State of Maine District Court Franklin, SS. Farmington

STATE OF MAINE DISTRICT COURT FRANKLIN, ss. FARMINGTON CIVIL ACTION DOCKET NO. FARDC-RE-22-014 MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC, PLAINTIFF v. GRANT PINKA, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD ALAN NICHOLSON (A/K/A DONALD ALAN NICOLSON) DEFENDANT(S) ORDER FOR ALTERNATE SERVICE AND EXTENSION OF TIME Upon Motion by Plaintiff, Mortgage Assets Management, LLC, brought pursuant to M.R.Civ.P. 4(g) and 6(b) it is hereby ORDERED as follows: 1. This is an action brought by Plaintiff pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. §6321 et. seq. for foreclosure upon a certain mortgage given by Donald Alan Nicolson and Barbara Cott Nicolson to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and recorded in the Franklin County Registry of Deeds in Book 3284, Page 94, affecting real estate located at 484 Bailey Hill Road, Farmington, ME 04938 in the County of Franklin and State of Maine. Reference is made to said mortgage for a description of the subject real estate. 2. Defendant Grant Pinka, as Personal Representative of The Estate of Donald Alan Nicholson (a/k/a Donald Alan Nicolson) is directed to appear and defend this action by serving an Answer to the Complaint filed in the Farmington District Court, 129 Main Street, Suite 1, Farmington, ME 04938, upon Plaintiffs Attorneys Korde 85 Associates, P.C., 707 Sable Oaks Dr., Suite 250, South Portland, Maine 04106. Said Answer must be filed within twenty (20) days after service is complete and failure to do so will result in judgment by default against said Defendant for the relief demanded in the Complaint. 3. This Court finds that the Plaintiff has met the requirements of M.R. Civ. P. 4 (g)(1)(A)-(C) and that service as ordered herein is appropriate. Furthermore, this Court finds that Plaintiff has demonstrated due diligence in attempting to obtain personal service upon Defendant Grant Pinka, as Personal Representative of The Estate of Donald Alan Nicholson (a/k/a Donald Alan Nicolson), in the manner prescribed by Rule 4, that it appears that said Defendant is evading service of process and/or the physical location of the Defendant cannot be reasonably ascertained. This Court further finds that service of the Summons and Complaint in the manner requested by Plaintiff and ordered herein is reasonably calculated to provide actual notice of the pendency of this action to the party to be served and is the most practical manner of effecting notice of the suit. 4. Plaintiff is hereby ordered to cause publication of this order once a week for three (3) successive weeks in the newspaper of general circulation in DeKalb County, Georgia. The first such publication shall be made within twenty (20) days after this order is entered and service shall be complete on the twenty-first day after the first publication. Once complete, Plaintiff shall file with the Court an affidavit that publication has been made. The time for filing the return of service upon Defendant Grant Pinka, as Personal Representative of The Estate of Donald Alan Nicholson (a/k/a Donald Alan Nicolson), shall be extended until 45 days after such service is complete. Plaintiff is also ordered to mail a copy of the order as published to Defendant's last known address of 1237 June Drive, Decatur, GA 30035. The Clerk is specifically directed pursuant to Rule 79(a) of the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure to enter this Order on the civil docket by notation incorporating it by reference.