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6. On January 28, 2014, D ef endant's counsel informed Plain ti ff 's counse l via em ail

that he was meeting w ith his cli en t that wee k and would thereaft er provide an update to their

d isc overy response s (S ee Un/14 er nail fr om G regory L . Adams attach ed her eto as Exhibit D ).

7. As of the date of

this

motion, no additional inform ation has been pro vided.

8. As of the date ofthi s mot ion, D efendant has fa iled to comply with the C ou rt's

mandatory disc losure ord er .

W HEREFORE, Plainti

ff moves

for an

Ord er from the

Court

compell ing

the Defendant

to

provide the appropriate responses to Plaintiff's discovery; for atto rney fees and co sts in curred in

bringin g this actio n; and for all other relief that is ju st an d equit able.

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poskowitz (.iM6~oJrtz, LLC

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H . Moskowitz 0 0 6 : 0

Attor ney for P laintiff

2900 Carew Tower

44 1

Vin e St ree t

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

(5 13)721 -3111

(513) 721-3077 fax

jim@ moskow itzegal.com


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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

DOMESTfC RELATIONS DIVISION

HA\,IIL TON COUNTY; OHIO

MEL[SSA HENDON DETERS

CASE NO. DR1302234

Pla intif f

JUDGE LEWIS

VS.

JOESPH THEODORE DETERS

AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF

MOTION TO COMPEL

Defendan t

1 , J ames H . Moskowitz , being fir st duly sw am and cauti oned, sta te as fo llow s:

I . 1 am an attorn ey, in good sta ndin g, lice nsed to practice law in the state of Ohio.

2 . repres en t the Pla intif f in this action.

3. By

agreement w ith D efe nd ant's co unse l, D ef endan t was se rved w ith

Interrogato ri es and Request Cor P ro duction of Docum ents and this Court's man datory disclosu re

order on Novem ber 22, 201 J by i 1 pro cess server (see 11122/ [3 email fro m G regory L. Adam s

an d pro of o f service atta ched hereto C I S Exhibit A).

4.

During the D ecem ber

16,2 013

m ee ting w ith the Court, D efendan t's counse l

indic ated that his client would have docu m ents in response to Pla intiff's discovery by th e end of

the year.

5. Defendant provided what Plaintiff would loosely

refer

1 0 as a response to the

interrogatories on December 20,2013. Defendant essentially fail ed [0 pro vid e any docum ents

responsive to Plaintiffs requests.

6.

On January

8, 2014,

counse l tor D efendan t

sent a

letter

to

counsel for

Plai nt iff deta ilin g deficien cies in thei r res po nses (see \/8/14 lett er attached hereto as Exhibit B ).


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7. On approximately January J 7,2014, Plaintiff informed Defendant via text

message

that he

intended to

have

the

bulk of

his responses

to

discovery

by

the end

of the next

week (see a copy of the text message attached hereto as Exhibit C).

8. On January 28, 2014, Defendant's co uns el in fo rm ed Plainti ff 's counsel via em ail

that he was

meeting

with his client tha t week and would thereafter prov ide an update to th eir

disc overy re sponse s (Se e 1 / 2 8 1 1 4 email from Greg ory L . Adam s attac hed hereto as Exhibit D ).

9 . As of

the

date

of

this m otion, 110 ad dition al informat ion

has

been provided.

10.

As

of

th e date

of

this

motion, Defendant has failed to

comply

with the Court's

man datory

disclosure order.

Further af fiant saith na ught.

Swam to before m e and sub scribed in my pre sence

this 3

rd

da y

of

Febru ary , 2014.

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James

H Moskowitz

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From:

Sent:

To:

Subject:

James H, M oskowitz

Friday,

N o v e mb e r

22, 2013 11:19 AM

'gad am s@ cro sw ell ad am s. com '

R E : Deters

The papers were picked u p by Legal Tenders and will be delivered to your office shorrlv,

From : G re g Adams [ :Dailt o : gadams@c ro swel lad ams. c om]

Se n t: Fr id ay, No vembe r 2 2 , 2 .0 1 3 11 : 17 AM

To: J a me s H, Moskowitz

Subject: Deters

Jim,

This willconfirm my willingness to accept service of

the

divorce papers on

Joe's

behalf,

Greg

Gregory L. Adams

Crosw ell & Adam s Co., L .P,A.

1208 Sycamore Street

O ld e Sycamore Squa re


Phone: 5 l3-24 -5670

Fax: 513-929-3473

l adams,@ crosw el ladams.co lJ}

w \vw ,crosw ell adams.coI11

T h e information contained in this electronic message is protected b y attorney-client

p r i v i l e ge and/or t h e wor-k product doctrine, It i s intended for t h e use o f t h e individual

and/ o r

entity n a me d a b o v e and

t he

p r i v i l e g e s a r e

not

wa i v e d by v i r t u e

of t h i s

h av i n g been

s e n t e l e c t r o n i c a l l y .

If

the person a c t u a l l y r e c e i v i n g t h i s c o mmun i c a t i o n i s

n o t

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r e c i p i e n t

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r e c i p i e n t .

a n y

use.

d i s s e mi n a t i o n . d i s t r i b u t i o n

or copying

o f

this communication in

error

is strictly

prohibited.


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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

DOMESTIC RELATIONS DIVISION

HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO

MELISSA HENDON DETERS,

Case No. DR1302234

Plaintiff,

Judge:

VS.

JOSE,PH THEODORE DETERS,

PROOF OF SERVICE OF A

Defendant. SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND

ALL SUPPORTING PAPERWORK

ON JOSEPH THEODORE DETERS ~ ~

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This notice is given that the service of a Summons, Complaint, Motion and 1'l.ffidavi~r ~~C' )

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Temporary Parenting Orders, Affidavit in Compliance with 3127.23, GrouptBJalthb

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Insurance Affidavit, Affidavit of Income and Expenses, Mandatory Disclosure O rd Jc< ;; ; ;; ;:;

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Administrative Temporary Restraining Order, Order to Attend Iniiial Case Management

Conference, Property State me n t, Plaintiffs Fir st S e t of Interrogatories and C O for

Plaintiffs

F irs t

Set of Interrogatories on JOSEPH THEODORE DETERS was perfected

by Jennifer Vach, who is a person not less than eighteen years of age and is not a party

in the above litigation, on November 22, 2013 by personally giving a true copy of each

from hand to hand to JOSEPH THEODORE DETERS VIA HIS ATTORNEY GREG

AOAMS(CINOY VINEY,I\RD) at (heir place of business 1208 Sycamore Avenue,

Cincinnati, Ohio 452 2

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e nifer Vach

Special Proce s Server

Legal Tenders of Ohio

5 McCormick Trail


(513) 624-0110


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RE : MANDATORY DISCLOSU RE

PURSU ANT

TO LOCAL RU LE 1_26

CO U RT

OF COMMON PLEAS

DIVISION

OF

DOMES TIC

RELATIONS

H AMrl,TO N COUNTY, OH IO

Cas e No, M 090004

[\O ~f[ NrSTKATlVE lUDGE 'S

ORDeR

D R 1 3 0 2 2 3 4

PURSUANT TO LOCAL RU LE

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IS H EREBY ORDERED AS FOLLOWS;

W ithin 4S days of any Complai nt for D lvo rcc, Legal Separ aH on or A nn ulm ent fi I~d w ith this Court and bein~ served on

the defenda nt , each pa rty sha ll di sclo se to the other JI I of the rollowing in format ion and dO CU I/1CnlS that is in his or her c us tody,

possession or control:

(I)

Deed s to all real estute that

U1e

pan)'

ow ns or

claims an int erest;

(2 ) Ti tles to all vehi cles that

th e

pa rty ow ns

or

claim s an inter est;

(3) The most recently issued statements on all bank accoun ts, annuities, stocks, and bonds Oil which the party 's

name appears or to which the party cla ims an in tere st;

l\ The most re cently

issue d

statements regarding pensions, profit shnring plans, retirem ent bene fits, and lRAs,

including the mo st recent summary plan descript ion, on which the party's

name

appears or 10 w hich the party

claims alinterest; ~ n

(5)

All

life insur anc e policies owned by the party or for which the party ur their chiidf re n) is/are u ~ijci~I}'-i~

fo rce now or with in the Insl si x mon ths , in cluding the most rec en t cash vaiuc stD lcm eT1'K't' 'l

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(6) The lost three years' inc om e tax ~\urn:;;< ~ ~'-

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