IN THE CIRCUIT COURT

OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

FOR WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS – CHANCERY DIVISION

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff,

vs.

CHRISTIAN PEREZ; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No.: 2025FC001246

Property Address:

1024 N Prairie Ave, Joliet, IL 60435

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING,

UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit:

LOT 50, IN SHERWOOD PLAINS, A SUBDIVISION IN SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 19, 1907, PLAT BOOK 18, PAGE 3, AS DOCUMENT NO. 246208, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as: 1024 N Prairie Ave, Joliet, IL 60435

Names of the titleholders of record: Christian Perez.

Date of the Mortgage: August 7, 2020.

Name or names of the mortgagors: Christian Perez.

Name of the mortgagee: Homestar Financial Corp..

Date and place of recording: October 5, 2020; Office of the Recorder of the Deeds of Will County, Illinois.

Identification of recording: Document No. R2020085634.

NOW THEREFORE, unless you file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or before December 27, 2025, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT.

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PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, THE PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

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Service Emails:

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Christian Perez 16375-4197

Colin Winters, Esq.

Counsel of Record for Plaintiff

ARDC # 6297980

Published 11/27/2025, 12/4/2025, 12/11/2025