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PEC"-l!ttr^-tllif;1 ;;r' ' "loiio' l:9 .Hll '33FILED
IN THE CIRCUITCOURTOF THE STATEOF OREGONFORTHE COTJNTYOFMULTNOMAH
In theMatterof:KAINEANDREWHORMAN,
Petitioner,and
: .TEB.BJYNN MO'IJI,TON OR.}'{AN,
CaseNumber:006-66086PETITIONER'SESPONSEREGAR-DINGESPONDENT'S
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Respordent iN [qHi$[s"SHitYi"lCWPetitioner/Fatherrovideshismatedaln responseo Respondent/Mother'sotion
fo! Dismissal.Beforeaddressinghe speciftcepresentationsn theNovember
Declarationf PeterBunah n Supportof Motion to DismissMotion to Modify RestrainingOrde!'one mportantpoint needso bebrought o theCowt's attention Motier hasdismissed er requstorparenting ime pursuanto ORCP54 Thatrule requiresno suppodingdocumentationoachievehedismissal f anaction. t states:
A Voluntarydismissal; ffect hereof'A(1) By plaintiff; by stipulatioD'Subjecto theprovisionsof nde f)-O anaof uny ttutut" of this state'an actionmay bedismissed y the plaintiff without orderof court (a) by lrtlng anoticeof dismissai ith the courtandservingsuchnotice.onhedefendant ot less han five daysprior to the day oI tnal.lr no^counterclaimasbeenpleaded'or (b) by filing a strpulailon rdismissal igned y all iverse partieswho haveannear{ i1 theaction.Unlessotherwise tated n the ootice of ott*tttu:j);". ","M &EN6dLr-"*ffii-##-
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stipulation,he dismissals withoutprejudice''excepthati -nouceof dismissaloperates t - uffi"utitn"opon themeritswhenfrledby a plaintiff who t'^ o""Jiitt"ltt"a in any co'-rt of the UnitedStates r of any stalean aotiot againsthe saTe'lftt::^:it"-:rffiil;;,liu1s"{::im*iffni}ii!",fi';;"1*shallbe without PrejuolceunJ", ut 'uuttt i ion' hecoun hall nter judgmentt dlsmlssar'-4p)Bv-"g-"i"j#l#;,iliT,jil,xllJlj"j,il"Tf;'firi) ofthis section, nacu(|iffi;" ;;;;;l'ae'*niJ'oi'tmr "'deredv te-co^unnd;;;';h #t and onditionsas the oourtdeemsproper' r acounterclalmasbeenpleaded y a defendantrior to"T'::*]""d;{ffi;ilff "'l' ; *n:ffi il,if 'l'"tl'T,ihildefendantmay Proceeotri"ii"i" i" trt":"agment of dismissal' dismissalunder nlssubsections withoutPrejudice'
Typically, aparty simplvfitesa notigeof {ismissal f no counterclaim asbeen
pleaded.f acounterclaimasbeen leaded' norderofdismissalsrequired iongwiiiriire
notice f dismissal. party snot equred o ustify h eason eor shewishesodismiss n
action, That is notablcbecauseMother's attomeyhasattached five-page Declaration"o
whatshould avebecna simpleNoticeofDismissal One anonlyspeculatehy Motherhas
attached ucha detailedDeclarationo anotherwiseshortandsimpledocument
Father akesgreatexceptiono thestatementsontainedn theDeclarationof Mother'srthingmore han a)Mother'seffoi to le-characterizeiawyer.TirarDeclaration,rarlly' i\ nolhingmore ndn 4'r v'urr' , . _. ,
things lreadyn the ecord;b) Mother'sattempto ustifyherown itigationdecisions;nd
(c) Morher'seffort to blameFatherandhis lawer for Mother'scurrentsituation TheCourt
file is noplace or suchstatements Fatherhascontemplated motionto strike he
Declalation tom therecold. lnstead,Father,sbelievesheDeclarationof MotJrer'sawyernnsof Mother's lawyer'andby couectingsomeobviousbesthandledby rebutting heallegatio
misstatementsegardinghe law'Thepartieshavebeenmaried since2007 Theyhaveonedaughterogether'Kiara'"iT,"d#ffifl{
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age23months.FatheriledaDissolutionf MadagePetition' ndobtained Petitionto
Prevent buse FA?AOrder) nJune 8'2010 TheFAPAOrdergives ustody f Kiara o
Father ndprovidesor noparentingimebetween iaraandhermother'Fatherhasorlechild trom apreviousmarriage'Kyron Fathers currendy
experienoingnyparent's orstnightmareKyronhasbeenmissing ince une ' 2010'
Fatherhas eceivednformation lat leadshim to believeMother s responsibleor K1'ron's
drsappearanceOnMother'smotion,hecourthasabatedhedissolutionase ntil January ' 2011'
TheFAPA case emainsactive Motherflled a motion o modify theFAPA Orderard sought
parenting imewift Kiala Mothorneversignedanaffidavit in supportof her requestor
parenting im. Instead,sheplacedhat issuebfore hecout with a-Declaratlonlom her
attorney.ThatDeclarationmadegeneralassertions boutKiaja's need o have egularand
flequentcontactwith hermother'andKiara's best nterests Motller:smotion containednone
ofthe information,beyond egala]td 'actual onclusious'hat heCoult typically recelves
wheuconsideringhat ypeofpdenting imemayor maynotbe n a child'sbest nterests'
Instead'Motheraskedhis court o take heword ofher attomey hatparenting ime between
MotherandKiara is in Kiara'sbest nterest' Motherwrongly assumedhat this Coud can
makeaparentingimedeterminationithoutcompletenformationoncemjngMother'spast
conduct,character,amily relations,andphysical,psychological, sychiatric,andmental
health.Motherhasnotyet taken hestandandshehasnotyet invokedher Fif l Amendment
right againstself-incriminalion' lnstead'Mother's civil attomeyadvised hecourt that
Mother rret?dso invokeherprivilegeagainstself-incriminationand hatMother will not
testifi at a// in suppodofher mot1on'Mother's atlomey nformed he Court thatMotherCa[dC, Eq.lM & FNG4 Lf,P*'g#trsl3-+tr
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would seeko quash ertaindiscoverysubpoenasn hegroundshatthe nformation s
prolecled yMother's ighlagainstelf-incrimjnalio-1Generallyspeaking,heprivilegeagainstself-incrimination rohibitscompellingany
person o disclosenfonration of a testlmonialnature hatmightdirectly or indilectly subject
thepersono acriminaliability Doev UnitedStates' 871J5201'212'08SCt2341'101
L Ed 2d 1840988). Theprivilege pplieso "incriminatirg tatements"'hichare
corrununiaationslat might fimish a link in ilre chainof evidenoen acriminalprosecuuon'
Blauv,UnitedStates,40US 159' 161".1S Ct223'gSLEd 1700950) Theresno
blar*et Fifth Amendme[tdght to rcfuse o testifi in non'criminalproceedings Terutesco'
l l lg lEgegt 144GaApp 45'240SE 2d586(19?7)Thepdvilege oes otapply
"across heboard" o preventanyard all testimonywithoutregard or thecontentor
Thebasicightof apersonnderheprivilegesnotsimply ne oavoidakinghestand'ut
rather ne obe reeromcompelledestimonialelf-incriminationegardingheoffenseor
which e son rial,aswellasothers.t providesoprotectiongainsthedisgracend
practical xcommunicationtomsocictywhichmight esult romdisclosuref matterwhich'
underhecircumsiances,ould otgrve se o criminaliability Thep vilege oes ot' protectdgainstemoteandspeculative ossibilitiql'Comm'n., 06US472,478,925 ct l6'./0'32Ll,d2d234' (1972) A witness anbe
compelledotestifu espite claimofprivilegeonly f ajudge s convincedhat t ispedectly
clear rom acarefulconsideratiolof all thecircumstancesn thecase' lat thewitnesss
mistaken,andthattleanswerscannotpossiblyhaveatendencytoincriminate.HoffmaUritedStates.341S 4'7g,486,'71St 814'95L Ed11181951)'
Theprivilegeagainstself-incnminationdoesnotestablishanabsolute ight against
beingcompelledo speakanddoesnot automaticallyprecludeself-incrimination'whether
subjeui1 I1' t
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spontaneousr in responseo questions ui by govennne!$ fficials U s v Washington'
431U.S. 81,97 .Cr.1814'52LEc"2d2381977)' t does otprohibit very lemenl
whichmay nfluenceac mrnalsuspec!o make nciminating admissions;heconstitlitiolul
guarantys only that hewitnessnotbecompelled o give self-incriminating estimony'and
tlle testwhether,consideringhe olality ofthe circumstancas'hefreewill of thewitnesswas
overbome dParagraph5of Mother's ttomey's ovember Declarationtates:
lMlotherwill nolgrveupher ighl to seekl-egulutto'dJ:l'd^"itttlntt"a t""*"t tlth Kiara [Farher's]effofls to withho-lc-arrparendng me scomptetely;ntrary o Kiara'sbe$ nteresL"'ffi*"u"i *a"t af Ai circumstances'ssuesegardingarenlmgiimewill needowaituntilanothcr ay'
rk parentingimeand'/orustbdy tler he90-dayObviouslyMother ntends o seekparenung unc ruvr vw"'-r -abatement nds' Father,however,s focusedon protecting hesafetyofhis daughter,
Kiara,
and indinghisson,Kyron Father elievesMotherhas nformation onceming yron's
\'hercabouts.whileMothermaychoosenottopaficipatinarrymeaningfulwayintheseproceedings,ersilence il l notcomewithoutconsequences'
This s a civil case TheFifthAmendmentoes ot orbidadversenferencesgamsr' parties ocivil actionswhen he)' efilse o tesdry n lgsponseo probativeevidenceoffered
againstthem.Baxterv.?almigiano,425U's.308,318(1976).lnoregon,apresumptionexists hatevidencewillirlly suppressedould beadverseo tbepartysuppressing
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ORS40.135, fthis proceedso a rial' andMotherstill refuseso participate' atherwill ask
theCourt o coDstrueMother'ssilenceasar admissionegading Father'sfactualallegatlons
Other udsdictionshavesanctionedivil litigantswho haveattemptedo rely upon-heFifth
Amendmento preventdiscovery equests ld/or refuse o answerquestionsn oivil
proceedings.InsDarksv.sDarks.?68S.w.2d563(Mo'App.1989)thepetit ionefinan6aFdc;,TiigElf !64 L/-P"''**s'l'#g;tr"paee pr11o\ERSREsPoNcE
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action or dissolutionof nurriage iled fbr tempomrymaiDtenancendattolney ees She
thenrefusedonself.incriminationgloundstoaoswellespondent.sinterogatoriesconcemlngherrclationship o a contuact ilier who attemptedo kill the rspondentThetdal cowt
nonetlelessgantedher rclief l heappellate ourtreversed'holdilg thattlle tdal court
abuseditsdisqetionbygranlinglelieftoconcealingpartywhiletlreconcealmentcoNnues'768S.W.2dat 567 Also, n HasenbuchHaeenbuch'30SW2d269 Mo App 1987)'
dissolutionase,hepetitionerefusedorespondo questionsn self-incriminationrounds'
The rial courtstruckhispleadingsandawardedmaintenanceupport o therespondentnher
clossPetition.rhejiaalhalMotber'sw4 ttomelhasdvisedhecourti:::::: 1:t.1-.:';,,. "plead heFifthspeaksolumes uoutwhatMothe;haso hide An attomeyn acivii ac o rsbound ytheprovisions f ORCP ?C'whichprovideshatbeforeMothr'sattorneyar
submit na.rgumentn support fapleading'hatattorneyertifieshat heposilionsbased
on easoMbleknowledge,nfomational1d elief' ormedafter hemakingof suchnquiryas
is reasonablenderhecircumslances"Onecanonly nfer hatMotherwill notspeak
becauseer estimony il! leado criminaliability forKyron'sdisappearancentil Mother' ddnieshd allegations;herecanbeno other nfcrenqes rawn'
On October 5,2010,Fatherileda Responseo Mother'smotionseeking arenting
rimewith Kiara. Fatherprovideddeta'edfactualsupport or his concernsegardbgMother's
involvementn Kyron'sdisappearance'ndhisconcernsegarding other'smental tate'
Father'smotioncontaineddocumentatroniat placedMother's credibility at issue'and
provided he Courtwith iosight nto Mother's mentalstate n the daysandweeks ollowtng
Kyron's disappearance.WhiieMothermayhave elt embarrassedy theevidencehat she
hadother hingsonhermjl1d ather Jlanhe sealchor Kyrolr' thatevidences relevaat"ir,"##sff*'#:ti,lBHf'"Page6-PETITIONER RESPONSE
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becauset is directly reiatedo the ssueof whethetMother s fit to haveanycontactwith
Kiara. Nothingin Fathel'sResponse asa surpriseo Mother' sinceMotheralreadyhadhe
text messagesn herpossessiol By seeking isitationwith thisyoungchildulder theptesent
circumstances,Motherswung heooorwideopen o rcceiveFalher'sconcemsegardingMother's fitless asaparent,hermentalstate'andcredibiLity
Motherreplied o Father'sResponsen Octobet29 '2OlO lronically' while Mothei
charactedzed ather'sOctober25 fil1ngasaneffort to "viliry Mother" and inflameand
shouldseehei darrghter".With due especto theexperienced ttomey epresentingMother'
theevidenceprovidedbyFatherinhisResponsehasewrythingtadowitlrwhetrerMotlershouldseeKiara.
MotheralsoclaimsthatFathelhasimpropellyreferredtoevidencethatMotherhasfailedtwo polygraph ests Motherstates evidencabout hesealleged ailues
is not
admissiblen any egalproceedingn tlLisstate" Mother s mistakenabout he awln
poison ublicopinion gainst other"'an"exclusive" toryappearedn TheOregontan
newspaperegarding other'sOctobor9Response' he hust of Mother's iling was hat
Frith-ers tylng to "sabotagelhe othor/childl"tt*th:P; Mothu'sReplywas emarkable'
rlot only for what it statod,butfor what t omitted Mother failedto address'n any
substantiveannera)Fathe!'s oncemsboutMother'smental tate;b) Fathet's cliefthat
Mothers involvedn $e disappearancefhis sonKyron; c) hehorific situationhatnow
exists egarding yrcn's ocation; nd d) Father's elief hatMotherposes directhreato
thesafetyandwelfareof theparties'daughter'Rather'Mother simplystated' nothingin [the
text messages]uppodsFather'sallegationshattherearenoconditionsupor whichMother
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ofthoselesults,waselroneorrslyexcludedwherethemothersoughttointoducethoseresultsto show hereasonablenessfher belieftlat the fatherhadsexuallyabusedheir children'
TheNovember2DeclaEtionofMothel,sattomeyalsocontainsafullparagraphrefering o an"ORCP54OfferofCompromise'n whichshe etsorthavery easonableproposalo resolve veryssuen thedivorce roceeding"Mother laims hatFather as
untilNovember to respond,ndstateshatshedoes otbelieve atlerwill respondecause
shebelieves ather as efusedto even ntertain nykindofcompromise r settlementf
any ssue".oRcP 54E sacivil rule batallows ivil litigantso rccove! ttolney
eesandcosts
a{iera..!ial l onepalry o tiie itigahoDails o rcoovereliefin excessfthatoffeledn
settlement.TheruleProvides:Ift lreofferisnotaccepteda.ndfl iedwithinthetimepresoibed,itshallbedeemed ithdrawn, ndsnarr oli" giveo n eviden;eat trial a$dmaybefrledwith the ou't ontyut" ti"
-'ui- na' b"enaaluai"atedn themeritsI'ii"tiii':'ri 'iJ p"ttvassertingheclaimails o obtain judgmentore;;;;;i. il ih" otf"' to illow udgmentD such case'hepafiv;H;; il; .ilt shall^ot recovircosts'-prvailing"tty...t:*'disbursements,rutto^ey"esni*rtd afterhediteof theoffer' buthe;il';;;il;il theciaimwasassertedhall ecoverf thepafivassertingheclaimcosts noolsbursements'ot ncluding revailing arfyf""t, to-m tft" ti-" ol theserviceof the offeHowever,his s a dissolutionase ndORCP54Edoesnotapply o dissolutionases'
Saunders. Saunders.58o! App 601,975P2d g27 |ggg). Theso!,ders courtexplained:
Dissolutionasesommoy nvolveahostof differentorrr; 9f relf-1ltomtheoartitioningrawta or "ur^ilJ"onal fropertv'othedet:lllT:* "filHd;",h. ";;-ul"^*. ."r "ti' "ppropriaie..parenringt:f "lll:f '*esrablishmenrf husrs.ndn" iJpoJiiln'orotligationso paychildandsoousaluppon.e' ttt"sup"tt cJtii' notea Ufu'e'ood thevarietiesfiii"ii""""'",iJ in"" tinatiit alm""uriio"te'mine:hi'b arr-vpre-vailr'n adissolutionctiol^' g2 '" "'iiz""l"-'L'"'regard't isnotsurprisingul
drestatutesonotconditionnaward f,attomey-*:' t-i T*t;::";13dissolurionroceedirgn one parry 'prevallrng ]*' -j""*"107.105(l)(h).RcP 54E, on""ulgli'i o iontutt'-requiresa determination"Ti+ffii;+;'
pase pErrrroNER'sESPoNSE *i'l?uil'iiiri;"
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whetherpaltv"3'-*i:":"-1,.1f"T""ft"#fl:ff"'"Tils:::,':,'TI:favorableudgmenL"To embarl(on sucnd u'r"llili'11]i^-i"'ii-" "t "ttiU*""i1-r"qli,E *a"*mg rhe.extento which arious ombinalions-01custody,visitation,propefiyolsribution' andsupportawards ::tlli-i.-*"or less "favorable" tos.*t. ii ;, it brief' an intrinsicalll.]1T:"tondeterminatiotr....weoncluderri iiir6i's+
g doesnot apply o ploposedstipulateddissolutionudgments
Mother'srseofORCP54Eina dissolutionases conirsing Moreconcemings
Mother's introductionof settlement egotiationsnto acourtdocumgot Evidenaeof
settlementffels s generallynadnissibleoprove hevalidityor nvalidityofa claimOEC
404. Motherclaimsher settlement emands "reasonable" nd urtherclaims hatFatherhas
refi.rsado "entefiainanykind of comprolnise r settlement f any ssues" By introducing"sxE2tile"evidence fher senlementdemand' nd mplymg publlcly srar du
Motherhasjustwaivedany ghtto keopheactualelmsofher settlementemand
co!fidential.However, atherwill provideMotherwiththebenefit fthe doubtat his imo
andwill not reveal heactual erms hatMotherhasdemandedn settlement Fathe!will
simplystate hathedoesnotbelieve t is ust andequitableoprovidespousal uppoft o the
person ebelievessresponsibleor thedisappearcncefhis son'
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GEARINCRACKNERANDENGEL LP
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CERTIFICATEOFSERVICE
l. Brett Ensel, do hercby certify that I serveda true copy of the foregoing Response r''itii'ris:il'?tliu#;ailren'ewcH, unomevsf ecordorRespondent'sollows:
PeterBunchAttomeYat Law808SWThirdAvenueSuite570Podland,Oregon 9'1204-2428Faxr 503) 61-1559
StephenHouzeAttomeyat Law1211SWFifthAvenueSuite1240Poltland,Orcgon97204Faxt 503)299'6428
-by mairingurl,rue,ndollect"Pf,-h:i::I.'l S-:ifi:i:*iT:,lrXi'l5T'iiiltv ma''rs d ru', """ ** *.*,;;i"his/arehe astknownofficeaddress(es)
f the-nvelope,o thJaadress(eghownabov 1"-,{ nr6d^hnn rhedatenveloDeo ncauure*'"" -'"'"" ""'' si"*io'iui s"ti"" utpottland' regon n hedateperson(s),nddepositedith heUnitedse1irth below.
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-[-by causingaril,*",Td::'f:I:iv"j:::T:'rni:$"lerivcred to he ersonG)tthepelson's(s')astkno\lnaclclresslste(
","*iJ":"*11?,#l:,,'::";1i1Hil;"J,1flT:"i':[;iTil-lii"i"1f'il'"il?ilt:on hedate et orthbelow.;r"*,i"g'lffifi'Jj:T;Ji*,"ffi"*1H'"H','j,"4fffi::l1t'lt1"?:"1'f;set orthbelow. The eceivingu* r*iin" *^ operatingt the imeof servicend hetransmissionas roperlyompleted'Datedhis ? daY f November,010'
GEARINGTACKNER NDENGELLLP
kBrettE.Engel,OSB952578OfAttomeysor Petitionercamc, tuc&w 6 D{6aLLP
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