasonably be made on Defendants “Unknown Interested Parties and Their Heirs” by personal service of process as provided in MCR 2.105(A), and the Court finds, pursuant to MCR 2.105(I), that service of process by publication is the best available method of service of process reasonably calculated to give Defendants “Unknown Interested Parties and Their Heirs” actual notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. Plaintiff may serve process on Defendants “Unknown Interested Parties and Their Heirs” by publishing the following notice one (1) time in a newspaper, as defined in MCR 2.106(F), that is published in the County of Berrien:
“A lawsuit seeking determination of ownership of a 1987 Patriot Homes manufactured home with serial number EM 1228 A/B; VIN of NTA 098188, manufactured April 27, 1987, has been filed in the Berrien County Trial Court for the State of Michigan; Defendants, Unknown Interested Parties and their Heirs must answer or take other action permitted by law within 21 days after the date of this publication. If Defendants Unknown Interested Parties and their Heirs do not answer or take other action within the time allowed, judgment may be entered against Defendants “Unknown Interested Parties and Their Heirs” for the relief demanded in the Complaint.”
Date of Entry: 4/11/2022
HONORABLE Dennis M. Wiley
Berrien County Trial Court Judge
(04-21)