Resp. to Request for Voluntary Dismissal

8/18/2019 Resp. to Request for Voluntary Dismissal

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CHAMBERLAIN

IN

THE

Plaintiff

CIRCUIT COURT

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FOR

STEPHEN D. CHAMBERLAIN

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

Defendant

CaseNo.02-C-09-139690

DEFENDANT' S RESPONSE

TO

PLAINTIFF 'S REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY

DISMISSAL

Stephen D. Chamberlain, Defendant, by his attorneys, Council, Baradel, Kosmerl &

Nolan, P.A. and Kevin M. Schaeffer, in response to the Request for Voluntary Dismissal filed by

the Plaintiff, Judith C. Chamberlain, states the following:

1. That the Plaintiff filed her Complaint to Enforce Marital Settlement Agreement

and Consent Order of August 31, 2011 and for Declaratory Judgment ( the Complaint ) in

September 2013

and,

in Paragraph b)

of

the

d mnum

clause in the

Complaint,

the Plaintiff

requested the Court to Order that the minor child may apply to the schools of his choice, in

order to determine whether or not he qualifies for admission and may be entitled to any

scholarships.

2. That, in support of her Request to voluntarily dismiss her Complaint filed on

Monday, the Plaintiff states that the issue is now moot, presumably because the child, John

Chamberlain, has gone ahead and applied to (and been accepted by) Virginia Tech without first

obtaining the Defendant's agreement to that choice despite the language of Paragraph 8 of the

parties' Marital Settlement Agreement which provides that the selection of which college or

university [the] Child shall attend shall be made by Husband, Wife and the Child, prior to

1The only other relief requested in the mnum

clause

was for an expedited

hearing

and for

attorney s fees.


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application and priorto enrollment.

3. That, while the Defendant does not dispute that John's decision to file for

admission to colleges before receiving the assent

of

his parents does render the issue on which

the Plaintiff sought a declaratory judgment to be a moot issue, the dispute has been moot for

several months

but

has nevertheless been carried forth

by

the Plaintiff at considerable expense to

both parties in attorney's fees and legal expenses, including both parties' preparation for and

attendance at a Motion for

Summary

Judgment hearing held on January 9, 2014.

4. That, according to the Plaintiff's credit card statements, attached hereto, an

admission fee to Virginia Tech was paid by the Plaintiff

on December 6 2 13;

despite having

charged the Virginia Tech admission fee on that date, when asked in Interrogatories to specify

the date of the application to Virginia Tech, the Plaintiff replied Unknown in her March 11,

2014 Interrogatory Answers. See attached Exhibits A and B.

5. That the Defendant has incurred over $15,000 in attorney's fees since December

6, 2013, which would have been unnecessary had the Plaintiff merely dismissed the Complaint

for mootness at that t ime rather than waiting until less than five business days before trial to do

s o .

6. That the dismissal

of

the Complaint, if granted by the Court, should be made

conditional upon its dismissal with prejudice and upon the Plaintiffs reimbursement to the

Defendant

of

the attorney's fees incurred

by him

since the date

of

John's application to Virginia

Tech on December 6, 2013.

WHEREFORE, Stephen D. Chamberlain, Defendant, requests this Honorable Court to grant

the Plaintiffs Request for Voluntary Dismissal, with prejudice, and order the Plaintiff to reimburse

the Defendant his attorneys incurred since December 6, 2013, and for such other relief as the Court

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may deem proper.

By:

COUNCIL,

BARADEL,

KOSMERL & NOLAN, P.A.

Kev in M . Scha©£fer^

125Wesf^treet, Fourth Floor

P.O.

Box

2289

Annapolis, Maryland 21404

(410)

268-6600 Phone

(410) 269-8409 Facsimile

Email :

KSchaef fe [email protected]

ttorneysfor Defendant

CERT IF ICATE OF SERV ICE

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HEREBY

CERTIFY

that

this QTBay of

April,

2014, a^efjpy

of the

foregoing

Defendant's Response to Plaintiffs Request for Voluntary Dismissal was/mailed, first class postage

prepaid, to Samuel J. Brown, Esquire, 221 Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21401,

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for

Plaintiff


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