<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Thank you so much. Very interesting ideas to contemplate!!<div><br></div><div>I am planning to file a Notice of Mediation in the Spokane file, since it is the only open case.</div><div><br></div><div>I am sure he will throw a fit, but it doesn’t seem like I should pay to move it to the other county when his motion was granted six months ago and he hasn’t done anything.</div><div><br></div><div>We’ll see. Wish me luck!!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again for your thoughtful response.</div><div><br></div><div>Amy<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br></div><div><font face="Lucida Calligraphy"><i>Amy J. Goertz, J.D.</i></font></div><div><font face="Lucida Calligraphy"><i>Goertz & Lambrecht PLLC</i></font></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><a href="mailto:amyjgoertz@icloud.com">amyjgoertz@icloud.com</a> </div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">1.888.926.2607 phone<br>1.877.684.1627 fax<br><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Address for correspondence:</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">2829 S. Grand Blvd., Suite 303<br>Spokane, WA 99203 </div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Additional office locations:</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">510 Bell Street<br>Edmonds, WA 98020</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Goertz & Lambrecht PLLC</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><a href="http://www.goertzlambrecht.com/">www.goertzlambrecht.com</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 4, 2025, at 11:04 AM, Sarah Cuellar <attorney@sarahcuellar.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I'm responding in an effort to be helpful, since you didn't get a response the last time you posted. I've never had to deal with the type of problem you're dealing with, but I'm thinking that you could file a motion under CR60(b)(4) (misconduct of an adverse party) and also touch on the Spokane County local rule LAR 0.4(a): "<i>all</i> civil cases should be concluded..." [within specific time limits] (emphasis added) to point out that the OP is not availing themselves of the relief they were granted, that OP's purpose is delay and avoiding resolution of the case, then ask for the order granting change of venue to be vacated. Another avenue might be a contempt proceeding, depending on how the order is written.<div><br></div><div>Just my two cents. </div><div><br></div><div>Sarah</div></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:11pt">Law Office of Sarah N. Cuellar, PLLC</span><br></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><font face="times new roman, serif">665 S. Clark Ave., Unit 2</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><font face="times new roman, serif">P.O. 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It is intended solely for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. </font></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM Amy Goertz <<a href="mailto:amyjgoertz@icloud.com" target="_blank">amyjgoertz@icloud.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><span style="font-size:14px">Good Afternoon -</span><div><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px">I have a contentious ongoing probate where I brought a Motion in Spokane County and in his responsive pleadings, opposing counsel brought a Motion to Change Venue to Stevens County. The Judge declined to rule on my Motion and Ordered the Change of Venue.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px">Transferring the case requires payment of the Stevens County filing fee and a Spokane County processing fee. Opposing counsel did not pay these costs.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px">Several months have passed and despite efforts to negotiate a settlement of this matter with opposing counsel, opposing counsel declined our last offer with no counter-offer and now has stopped responding to communications. I have not heard from him in over a month.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px">I think my best approach at this point is to file a Notice of Mediation.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px">Since the Order Changing Venue was entered in the Spokane court file and record, do we now have to pay the filing fee and processing fee in order to file the case? Or what happens if I file it in the open case in Spokane County?</span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px">Any thoughts?</span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><i style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">Amy J. Goertz, J.D.</i></div><div><div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="font-size:12px"><font face="Lucida Calligraphy"><i>Goertz & Lambrecht PLLC</i></font></div><div style="font-size:12px"><div><a href="mailto:amyjgoertz@icloud.com" target="_blank">amyjgoertz@icloud.com</a> </div><div><br></div><div>1.888.926.2607 phone<br>1.877.684.1627 fax<br><br></div><div>Address for correspondence:</div><div>2829 S. 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