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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE


NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN
AND FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION
CASE NUMBER: 56-2008-CA-000066
JUDGE: LARRY SCHACK

EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION


Plaintiff
VS:
KAREN A. KRONDES, ET AL
Defendants(S) .

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July 29, 2010

MOTION TO DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE


COME NOW, the Defendants, Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes, in the above-entitled action
hereby move the court to Dismiss the Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation's Foreclosure Lawsuit with
Prejudice for a showing of Fraud Upon The Court and for the following valid and convincing reasons:
1. The Plaintiff has egregiously violated Discovery Rules and remains in violation status for
multiple failures to comply with the Defendants' served discovery requests within reasonable
and permitted time for pleading, pursuant to F.R.C.P. Rule 1.350.
2. The Plaintiff, for over One Year (13 Months) failed to produce any valid response to the
Defendant's First (1st) Request For Production which was served on March 5, 2009. Plaintiff,
EMC Mortgage Corporation, further failed to respond within Thirty (30) Days to the Defendant's
associated Motion To Compel, served on December 24,2009.

The Plaintiff has apparently

filed unauthorized objections to the Defendants' initial Request For Production in April 2010,
without any legal standing and or the consent of the Defendants or the Court (Exhibit A). The
Defendants, Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes, did not receive any copy of the stated
unauthorized objections, but rather discovered such filing by requesting a Docket Report from
the Clerk's Office in Fort Pierce. The Court lacks jurisdiction to allow such fate responses.

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RULE 1.350 PRODUCTION

OF DOCUMENTS

AND THINGS

(b) Procedure. Rule 1.350(b) clearly allows for a period of only Thirty (30) Days for which to produce a
response to a Request For Production. Rule 1.350(b) stipulates in part that ... The party to whom the
request is directed shall serve a written response within 30 days after service of the request, except that
a defendant may serve a response within 45 days after service of the process and initial pleading on that
defendant.
3. The Defendants, Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes, served a distinctly different and new
Second (2nd) Set Of Request For Production upon the Plaintiff EMC Mortgage Corporation.
The Second served request, dated March 17,2010, was delivered via USPS Certified Mail No.
70092250000236864374

on March 19,2010 (See Exhibit B). To date there has been no

response by the Plaintiff to the stated

a=

Request For Production, and importantly, the Plaintiff

failed to request from the court any extension of time within the legal time allowed (Emphasis
Added).
4. The Court has no Jurisdiction to allow the Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, to attempt to
file unconscionably late responses and objections to the Defendants' multiple discovery
requests, when no prior legal plea for time was requested and or granted. The Plaintiff abused
the Florida Rules Of Court and chose to ignore the Rules of Discovery and the Defendant's
Motion To Compel within proper time for pleading.
Very recent Florida Case Law has set pellucid precedent that Plaintiffs in Foreclosure
Lawsuits ignoring and failing to comply with discovery rules shall be sanctioned and such
complaints and lawsuits dismissed with prejudice. The Defendants Here-Now cite the case of
U.S. Bank National Assoc., As Trustee, ET AL vs. Ernest Harpster, 6th Judicial Circuit
Court In And For Pasco County Florida, (Case No. 51-2007-CA-6684ES).

On March 25, 2010,

Circuit Judge Lynn Tepper dismissed the Plaintiff's Complaint with Prejudice based on a
myriad of abuses by U.S. Bank National Assoc. and its counsel Law Offices Of David J. Stern.
The Court found that the Plaintiff failed to produce answers to Interrogatories for a period of 26

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Months and further failed to produce responses to the Request For Production propounded in
July 2009 (8 Months Up to date of Dismissal).

The Pasco County Court ordered that as a

sanction for egregious failure to comply with discovery rules, the Plaintiff shall be prohibited
from presenting the alleged Promissory Note to the Court (See Exhibit C).
5. The Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation's Complaint is deceptive, fraudulent, and a sham
pleading [Rule 1.150(a)]. EMC Mortgage Corporation filed and unlawfully served its complaint
with no legal standing, proof of its claims, and that it was the "Real Party In Interest". The
Plaintiff attached to its complaint as proof of its interest and standing an alleged Mortgage with
a distinctly different and separate entity, namely Wells Fargo Bank, N.A .. Plaintiff deceptively
and misleadingly plead that the alleged Mortgage was subsequently assigned to EMC
Mortgage Corporation by virtue of an assignment to be recorded. EMC Mortgage in reality had
no evidence at time of filing that it had any lawful interest in the Defendant's home and alleged
mortgage and or note, and or that any agreement or assignment ever existed between Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A. and EMC Mortgage Corporation with respect to the subject property.
6. The Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, by and through its Counsel Law Offices Of David J.
Stern, knew and or should have known that the allegations in its complaint were materially
false, as Florida Law and the Florida Rules Of Civil Procedure mandate that all such contracts,
notes, mortgages, assignments, or other document supporting the claims of the complaint, are
required to be attached and thus part of the whole of the complaint as proof of valid evidence.
7. The Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation ignored Florida Law and failed to attach a valid
Assignment Of Mortgage to its complaint; thus as a matter of law said complaint has no legal
sufficiency and is void. It is a requirement in Florida, pursuant to F.R.C.P. Rule 1.130(a), to
attach any and all Instruments, Contracts, and or other documents material to the pleadings,
showing proof of standing.

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Florida Rules of Civil Procedure
RULE 1.130 ATTACHING

COPY OF CAUSE OF ACTION AND EXHIBITS

(a) Instruments Attached. All bonds, notes, bills of exchange, contracts, accounts, or documents upon
which action may be brought or defense made, or a copy thereof or a copy of the portions thereof
material to the pleadings, shall be incorporated in or attached to the pleading.
8. Plaintiff, in Count I of the Complaint, further made intentional fallacious claim that it was the
owner and that it holds the Note and Mortgage.

In Count II however, Plaintiff contradicts itself

and puzzlingly discloses that it is not presently in possession of the original Note and
Mortgage. The herein stated inconsistent claims in EMC Mortgage Corp's Complaint allege
facts that cancel each other out, and leave said Plaintiff with no credibility and no definitive
statement of facts (See Exhibit D).
9. The Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, deceptively states in its Complaint that the Note and
Mortgage are lost, destroyed or stolen, without disclosing to the Court and Defendants which
of these wavering scenarios is their alleged true claim.
10. EMC Mortgage Corporation declares in its Complaint that it cannot obtain possession of the
Note and Mortgage because their whereabouts cannot be determined.

Plaintiff and its counsel

Law Offices Of David J. Stern have a never ending duty to disclose new evidence; and at no
time have ever filed any pleading, or served any party to this action with proper "legal
notification" that Plaintiff has found the original Note and Mortgage.

Defendants, Karen A.

Krondes and John J. Krondes, allege that any attempt to produce in this action an original Note
and Mortgage is a fraud upon the court, and such documents are believed to be illegally
manufactured, should be stricken and disallowed as evidence.
11. The Florida Supreme Court recently amended F.R.C.P. Rule #1.110(b) making it mandatory
that mortgage foreclosure complaints be verified. The Supreme Court specifically noted that
the primary purposes of this new amendment are in part to conserve judicial resources that are

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currently being wasted on inappropriately pleaded "lost note" counts and inconsistent
allegations.

The Florida amendment additionally is made to prevent defendants from suffering

harm resulting from suits brought by Plaintiffs not entitled to enforce the note; and to allow
courts greater authority to sanction plaintiffs who make false allegations.
12. The First District Court of Appeals in Ohio has set crucial recent foreclosure case law, in Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Byrd (2008), in where a Plaintiff who fails to submit proof that it is the
"Real Party In Interest" when the complaint is filed is subject to dismissal with prejudice.
"A party lacks standing to invoke the jurisdiction of a court unless he has, in an individual
or a representative capacity, some real interest in the subject matter of an action." Wells
Fargo Bank, v. Byrd, 178 Ohio App.3d 285, 2008-0hio-4603,
897 N.E.2d 722 (2008). It
went on to hold, " If plaintiff has offered no evidence that it owned the note and mortgage
when the complaint was filed, it would not be entitled to judgment as a matter of law."
13. Florida Rules Of Civil Procedure, Rule 1.420(b) provides, in relevant part, that "any party may
move for dismissal of an action or of any claim against that party for failure of an adverse party
to comply with these rules or any order of the court."
14. The Plaintiff's Complaint is purported by typed name, to have been written by Karina M.
Musella; although, it appears that a second person is listed on the signature line as signing for
Attorney Musella. Both signatures are illegible and unidentifiable.

The Complaint and its

allegations are invalid due to either or both, concealment of the true signor and author, and or
fraud by false and leqally unauthorized presentment by a third party on behalf of the interests
of Karina M. Musella (See Exhibit D - Pg. 3).
15. The Defendants filed an Answer and Counterclaim to the Plaintiff's Complaint on March 5,
2009 initially by Fax Transmission.

The Plaintiff has failed within the initial Thirty (30) Days

and to this date to file an Answer to the Defendants' Counterclaim as required by F.R.C.P. Rule 1.1OO(a). EMC Mortgage Corporation has violated Florida Rules Of Pleading, has no
standing, and is barred from any attempt at answering said Counterclaim Fourteen (14)
Months after its filing.

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16. The improper and unlawful Judgment in this Foreclosure Lawsuit has already been vacated
due to the alleged myriad of misconduct of the Plaintiff, its agents, and or counsel, Law
Offices Of David J. Stern. Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, together with its servicing
agent Provest LLC, and or Law Offices Of David J Stern, falsely claimed it had served the
Defendants lawfully with the Complaint in this matter; all the while having knowledge through
the attached exhibit information (Wells Fargo Mortgage), "alleged Mortgage", that Defendants
Karen A Krondes and John J Krondes did not live at the addresses as purported, but at the
Homestead Address of 110 Woodside Green, #2A, Stamford, CT 06905. Plaintiff was earlier
able to unconscionably attain a Default Judgment against said Defendants, while they were
unaware of this action and its pleadings, as all such documents were mailed to incorrect and
invalid addresses.
17. The Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, Lacks Standing. The presentment of materially false
statements and claims of ownership are a Fraud Upon The Court. EMC Mortgage Corporation
is not the "Real Party In Interest" and is not authorized to bring or maintain this foreclosure
action.
18. The Defendants, Karen A Krondes and John J Krondes Here-Now respectfully ask the Court to
dismiss the above-cited action pursuant to the Florida Rules Of Civil Procedure, Rules
1.210(a), 1.140(a)(1 )&(b)(7), and 1.130(a) respectively.

On the date this action was

commenced, said Plaintiff had no proof that it was the "Real Party In Interest".
19. This Honorable Court lacks Subject Matter Jurisdiction to allow this lawsuit and fraudulent
foreclosure attempt to continue [F.R.C.P., Rule 1.140(b)(1)].
20. Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, and counsel Law Offices Of David J Stern knowingly
made materially false representations to the Court and Defendants by the mendacious claims
made in its complaint, with such declarations having the express purpose of misleading and

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deceiving the reader. Said parties falsely stated in Count I that this Court has jurisdiction over
the subject matter in their Complaint.
21.ln determining whether the plaintiffs come before this Court with clean hands, the primary
factor to be considered is whether the plaintiffs sought to mislead or deceive the other party,
not whether that party relied upon plaintiffs' misrepresentations.

Stachnik v. Winkel, 394 Mich.

375, 387; 230 N.W.2d 529, 534 (1975).

PLAINTIFF LACKS STANDING TO BRING THIS ACTION IN FLORIDA


22. Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, lacks the legal standing to sue and seek foreclosure on
the Defendants, Karen A Krondes and John J Krondes, in the State Of Florida. EMC Mortgage
Corporation was not a party to the mortgage contract attached to the Complaint.

Pursuant to

Florida Law, only Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. would legally have been able to initiate the abovecited action.
23. Plaintiff failed to attach to the Complaint any valid legal evidence that EMC Mortgage
Corporation had any relationship to the original alleged lender Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Plaintiff's "legally insufficient" Complaint at best, illustrates that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a
different and separate non-joined company, may have had some prior relationship and
agreement with the Defendants Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes.
24. According to Plaintiff's own spurious and misleading account of standing, EMC Mortgage
Corporation legally has stated in its Complaint that at the time of filing of this action, some
other person(s) and or entity other than Plaintiff was in possession of the alleged Note and
Mortgage, confirming that alleged ownership and standing belonged to a party(s) other than
Plaintiff. EMC Mortgage Corp. further stated that it cannot reasonably obtain possession of the
alleged Note and Mortgage because their whereabouts cannot be determined.
25. The copy of the complaintand specificallythe Exhibitsso attached,servedimproperlyuponthe Defendants,
were completelyillegiblewith numeroussectionsand lines stricken,and blackedout with dark BlackLines.

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26. The Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, is legally barred from entering into evidence any
alleged proof of standing per its refusal to address such demand for proof and accounting in
multiple served Requests For Production.
27. EMC Mortgage is not the "Real Party In Interest", had no proof of such at commencement of
this lawsuit showing authorization to bring this action in Florida. In re: Shelter Development
Group, Inc., 50 B.R. 588 (Bankr. S.D.Fla. 1985) [It is axiomatic that a suit cannot be
prosecuted to foreclose a mortgage which secures the payment of a promissory note, unless
the Plaintiff actually holds the original note, citing Downing v. First National Bank of Lake City,
81 SO.2d 486 (Fla. 1955)]; Your Construction Center, Inc. v. Gross, 316 SO.2d 596 (Fla. 4th
DCA 1975), See also 37 Fla. Jur. Mortgages and Deeds of Trust '240 (One who does not have
the ownership, possession, or the right to possession of the mortgage and the obligation
secured by it, may not foreclose the mortgage).

PLAINTIFF'S FORECLOSURE ACTION IS A FRAUD UPON THE COURT


28. Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, unlawfully, fraudulently, and with intent to deceive,
misrepresented to this Honorable Court that it had legal standing to file this action; wherein it
had no legal authority to seek foreclosure on a mortgage which Plaintiff knew was in the name
and possession of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
29. The Plaintiff initiated this foreclosure action with fraudulent purpose, attempting to manipulate
the Court to achieve an otherwise lawful purpose by unlawful means.
30. Pursuant to statutory protection provided by Florida Rules Of Civil Procedure, Rule 1.540(b),
the unlawful judgment originally secured by Plaintiff and its counsel Law Offices Of David J
Stern in this matter was vacated and ordered void (6/4/2009) due to the misconduct and
fraudulent attempt to take the Defendants' home. In addition to instituting the foreclosure
action with no legal standing, Plaintiff, its counsel and or its agents employed illegal and
deceptive methods of service of process and subsequent pleadings, securing a default

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judgment by servicing legal documents to the Defendants at addresses which such parties
knew and or should have known were invalid.
31. The factual claims made by the Defendants in their Motion To Vacate Judgment, Motion For
Rehearing, and Counterclaim are incorporated herein this Motion and together with the
charges made above and throughout this motion provide sufficient evidence that the Plaintiff
and its counsel Law Offices Of David J Stern engaged in fraud and persisted with an illegal
purpose to seek foreclosure on the Defendants' home.
32. Whereas, per provision of F.R.C.P. 1.540(b), this Court has jurisdiction to Dismiss This Lawsuit
with Prejudice upon such finding of Unconscionable and irresponsible conduct.
33. After Reversal Of Plaintiff's Judgment per Order Of The Court on 6/4/2009

in the above-cited

Krondes Case, EMC Mortgage Corporation (Plaintiff) and its counsel Law Offices Of David J
Stern have had over One (1) Year to produce sufficient valid evidence to prove its case.
During the stated time period, Plaintiff has refused and or otherwise failed to comply with the
Defendants' multiple discovery requests within authorized and accepted time for pleading.
Through its injudicious violations of Florida Rules Of Pleading and as a result of Plaintiff's
quietus, EMC Mortgage Corporation is juridically barred from further attempts to offer
evidence, specifically of the nature of which was sought through discovery; and thus, has
legally failed to prove its case.
34.ln the year following the vacating of the Judgment in this matter, numerous courts in the State
Of Florida and throughout America have began to discover that the implementation of fraud
and misrepresentation
Rampant.

by Plaintiffs and or their attorneys in Foreclosure proceedings is

On April 30, 2010, the Tampa Tribune reported that the Attorney General Of The

State Of Florida has launched an investigation pertaining to fraudulent foreclosure filings by


Foreclosure Mills in Florida. The Office Of The Attorney General has confirmed it is

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investigating the firm, Tampa-based Florida Default Law Group, for what "appears to be
fabricating and/or presenting false and misleading documents in foreclosure cases."
35. Plaintiff's counsel Law Offices Of David J Stern in very recent months has had scores of its
own Foreclosure Lawsuits Dismissed with Prejudice and Judgments Vacated as a result of the
increased scrutiny of judges and courts in Florida. Pasco County Florida Circuit Judge Lynn
Tepper in a recent interview stated The deluge of foreclosures makes the process "fraught with
potential for fraud". On March 25, 2010, in the case of US. Bank National Association, As
Trustee, Et AL vs. Ernest E. Harpster (Case No. 51-2007 -CA-6684ES) 6th Jud. Circuit Court
For Pasco County, Judge Lynn Tepper dismissed the Plaintiff's complaint and case with
prejudice based on amongst other things, the recording and filing of a fraudulent Assignment
Of Mortgage and fraud intentionally perpetrated upon the Court by Plaintiff and its counsel Law
Offices Of David J Stern (See Exhibit C).
On March 11,2010, in Brevard County, pursuant to F.R.C.P. 1.540(b), the Judgment Of
Foreclosure was vacated in another Stern case Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As
Trustee, ET AL vs. Rom Mak, ET AL (Case No. 05-2007-CA-19763).

The 18th Judicial Circuit

Court in Brevard County found that the foreclosure proceeding instituted by Plaintiff and its
counsel Law Offices Of David J Stern was fraudulently initiated without the Plaintiff having
legal standing and proof of ownership or possession of the Note and Mortgage.
36. Notably, In the recent case of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Christopher J. Chesney. ET AL
(Case No. 51-2009-CA-006905)

in the 6th Judicial Circuit Court For Pasco County; Circuit

Court Judge Stanley R. Mills on February 22, 2010 Ordered that Defendant's Motion To
Dismiss is Granted; as Plaintiff failed to attach a valid assignment to the Complaint.

The court

found that the Note and Mortgage attached to the Complaint were in favor of Washington
Mutual, not the current Plaintiff Wells Fargo Bank, N.A in that case.

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37. Defendants' additionally cite one of the newest Florida Foreclosure cases: US Bank National
Association, As Trustee, ET AL vs. William Shane McLeod, ET AL (Case No. 55-2008-CA2124) in the

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Judicial Circuit Court For St. Johns County. On May 7,2010, pursuant to

F.R.C.P. - Rule 1.540(b), Circuit Court Judge J. Michael Traynor Dismissed With Prejudice the
stated case based on fraudulent misrepresentations

to the Court as to the Real Party In

Interest. The Court found that the US Bank National Assoc suit was fraudulently filed, as
Plaintiff was not the true owner of the Note and Mortgage at the time the action was filed. On
5/10/2010 the Attorney General initiated an Investigation of the instant case and Plaintiff's
Counsel, Florida Default Law Group, Court Entry No. 50.0000.

THE AFFIDAVITS FILED ON BEHALF OF PLAINTIFF


IN THIS LAWSUIT ARE INSTRUMENTS OF FRAUD

38. The Affidavits filed in this foreclosure action by Plaintiff, its counsel, and or other agents are
fraudulent, defective, made in bad faith and with intent to deceive (Exhibits E, F, G, H, I).
39. The calculated construction and filing of false, misleading, and invalid affidavits constitutes
conduct which is unconscionable and provides grounds for dismissal with prejudice per
statutory provision of F.R.C.P. Rule 1.540(b), 1.510(e)(g), 1.420(b), 1.150.
40. Florida Rule 1.51 O(e) stipulates Affidavits of a party seeking Summary Judgment ....
"shall be made on personal knowledge, shall set forth such facts as would be admissible in
evidence, and shall show affirmatively that the affiant is competent to testify to the matters
stated therein. Sworn or certified copies of all papers or parts thereof referred to in an affidavit
shall be attached thereto or served therewith. The court may permit affidavits to be
supplemented or opposed by depositions, answers to interrogatories, or by further affidavits.

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41. Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, its counsel Law Offices Of David J Stern, and its agent
ProVest LLC, knowingly and with intent to facilitate an unlawful speedy default judgment in this

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matter, provided alleged service of process upon the Defendants at addresses which such
parties knew and or should have known were incorrect and invalid (Exhibits E, F, J).
42. Plaintiff in COUNT I, paragraph 5 of its Complaint purports to own and hold the alleged Note
and Mortgage.

In support of the allegations in said Complaint, Plaintiff attached as exhibit an

alleged Mortgage apparently between Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Karen A Krondes and John
Krondes. The subject exhibit, page 1 of 27 clearly states the Homestead Address of the
Defendants/Grantors

to be specifically 110 Woodside Green, #2A, Stamford, CT 06705 (Ex. K)

43. Despite having exact knowledge of Defendants' true and correct homestead address, Plaintiff,
EMC Mortgage Corporation, its counsel Law Offices Of David J Stern, and its agent ProVest
LLC, conspired to claim personal In-Hand/lndividual

Service was successfully made upon

Defendant Karen A. Krondes at the address of 360 West 34th Street, Apartment 5H, New York,
NY 10001 (See Exhibit E).
44. Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, its counsel Law Offices Of David J Stern, and its agent
ProVest LLC, caused to have filed on 2/4/2008 a knowingly false Affidavit Of Service,
unambiguously asserting that a copy of the Complaint was hand delivered to Karen A. Krondes
at the above-stated Manhattan address on 1/17/08, even though Ms. Krondes had moved from
that address on11/30/2006 to the above-cited Stamford Connecticut homestead
locatiorulixhibits

E & J).

45. Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, its counsel Law Offices Of David J Stern, and its agent
ProVest LLC, additionally caused to have filed on 2/4/2008 a Second (2nd) knowingly false
Affidavit Of Service, unambiguously asserting that a copy of the Complaint was delivered on
1/19/08 to the Usual Place Of Abode of John Krondes at 491 White Oak Shade Rd., New
Canaan, CT 06840, although John Krondes never lived at this address and such parties had
exact knowledge that Mr. Krondes lived in a different town at the address of 110 Woodside
Green, Stamford, CT 06905 (See Exhibit F).

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46.The Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, by and through its counsel Law Offices Of David J
Stern constructed and caused to be filed a fraudulent and fallacious Affidavit In Support Of
Plaintiff's Motion For Summary Judgment on 2/13/2009.

Plaintiff and its counsel knowing that

they had filed a sham Complaint, untruthfully and reprehensibly make claim in the stated
affidavit that EMC is the owner and holder of the Note and Mortgage, when in fact such parties
were knowingly concealing material information that Plaintiff had no standing and authority to
institute the above-cited Krondes foreclosure action, and that a distinctly different entity Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A. was the alleged "Real Party In Interest" (See Exhibit G).
47. The Affidavit In Support Of Plaintiff's Motion For Summary Judgment is made in "bad faith"
and constitutes a Sham Pleading per F.R.C.P. 1.150, and is further in violation of Rule
1.510(e)(g). The stated affidavit is not based on personal knowledge as Rule 1.51 O(e)
mandates, as the true withheld personal knowledge of the maker(s) of this affidavit is that
Plaintiff had no proof of legal standing at time of filing of this action and thus, there was no
default, and no money was owed to this Plaintiff EMC Mortgage as alleged in the subject
affidavit (Exhibit G)
48. Paragraph #4 of the Affidavit In Support Of Plaintiff's Motion For Summary Judgment is a
willful and known misrepresentation.

The Plaintiff, and counsel Law Offices Of David J Stern

clearly knew that they were making a materially false statement of facts by declaring that "each
and every allegation in the Complaint is true." (See Exhibit G)
49. The wavering allegations in the Plaintiffs Complaint and the misstatements in the subject
Affidavit In Support Of Plaintiff's Motion For Summary Judgment conflict with each other and
legally cancel each other out. In said affidavit, Plaintiff and its counsel claim EMC Mortgage is
the holder of said Note and Mortgage, when in fact said parties knew Wells Fargo Was the
alleged holder, as the complaint alleged there would be an assignment "to be recorded",
possibly sometime in the future. Secondly, Plaintiff definitively claimed in COUNT II of the
Complaint that it was not in possession of the original Note and Mortgage, and that their

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whereabouts cannot be determined; hence, making it a legal impossibility to be the holder of
the stated documents (See Exhibits D & G).
50. When exhibits are inconsistent with Plaintiff's allegations of material fact as to who the real
party in interest is, such allegations cancel each other out. Fladell v. Palm Beach County
Canvassing Board, 772 SO.2d 1240 (Fla. 2000); Greenwald v. Triple D Properties, Inc., 424
So. 2d 185, 187 (Fla.

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DCA 1983); Costa Bella Development Corp. v. Costa Development

Corp., 441 So. 2d 1114 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1983).


51. Cheryl Samons, of Law Offices Of David J Stern, the alleged signor and maker of the subject
Affidavit In Support Of Plaintiff's Motion For Summary Judgment committed perjury and made
materially false statements under sworn oath in said filed document; such conduct which is a
violation of Florida Statute 92.525(2)(3) Verification Of Documents.
52. Ms. Cheryl Samons makes incongruous attestations in the above stated affidavit which
additionally have the legal effect of cancelling each other out.

Ms. Samons' vacillating

testimony first says in Paragraph 3, that she has direct access to the business records of the
Plaintiff concerning the alleged Note and Security Agreement, the Mortgage and other loan
documents which are the subject of this lawsuit. Ms Samons undecidedly also states that "or
have been provided" with such stated documents.

The legal effect of Ms. Samons alleged

disclosure is one of a material misrepresentation.

In simple layman's terms, Cheryl Samons is

really saying that neither statement is true and verifiable, and no such evidence was ever
proven to be in her possession at the time of filing of said affidavit on 2/13/2009 (Exhibit G).
53. Cheryl Samons, in representation of Law Offices of David J Stern and allegedly EMC
Mortgage, purports to have personal knowledge of the facts stated above regarding the
alleged Note and Mortgage. Such personal knowledge was allegedly gained by access or
release of mortgage documents by an undisclosed, unverified alleged "person with knowledge"
(See Exhibit G).

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54. The alleged subject Affidavit In Support Of Plaintiff's Motion For Summary Judgment.
supposedly made by Cherly Samons, is purported to be notarized; however the document is
not dated, leaving the notarization incomplete and the entire document legally invalid, void,
and powerless.

The failure to provide the date certain of the notorial act is a violation of

Florida Statute 117.05(4)(d). (See Exhibit G)


55. The Affidavit In Support Of Plaintiff's Motion For Summary Judgment in addition, and despite
being legally void, fails to show that Cherly Samons and or any other attorney or employee of
David J Stern is qualified, competent and credible as to providing testimony at any hearing or
trial which would produce any admissible evidence.

Moreover, case law in the United States is

well established that an attorney cannot testify and authenticate documents for a client where
counsel was not a party, and has no personal knowledge of the facts and transaction, See Key
Bank of Me. v. Lis;, 225 AD2d 669, 669 (2d Dept 1996).
56. Cheryl Samons, the alleged Maker and signor of the stated Affidavit In Support Of Plaintiff's
Motion For Summary Judgment in this lawsuit was recently deposed, on May

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in

another relevant foreclosure case Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As Trustee, ET AL
vs. Belourdes Pierre, ET AL (Case No. 50-2008-CA-028558)

the 15th Judicial Circuit Court in

Palm Beach County. Cardinally, the testimony given by Ms. Samons in the herein stated case
is a stark realization that virtually every affidavit and or other document made or signed by
Cheryl Samons on behalf of Law Offices Of David J. Stern is a fraudulent instrument.

Ms.

Samons makes admission that she literally walks from floor to floor in the Four (4) Floor Stern
Office, signing well over a hundred assignments and affidavits a day, without reading any of
them. Cheryl Samons, who while acting in an alleged official capacity in such documents,
attests to having personal knowledge of the facts set forth within. Shockingly, and with
extreme contrast, Cheryl Samons admits in the herein cited deposition to having no
knowledge whatsoever of what she's signing [Emphasis Added] (See Exhibits G & L).

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57.The other attached Affidavits in support of Plaintiff's Motion For Summary Final
Judgment (which has already been vacated), are likewise void and serve no legal
purpose, as they also fail to show an exact date certain of the notarized act, making
such documents invalid and unusable per Florida Law; Florida Statute 117.05(4)(d) Use
Of Notary Commission; Unlawful Use (See Exhibits H & I).
58. Founded upon the personal testimony of Cheryl Samons in the above-cited Deutsche
Bank deposition, that she signs hundreds of different documents a day, without knowing
what she's signing, and the striking resemblance of the unidentifiable, large circle like
signatures of Cheryl Samons and Attorney Karina Musella on such legal documents and
pleadings; the Defendant's Karen A. Krondes and John Krondes allege and charge
that Cheryl Samons is committing a fraud by illegally signing legal papers as an
unauthorized third party for other individuals, purporting and representing to be
someone else other than Cheryl Samons. On April 29, 2010, relevantly, David J. Stern
Foreclosure Paralegal Shannon Smith in Deposition for the matter of Citimortgage, Inc.
VS.

Dennis Brown (Case No: 08-011097) 1ih Judicial Circuit Court in Broward County,

FL, admits to signing Cheryl Samons name on documents (transcript of Deposition,


4/29/2010,pg. 21- Lines 20-24) - (See Exhibits G, H, M, N).
59.The Defendant's, Karen A. Krondes and John Krondes, charge that there is sufficient
material information provided herein to find and allege that someone other than the true
Karina M Musella signed the Plaintiff's Complaint; further making such pleading an
instrument of fraud and legally invalid, due to additional conduct the nature which is
Unconscionable (See Exhibit D - pg. 3).

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60.0n April 7, 2010, in the case of GMAC Mortgage, LLC VS. Debbie Visicaro, ET AL (Case
No. 50-2008-CA-028558)

the

e" Judicial

Circuit Court in Pinellas County, Judge Anthony

Randolino granted Defendant's motion to set aside the previously improvidently entered
summary judgment.

The Court found that after extensive review of case law, Affidavits that are

based on hearsay and not personal knowledge are inadmissible and cannot be considered at a
summary judgment.

Judge Rondolino, in said hearing went on to say "I really honestly don't

have any confidence that any of the documents the Courts are receiving on these mass
foreclosures are valid" (transcript of hearing 4/7/2010, pg. 7, lines 11-14) (See Exhibit 0).

PLAINTIFF'S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REQUEST FOR VALIDATION


OF ALLEGED DEBT VIOLATES FEDERAL LAW
61.Defendants, Karen A. Krondes and John Krondes, advise the Court that there is no valid
controversy in this matter as Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, has failed to comply and
validate the alleged debt in an administrative process propounded upon the Plaintiff on
December 30, 2009 and received by EMC on January 4, 2010, pursuant to stipulation and
provision of Federal and Private Law. Through its voluntary quietus, Plaintiff has tacitly agreed
that there is no debt owed to Plaintiff; and any prior belief or understanding of such alleged debt
or claim is therefore cancelled, void, unverifiable, and legally uncollectable.
JUDICIAL NOTICE I COGNIZANCE WITH CLAIM OF RIGHTS
1. The Defendants, Karen A. Krondes and John Krondes, as American Citizens, hereby declare
and give "Notice" that they invoke the powers and protections of the Constitution and Bill of
Rights of the State Of Florida and the Constitution and Bill of Rights of the United States Of
America, promised them, so that an unequivocally, and unconditionally fair, just, and unbiased
proceeding and conclusion of this lawsuit shall be effected.
2. The Defendants Here-Now invoke Judicial "Notice" that this Court accord the public statutes
of the United States and of every State and jurisdiction of the United States and judicial
judgments/decisions

of the United States and of various states and jurisdictions of the United

States cited herein the full faith and credit that Article IV, Section I of the United States

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Constitution commands; that Defendants claim the due process and equal protection under
those favorable statutes and judicial decisions outside of Florida.

JURISDICTION OF THE 19th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY
1. Defendants Here-Now address this Court and all parties concerned and provide proper
legal "Notice", that the 19th Judicial Circuit Court in St. Lucie County, Florida has the absolute
power and jurisdiction to hear and ultimately grant defendants' verified Motion and Request to
Dismiss this matter With Prejudice based on several lawful and ethical grounds.
Defendants Make Affirmatively Known, that they bring and addresses this Motion to the
sound discretion of the Court for its adjudication.

Defendants, in invoking their rights of the

United States Of America and the State Of Florida attest that this Court has intrinsic
power, independent of statutory provision, to vacate any judgment and or dismiss with
prejudice any foreclosure lawsuit filed and or obtained by fraud, duress, unconscionability or
gross and inexcusable negligence. Such stated conditions hence reflect the current destructive
state of affairs in the State Of Florida, with respect to the epidemic and plague of foreclosure
filings laden with fraud which is unlawfully displacing our citizens and ruining our economy.

Defendants raise the point, that this court has no Jurisdiction to allow a Plaintiff to maintain
an action of foreclosure based on a fatally defective complaint which is a misrepresentation

of

known facts, based on hearsay, fails to identify the "Real Party In Interest", and ultimately
neglects to state a recognizable legal claim.

LACK OF STANDING AND JURISDICTION

FOR TESTIMONY OFFERED BY ATTORNEYS

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that this Court has no Jurisdiction to allow any attorney to testify
or authenticate evidence for its client. All testimony and affirmations offered by counsel on
behalf of a client is "Hearsay" under the rules of evidence and generally cannot advance
substantive proof. It is further prohibited under Florida Law for an Attorney to knowingly
make false statements of material fact or law to a tribunal or fail to correct a false
statement of material fact or law previously made to the tribunal by the lawyer. All
agreements concerning a Lawyer's representation of a client must accord with the Florida
Rules of Professional Conduct and other law (See rules 4-3.3(a)(2)(4), 4-1.2(d), 4-3.4(b), 48.4(c), 4-8.4(d)). An attorney offering testimony for a client based on material facts of which he

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has no personal knowledge constitutes professional misconduct, unconscionability, falsification


of evidence, perjury, and a fraud upon the Court. An Attorney in a Foreclosure Matter has no
Subject Matter Jurisdiction to authenticate any document relating to the alleged Loan, Note
and Mortgage, as such counsel has no personal involvement or knowledge in the underlying
alleged transaction.

See Key Bank of Me. vs. Lisi, 225 AD2d 669, 669 (2d Dept 1996)

("affirmation of ... attorney who had no personal knowledge of the facts ... did not constitute
proof in admissible form and it [is] without evidentiary value").
2. It is a matter of law that the Court must strike any alleged fact advanced by counsel that is not
supported by an affidavit or other authenticated document(s) from Plaintiff or by Plaintiff's
corporate representative(s) that is a proven competent fact witness with personal knowledge of
the claims, facts and documents (to authenticate) employed by Plaintiff in this matter. See
Florida Statutes 90.901 & 90.802.
90.802

Hearsay rule.--Except

90.901

Requirement

as provided by statute,

of authentication

hearsay evidence is inadmissible.

or identification.--Authentication

required as a condition precedent to its admissibility.

or identification

of evidence is

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WHEREFORE, the Defendants, Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes, in this matter of EMC
Mortgage Corporation

Vs. Karen A. Krondes, ET AL., respectfully move this Court to Dismiss the

Plaintiff's Action with Prejudice, and award Defendants any other and further relief which is deemed
just and proper, based on all the foregoing truthful and lawful facts. For reasons of the
implementation by Plaintiff, its counsel, and its agents of Fraud and Unconscionable conduct, coupled
with the incurable legal insufficiency of Plaintiff to maintain this action, and the lack of subject matter
jurisdiction of the Court; this wrongful foreclosure action must be Dismissed.
The Defendants

By:

Date:

By:

Date:

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Karen & John Krondes


110 Woodside Green, #2A
Stamford, CT 06905
Tel: (203) 981-1926 Cell
(917) 518-6164 Cell
(203) 274-5277 Home
Email: JJKrondes@yahoo.com

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ORDER
The foregoing Motion To Dismiss With Prejudice having been presented to the court;
It is hereby ORDERED:

GRANTED

DENIED

By the Court:

Clerk / Judge

Date of Order:

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VERIFICATION
The Defendants, Karen A. Krondes and John Krondes, being living souls and natural persons, have
read the foregoing and have personal knowledge of the contents thereof. The same is true based on
our own knowledge, except as to those matters which are therein upon information and belief, and as
to those claims or facts, we believe them to be true. We assert under the penalty of perjury of the
laws of the United States Of America and the laws of the State Of Florida that the foregoing is true
and correct.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The Defendants, Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes, hereby certify that a true and correct copy
of the foregoing Motion To Dismiss With Prejudice has been furnished via U.S. First Class Mail,
U.S.P.S. Certified Mail, and FEDEX on July 29, 2010 to the office of the Plaintiff's counsel David J.
Stern, P.A. at the address of 900 South Pine Island Road, Ste. 400, Plantation, FL 33324-39203920.
USPS CERTIFIED MAIL NO: 701002900001 5181 8070
FEDEX AIRBIL NO: 872650965714

Additional Service Was Made to:


Attorney For Princess Condominium
Attn: Robert Rydzewski, Esq.
P.O. Box 66
Stuart, FL 34995

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NOTARY CERTIFICATION

OfXaren 5\.. Krondes


STATE OF CONNECTICUT
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD

DATE: Signature Confirmation made this~Day

of July, 2010

Personally appeared, Karen A. Krondes personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of
satisfactory evidence of identification) to be a person whose name is subscribed to the within
instrument(s) and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her authorized capacity, and
that by her signature on the instrument the person or the entity upon behalf of which the person
acted, executed that instrument.

KAREN GUANZON-YALONG
NOI~..F1YPUBLIC - CONNECTICUT
M~~ission
ExpiresOct. 31, 2010

'Under Oath. and/withou: Prejudice

Karen A. Krondes

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NOTARY CERTIFICATION

Of Jonn J. Krondes
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD

DATE: Signature Confirmation made this

2qi1

Day of July, 2010

Personally appeared, John J. Krondes personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of
satisfactory evidence of identification) to be a person whose name is subscribed to the within
instrument(s) and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that
by his signature on the instrument the person or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted,
executed that instrument.

~ Wi:;~1l

official seal

My Commission Expires:

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K~REN GUANZON-YALONG
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PUBLIC - CONNECTICUT
My Commission Expires Oct. 31. 2010

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MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS' MOTION


I. The Plaintiff's Complaint And This Action Should Be Dismissed For Numerous
And Multilevel Violations Of Florida Statutes and Florida Rules Of Civil Procedure
The unlawful acts and practices of the Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, Its Counsel, Law
Offices Of David J Stern, Agents Provest LLC, and or others, illustrated in all the prior
pleadings of the Defendants, inclusive and not limited to all the factual statements provided
herein and throughout this motion are incorporated and constitute conduct as such which is
deemed Unconscionable, Unethical, Fraudulent, Negligent, and violates Florida Law.
A. Legal Axioms Providing Jurisdiction To The Court:
1. Florida Rules Of Civil Procedure 1.420(b) provides, in pertinent part, that "any party may move
for dismissal of an action or of any claim against that party for failure of an adverse party to
comply with these rules or any order of the court."
2. The dismissal of action or claim for failure of an adverse party to comply with the Rules of Civil
Procedure or any order of the Court operates as an adjudication on the merits. Cash vs. Airport
Mini-Storage, 782 SO.2d 983 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001).
3. Defendants, in seeking dismissal with prejudice, rely on Kozel v. Ostendorf, 629 So. 2d 817,
818 (Fla. 1993), where the supreme court adopted a "set of factors" for "determining whether
dismissal with prejudice is warranted" for failure to comply with the rules of civil procedure.

The

following detailed account of the malfeasance of EMC Mortgage Corp., Law Offices Of David J.
Stern, ProVest LLC, and or other agents, is clear evidence that the six factors giving rise to
Dismissal With Prejudice, outlined in Kozel by the Florida Supreme Court, have been expressly
met (All prior pleadings by the Defendants and such evidence as cited throughout this motion is
incorporated) :
a. The disobedience and misconduct described above, throughout this motion, illustrated
through included case law, and incorporated as previously stated by Plaintiff's counsel, Law
Offices Of David J Stern, was willful and deliberate.

In fact, such activity complained of is

not isolated to this case, nor example and possibility of mistake; contrarily, Law Offices of

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David J Stern has employed many of the identical calculated fraudulent and inappropriate
methods and acts in like foreclosure actions all over the State Of Florida. Recent case law
previously cited within this motion stands as confirmation and justification for dismissal with
prejudice.
b. Plaintiff's counsel has very recently and within the past year had numerous judgments
vacated, complaints and foreclosure actions dismissed with prejudice as a sanction for its
misconduct.
c. Defendants charge upon information and belief, that EMC Mortgage was involved in the
disobedience, as it both directly and or indirectly, manifested to Law Offices Of David J
Stern to avoid compliance with such laws and rules. Further, EMC Mortgage provided its
counsel with much of the information for which to manufacture fraudulent tools.
d. The stated and incorporated disobedience of Law Offices of David J Stern and EMC
Mortgage has prejudiced and harmed the Defendants in many fashions.

First, The

Defendants and their family have been burdened with perpetual stress and emotional harm
over the lengthy ongoing fraud and deception of the stated parties. Second, The
Defendants have incurred mounting costs in the defense of this action and the protection of
their home. Third, there has been undue delay in this action stemming from the deceit and
unconscionable acts of the stated parties, and hence, the necessary steps taken to uncover
the fraud and misconduct of the Plaintiff, its counsel and agents.
e. Plaintiff's counsel, Law Offices Of David J Stern have at no time offered any valid and
reasonable justification for its non-compliance.

Similarly, the same unorthodox and non-

compliant issues frequently appear to be a constant theme in the litigation strategy of the
Stern Law Operation.

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f.

The above and herein stated misconduct, disobedience and gross disrespect of Florida
Laws and Rules of Court, by Plaintiff, Law Offices Of David J Stern, and its agents, in the
current case and others throughout Florida, have greatly caused systematic problems,
clogged the judicial machinery, spurred investigations, caused unusual delays, and is a
hindrance and havoc on the administration of justice.

II. Plaintiff Meets None Of The Criteria For Standing Under Florida Law
1. Standing requires that the party prosecuting the action have a sufficient stake in the outcome
and that the party bringing the claim be recognized in the law as being a real party in interest
entitled to bring the claim. This entitlement to prosecute a claim in Florida courts rests
exclusively in those persons granted by substantive law, the power to enforce the claim.
Kumar Corp. vs. Nopal Lines, Ltd, et aI, 462 So. 2d 1178, (Fla. 3d DCA 1985).
2. Under Florida Law, A separate entity cannot maintain suit on a note payable to another entity
unless the requirements of Rule 1.21 O(a) of the Florida Rules Of Civil Procedure and
applicable Florida Law are met. Corcoran vs. Brody, 347 So. 2d 689 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977).
3. Florida Rules Of Civil Procedure, Rule 1.130(a) requires a Plaintiff in a Foreclosure Action to
attach copies of all bonds, notes, bills of exchange, contracts, accounts, or documents upon
which action may be brought to its complaint.

Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, has failed

to attach any document pursuant to Florida Law that supports the allegations in its Complaint
and subsequent pleadings.
4. The Exhibit "A" provided and affixed to the Complaint by Plaintiff (alleged Mortgage by Karen
A. Krondes and John Krondes with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.) fails to prove standing; clearly and
discordantly shows that another separate entity, if any, is the "Real Party In Interest". When
exhibits are inconsistent with Plaintiff's allegations of material fact as to who the real party in
interest is, such allegations cancel each other out. Fladell vs. Palm Beach County Canvassing
Board, 772 So. 2d 1240 (Fla. 2000); Greenwald vs. Triple 0 Properties, Inc., 424 So. 2d 185,

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187 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983); Costa Bella Development Corp. vs. Costa Development Corp., 441
So. 2d 1114 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1983).
5. A Plaintiff must conclusively establish that it owned the note and mortgage at the time of filing
or the complaint must fail. The Plaintiff's failure to attach an assignment was condemned in
Jeff-Ray Corporation vs. Jacobson, 566 So. 2d 885 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990). See also Progressive
Express Insurance Company vs. McGrath Community Chiropractic, 913 So. 2d 1281 (Fla. 2d
DCA 2005); and BAC Funding Consortium, Inc. vs. Jean-Jacques, et aI., So. 3d, 2010 WL
476641 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010).

III. Asignments and Affidavits Based On Hearsay Are Not Admissible Evidence In Florida
1. In the case of GMAC Mortgage, LLC vs. Debbie Visicaro, et ai, 6th Judicial Circuit Court in
Pinellas County (Case No. 50-2008-CA-028558),

in Hearing of April 7,2010, Judge Anthony

Rondolino in ruling on Hearsay stated "I'm also enlightened by Jones Versus Florida Workers'
Compensation, which is a 2001 2nd District case that finds that the affidavit was insufficient in
that it had allegations that all the assertions and allegations in the complaint are true, that kind
of an affidavit is insufficient" (Hearing before Hon. Anthony Rondolino, April 7, 2010, transcript
pg. 20, lines16-22).
2. Judge Anthony Rondolino in the above-cited case, Hearing of April 7, 2010 further stated, "I
also reviewed Hurricane Boats versus Certified Industrial Fabricators and found that affidavit to
be insufficient when it related to the allegations in the complaint being true" (transcript,
4/7/2010, pg. 20, lines 23-25 & pg. 21, lines 1-2).
3. Regarding the inadmissibility of false and misleading "Hearsay" affidavits in foreclosure
lawsuits, Judge Anthony Rondolino, in Hearing on April 7,2010, in the matter of GMAC
Mortgage, LLC vs. Debbie Visicaro, et ai, 6th Judicial Circuit Court in Pinellas County (Case
No. 50-2008-CA-028558),

by the Court said exactly, "You know what I'd really like to see? I'd

like to see in one of these cases where a defense lawyer cross-examines, takes a deposition

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of these people, and we can see whether they ought be charged with perjury for all of these
affidavits" (transcript, 4/7/2010, pg. 15, lines 20-25).
4. In Florida, even statements made in official Police Reports are considered Hearsay and are
deemed unsubstantiated and thus inadmissible as evidence.

Information "contained in police

reports is ordinarily considered hearsay and inadmissible in an adversary criminal proceeding."


Burgess v. State, 831 So. 2d 137, 140 (Fla. 2002).
5. The "[s]upporting and opposing affidavits shall be made on personal knowledge, shall set forth
such facts as would be admissible in evidence, and shall show affirmatively that the affiant is
competent to testify to the matters stated therein." Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.51 O(e) (emphasis added).
When a supporting affidavit does not comply with these requirements, it is legally insufficient to
support the entry of summary judgment in favor of the moving party. See, e.g., WEdge"

v.

Kunderas, 910 So. 2d 953, 954 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005) (noting that affidavit in support of action for
reformation based on mutual mistake was incompetent when it contained allegations
concerning matters about which the affiant could not have personal knowledge).
6. In Florida, abundant case law has well established precedent that Affidavits which are not
based upon the affiant's personal knowledge must be stricken. Defendants cite the case of
Capello v. Flea Market U.S.A., Inc., 625 So. 2d 474 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993). In the Capello case,
the Third District affirmed an order of summary judgment in favor of Flea Market U.S.A as
Capello's affidavit in opposition was not based upon personal knowledge and therefore
contained inadmissible hearsay evidence.

See also Doss v. Steger & Steger, P.A., 613 So. 2d

136 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); Mullan v. Bishop of Diocese of Orlando, 540 So. 2d 174 (Fla. 5th
DCA 1989); Crosby v. Paxson Electric Company, 534 So. 2d 787 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); Page v.
Stanlev, 226 So. 2d 129 (Fla. 4th DCA 1969).

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IV. A Foreclosure

Action Wrought With Fraud Is Void And Must Be Dismissed

1. Landmark National Bank v. Kesler, 289 Kan. 528,216 P.3d 158 (2009). "Kan. Stat. Ann. 60260(b) allows relief from a judgment based on mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable
neglect; newly discovered evidence that could not have been timely discovered with due
diligence; fraud or misrepresentation;

a void judgment; a judgment that has been satisfied,

released, discharged, or is no longer equitable; or any other reason justifying relief from the
operation of the judgment. The relationship that the registry had to the bank was more akin to
that of a straw man than to a party possessing all the rights given a buyer." Also In September
of 2008, A California Judge ruling against MERS concluded, "There is no evidence before the
court as to who is the present owner of the Note. The holder of the Note must join in the
motion."
2.

Sufficient "Good Cause" to permanently vacate a judgment and dismiss action with prejudice
is the showing of fraud to the Court (See Fla.R.C.P., Rule 1.540). The presentment in a court
of False testimony either orally and or by submission of known fallacious statements of fact in
Affidavits or Assignements of Mortgage constitute Intrinsic Fraud. See Deelaire v. Yohaman,
453 So. 2d 375,377 (Fla. 1984).

3. Pursuant to Florida Rule 1.540, a Florida Court has the absolute intrinsic power and jurisdiction
to vacate and dismiss an action due to fraud and unconscionability.

On motion and upon such

terms as are just, the court may relieve a party or a party's legal representative from a final
judgment, decree, order, or proceeding for the following reasons: (3) fraud (whether heretofore
denominated intrinsic or extrinsic), misrepresentation,
(4) that the judgment or decree is void.

or other misconduct of an adverse party;

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4.

The integrity of the civil litigation process depends on 'truthful disclosure" of facts. A system
that depends on an adversary's ability to uncover falsehoods is doomed for failure. Cox v.
Burke, 706 SO.2d 43, 47 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998).

5. Numerous Judges throughout the State of Florida have lamented the minority of lawyers and
parties that abuse the discovery process and litigation; See The Fla. Bar vs. Miller, 863 SO.2d
231 (Fla. 2003).
6. In the State Of Florida, Honesty in filing and prosecuting of Foreclosure Lawsuits is paramount.
Defendants cite the case of Baker vs. Myers Tractor Services in stressing the view of Florida
Courts on the importance of Honest and Ethical Conduct; "honesty is not a luxury to be
invoked at the convenience of a litigant, but rather, complete candor must be demanded in
order to preserve the ability of this court to effectively administer justice." Baker v. Mvers
Tractor Services, Inc., 765 SO.2d 149,150 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000).
7. The court's power to impose an involuntary dismissal exists because no litigant has the right to
trifle with the courts. Morgan v. Campbell, 816 SO.2d 251,252 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2002).
8. The decision and power to dismiss a Plaintiff's Foreclosure Action in Florida lies in the
discretion and hands of the Court. The right to dismiss an action is also an obligation of the
court to deter fraudulent claims from proceeding in court. Savino v. Fla. Drive In Theatre, 697
SO.2d 1011, 1012 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).
The Defendants

By: __ ~~~

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BY:---T~H-~-T++~~~-----

Date:

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Date:

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Karen & John Krondes


110 Woodside Green, #2A
Stamford, CT 06905

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE


NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN
AND FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION
CASE NUMBER: 56-2008-CA-000066
JUDGE: BEN BRYAN
EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION

EXHIBIT A

Plaintiff
VS:
KAREN A. KRONDES, ET AL
Defendants(S).
_____________________________________

MARCH 5, 2009
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DEFENDANTS' REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION


The Defendants, Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes.jn the above-entitled action.respectfully
request that the Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, respond to the following RequestsFor.

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Production, pursuant to Rule 1.350, Fla R Civ. P.. It is hereby requested that the herein mentioned
Plaintiff produce the following items within thirty (30) days of service.

DEFINITIONS
A. The Term, "person" as used herein shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, Joint
venture, group, association, body politic, governmental agency, unit or other organization.
B. The Terms "document" and as used herein shall refer to original written correspondence,
memoranda, listings, accounts, records of account, ledger sheets, contracts, agreements,
computer records, electronic or digitally recorded data, or any other data, compilation or written
material of any kind or character.

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DOCUMENTS TO BE PRODUCED
1. The Original Note and or Mortgage Agreement, referred to in the Plaintiff's complaint in the
above captioned matter, EMC Mortgage Corporation Vs. Karen A. Krondes, Et AI
2. Any Original Written Agreement and or Contract made or executed between EMC Mortgage
Corporation and Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes
3. Any Original Written Agreement and or Contract or Note, referred to by the Plaintiff in its
complaint, where Plaintiff claims to Own and Hold the Note and Mortgage, as stated in COUNT
I paragraph 5.
4. An Original Signed Promissory Note, with original ink signatures, _ex_~cutedand delivered.by
Karen A. Krondes and John Krondes on March 5,2007, as claim.eJtbyJbeJ?ICiintiffin_-CPUNT-L
paragraph 3 of its complaint.
5. Any original written documented agreement and or contract that gave the Plaintiff the legal
right to Own and Hold the Note and Mortgage it refers to in COUNT I paragaraph 5 of the
complaint.
6. The Original, Signed, Note or Agreement and or Contract, from Karen A. Krondes and John J.
Krondes, authorizing and consenting to EMC Mortgage Corporation representing the financial
interests of Karen and John Krondes.
7. Any original, signed written Agreement and or Document that advised Karen A. Krondes and
John J. Krondes, that EMC Mortgage Corporation wished to handle the mortgage on the
Defendant's property.
8. Any original, signed written agreement and or document that was signed between Wells Fargo
Bank and EMC Mortgage Corportation, authorizing EMC Mortgage Corporation to take control
of the Defendant's Mortgage on the subject property of this complaint.

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9. Any original, signed and written document from Wells Fargo Bank advising the Defendant's
that per agreement between Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes with EMC Mortgage
Corporation, that Wells Fargo Bank would release control and servicing of the Defendant's
Mortgage.
10. Documentation, in written form, that states The Specific Date, that the Plaintiff lost possession
of the Note or Mortgage it claims it held with Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes
11. Written Documentation and Proof, that the Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, made
reasonable efforts with Wells Fargo Bank, to locate the original Note and Mortgage it claims it
holds with Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes.
12.Written Documentation and proof that the Plaintiffwasinfactin
Mortgage it claims it controlled with Karen A. Krondesand

possessionof

JohnKrondes-endjhe

theNoteand
specificv,

dates it received proof that it was legally in control and possession of said Note and Mortgage.
13. Written Documentation and proof of authorizing corporate representatives of EMC Mortgage
Corporation, showing their original signatures, names and dates, on Contracts and or
Agreements, giving EMC Mortgage Corporation the legal right to be in possession of the Note
and Mortgage it is foreclosing on in this matter.
14.Any and All Written Documents, Requests, Letters or other communications the Plaintiff EMC
Mortgage Corporation made or sent or submitted, inclusive of the dates, as proof of
reasonable steps that were taken to obtain possession of the Note and Mortgage it is
foreclosing on.
15. Any and all written communication or documents that reflects and states the names and
identification of the authorizing representatives at both Wells Fargo Bank and EMC Mortgage
Corporation who agreed upon the release and transfer or control and or ownership of the Note

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and Mortgage that the Plaintiff is foreclosing on, from Wells Fargo Bank to EMC Mortgage
Corporation.
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The Defendants
By:

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By:~~~~~~_+-----------

Date:

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Date:

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Karen & John Krondes


110 Woodside Green, #2A
Stamford, CT 06905
Tel: (203) 981-1926 Cell
(917) 518-6164 Office
c"(203) 972-3497 Home

",

Email: JJKrondes@yahoo.com

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The Defendants, Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes, hereby certify that a true and correct copy
of the foregoing Answer and Counterclaim has been furnished via Fax, EMail & U.S. First Class Mail
on March 5, 2009 to the office of the Plaintiff's counsel David J. Stern, P.A. at the address of 900
South Pine Island Road, Ste. 400, Plantation, FL 33324-3920-3920.
Additional Service made to:
Robert Rydzewski, Esq.
Attorney For Princess Condominium Association
P.O. Box 66
Stuart, FL 34995

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE


NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN
AND FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION
CASE NUMBER: 56-2008-CA-000066
JUDGE: LARRY SCHACK
EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Plaintiff

EXHIBIT B

VS:
KAREN A. KRONDES, ET AL
Defendants(S).

March 17,2010

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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS


The Defendants, Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes, in the above-entitled action, request
that the Plaintiff, EMC Mortgage Corporation, respond to the following RequestsForProduction..

pursuant to Rule 1.350, Fla R. Civ. P.. It is hereby requested thatthe herein mentioned Plaintiff
produce, within thirty (30) days of the service hereof, the following documents:
1. All Letters Of Sale or Assignment beginning with and from the original alleged Lender, to with,
and between each and all entities and or Real "Natural Persons" who have and or may make
claim to have been an alleged Lender/Creditor and or owner/holder of this original alleged and
disputed Note, Mortgage and debt.

2. Documentation illustrating precisely the complete Chain and Passing Of Title with respect to
this alleged and disputed Note and Mortgage, dating back to the first alleged agreement
involving Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes with respect to the subject property.

Note: All documents requested in this Request For Production, must include the valid legal
proof of mailing to either Karen A Krondes, John Krondes, or both, inclusive of Dates of
Mailing and a copy of cancelled postage stamp, and address mailed to.

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3. If this alleged Note and Mortgage was at any time Securitized in any manner or method, during
or prior to your alleged claim of ownership, produce documentation which discloses fully and
completely the identity of each and every shareholder, investor, and or purchaser of interest of
this subject Krondes Mortgage.

4. If this alleged Note and Mortgage was at any time Securitized, during or prior to your alleged
claim of ownership, produce a copy of the precise legislated law or statute(s) relied upon which
particularly stipulated and granted legal permission to EMC Mortgage Corporation, and or any
other prior alleged lender, holder, servicer, and or other alleged owner, to take the home and
personal assets of Karen A Krondes and John J Krondes and bundle and or otherwise create
an investible product out of such assets.

5. If this alleged Note and Mortgage was at any time Securitized, during or prior to your alleged
claim of ownership, produce a copy of the prospectus and or other offering circular which
included the home and personal assets of Karen A Krondes and John J Krondes.

6. The specific disclosure letter, with proof of mailing, that EMC Mortgage Corporation sent to
notice Karen A Krondes and or John J Krondes for purposes of explicitly apprising them and
divulging the full details and conditions of any alleged created and issued securitized
investment product, which included the subject Note and Mortgage, and respective Home and
Personal Asserts of Karen A Krondes and John J. Krondes.

(3)

7. The specific disclosure letter, with proof of mailing, that EMC Mortgage Corporation sent to
notice Karen A Krondes and or John J Krondes for purposes of explicitly apprising them and
divulging the full details and conditions of the alleged sale and or other transfer of the subject
Note and Mortgage from the previous alleged lender or owner.

8. Any and all Documentation which discloses and reveals the true and exact purchase price
EMC Mortgage Corp allegedly paid for the rights to purchase the subject alleged Note and
Mortgage of Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes.

9. Any and all contracts or other agreements made by EMC Mortgage to purchase Bl!lk Lots of
Defaulted and or underperforming Loans, which may have included thesubject Krondes t'Jote_._. __.._.
and Mortgage to any degree.
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10. Produce the Law that allowed EMC Mortgage Corp. the right to legally collect monthly
mortgage payments from the mortgagors Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes, when such
alleged assignment was plead in the Plaintiff's Complaint as being not yet recorded, and "To
Be Recorded", and furthermore not so attached to the Complaint at time of service and
commencement of this action.

11. Produce documented proof that the alleged Lost and or Stolen Note was reported as such at
the alleged time of loss (As Stated In The Complaint) to a proper authorized State or Federal
Agency consistent with procedure outlined in the SEC Rule 17f-1, and or other applicable rule
or law. Specific date and authority of which report was filed is hereby required.

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12. Produce the original Letter and Notice of alleged Default and Intent To Accelerate, with respect
to the alleged and disputed subject Note and Mortgage, with dates and proof of certified
mailing and delivery.

13. Provide a copy of the Disclosure Letter, with proof of mailing and delivery, which was sent as
evidence that all appropriate terms and conditions, governing law, costs, interest rate,
commissions, rebates, kickbacks, fees and or other required items were properly and lawfully
revealed at the inception of the alleged contractual relationship with Karen A. Krondes and
John J. Krondes, after alleged purchase by EMC Mortgage of this alleged and disputed Note
and Mortgage.

14. Produce all records, statements, account numbers, reports or other identifying documentation
that relates to any account, outside of EMC Mortgage Corporation, that was connected in any
way to the alleged Mortgage with Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes.

15. Produce any and all documents, letters, faxes, Emails, notes, memos, and or other
communications or other records, that identify the parties outside of EMC Mortgage
Corporation that had any monetary connection to the alleged subject loan.

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16. Produce a complete and true list that identifies all Securitized and or bundled investment
products created by, and or in part from the assets of Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes'
home located at The Princess Condominium, 9650 S Ocean Drive,Unit #207, Jensen Beach,
FL, which is the subject of this lawsuit.

17. Produce a complete and accurate list of any and all Trusts, Mortgage Asset-Backed
Certificates, REITS, and or other type of alternative investment, public investment, and or
sharing commodity built and established, in any way, through the stated and subject home and
assets of Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes; beginning with the first alleged note and loan
with the first alleged creditor and or owner/holder .

. 18. Specifically provide documentation which names, identifies, and fully describes any Securitized..
and or other bundled investment product, trust, Mortgage Asset-Backed Certificates, or other
securities created particularly by EMC Mortgage after alleged transfer and or purchase of this
alleged and disputed Note and Mortgage. Method of offering and investment purpose of any
and all such products must also be explicitly elucidated.

19. Produce the express agreement made between Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes with
EMC Mortgage Corporation, and or any alleged prior owner, lender, holder, or servicer,
specifically authorizing EMC Mortgage Corporation and or any other third party to use the
personal assets and home of the Krondes' for purposes of any and all securitization and or
bundling, and or creating of any type of Trust or other investable product.

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20. Produce the express agreement and authorization of any State and or Federal Banking
Agency and or other, who was aware of, condoned, and specifically allowed any Bundling,
securitization, creation of any trust and or other Mortgage Asset-Backed Certificate or Security;
such authorization granting and given to EMC Mortgage Corporation and or any and all prior
and original alleged Creditors and or Owners/Holders of the subject alleged and disputed Note
and Mortgage.

21. Produce and identify the complete list, and or other record, of names and parties that were in
possession, and or claimed to be in possession of the alleged Note and Mortgage; dates,
location, "natural person" name and corporate name if any shall be included.

22. Produce the Notice Of Right To Rescission in compliance with the Truth In Lending-Act, 15
U.S.C. -1601 that was sent to either or both Karen A Krondes and John Krondes advising
them of their rights relating to Rescission. Dates of Notice and proof of mailing is requested.

23. Produce the complete list of names and provide documentation that identifies fully the
Parties that witnessed either or both Karen A Krondes and John Krondes sign any agreement,
contract, note, promissory letter or document, that in any way relates to the subject alleged
Mortgage with EMC Mortgage Corporation.

24.Any and all written Good Faith offers by the Plaintiff made to the Defendants Karen A Krondes
and or John J Krondes showing any gesture to work out any solution, proposed payback plan
or settlement to satisfy or cure the alleged debt or default.

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25. Produce the documents illustrating a complete list and description of the disclosures that
were made to the Defendants and Consumers Karen A Krondes and John J Krondes at the
alleged closing for the subject loan.

26.Produce copies of all the required disclosure letters that were sent to Karen A Krondes and or
John J. Krondes by EMC Mortgage Corporation upon commencement of alleged ownership,
assignment, and or other servicing arrangement, with respect to the subject alleged and
disputed Note and Mortgage which is the subject of this lawsuit.

27. Produce the written disclosure that was given to the Defendants Karen A Krondes and or John
J Krondes advising such parties that the Plaintiff EMC MortgageCorp.oration:wilL=hav.ELa: "_ , ',:0::
security interest in the subject property.'
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28. Produce each and every document bearing the Defendants Karen A Krondes and John J
Krondes' name which is under the control of the Plaintiff EMC Mortgage Corporation.

29. Produce the written notice sent to Karen A Krondes and or John Krondes (The Consumers)
when EMC Mortgage Corporation began collecting the alleged loan after the alleged default.

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30. Produce the original written Notice Of Default that was sent to Karen A Krondes and or John
Krondes, inclusive of all attachments, all disclosures, and descriptions of how and to whom the
alleged debt was owed.

31. Produce the first and original written Notice sent to Karen A Krondes and or John Krondes by
Law Offices Of David J Stern when said attorney's allegedly began collecting the alleged loan
after the claimed default.

32. Produce a copy of the notice of acceleration allegedly mailed to the defendants before
filing of this lawsuit.

33. Produce the documents that describe EMC Mortgage's process in analyzing the
borrower's willingness and ability to repay the loan that is consistent with prudent lending
practices.

34.A Copy of all document(s) that are relied upon by the Plaintiff to demonstrate the Plaintiff
had legal standing to bring and maintain this lawsuit.

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35.A copy of any and all documents provided to the Defendants Karen A Krondes and John J
Krondes at the time of original alleged application through alleged closing, including all TILA
and RESPA disclosures.

36. Produce a complete list of all other lending institutions, separately from EMC Mortgage
Corporation, which were allegedly involved in any way in the subject loan and mortgage with
Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes.

37. Produce any and all documents, records, letters, Emails, Faxes, Memos, and or other written
communication which identifies the last prior seller, from whom EMC Mortgage Corporation
.alleqes it bought and or otherwise acquired the subject Krondes Note and Mortgage. . _.....
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38.Any and all loan data obtained by EMC Mortgage Corporation from the last prior owner and
seller of the alleged Krondes Mortgage.

39. Produce the first original written communication sent to Karen A Krondes and or John J.
Krondes after purchase and or other assignment of the alleged loan by EMC Mortgage
Corporation.

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40. Produce any and all written documentation and or other records which EMC Mortgage
Corporation possessed and relied upon which accurately offered proof that Defendants Karen
A Krondes and or John J Krondes were in Default when it first initiated communication with
said Defendants.

41. Produce all records and data used by EMC Mortgage Corporation to verify that Defendant's
Karen A Krondes and or John J Krondes were in alleged material default before this
Foreclosure Lawsuit was filed.

42. Produce the FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) required disclosure letters and .
notices which were sent to Karen A Krondes and or JohnJKrondes,upon,commer:lcement
alleged servicing of said Defendant's alleged and disputed Mortgage~anc:lLoan.,' . ~.-----

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43, Produce all records, and make full disclosure, of any and all charges, loan modification fees,
points, commissions, and or other fees added to the alleged principle balance of Defendants'
alleged loan after purchase and or other assignment by EMC Mortgage Corporation.

44. Produce any and all telephone records and or statements which reflect and disclose each and
every phone call to date made by EMC Mortgage Corporation in connection to collection of this
alleged and disputed debt since acquiring of said alleged loan by EMC Mortgage.

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45.Any and all records and accounting papers or other invoices of any property inspection fees
billed to the alleged subject loan balance of Defendants Karen A Krondes and or John J
Krondes by EMC Mortgage Corporation.

46. Any and all records and accounting papers or other invoices of any appraisal fees billed to the
alleged subject loan balance of Defendants Karen A Krondes and or John J Krondes by EMC
Mortgage Corporation.

47. Produce all records and accounting of the total of all fees; late fees, penalty fees, and or other
which comprised part of the total alleged loan balance when purported ownership and or other .....,-."
assignment began by EMC Mortgage with respect to th~subje;cU~r9,nd_~s.lq~_n~C:HJd=m<?r:tgaile."
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48. Produce all records and accounting of the total of all fees; late fees, penalty fees, and or other
which have been billed to the total alleged loan balance after purported ownership and or other
assignment began by EMC Mortgage with respect to the subject Krondes loan and mortgage.

49. Produce all accounting records in possession of EMC Mortgage Corporation which elucidate in
precise detail how Plaintiff arrived at the calculation of what Defendants allegedly owe.

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50. Any and all written documents, records, papers, agreements, contracts, Emails, letters,
memos, notes, and or other communication between any and all employees of EMC Mortgage
Corporation and Bear Stearns Companies, LLC (Bear Stearns) relating in any manner to the
subject Krondes property, loan, note and mortgage.

Note: All references herein this Request For Production to the Subject alleged Note, Mortgage, Loan
of Karen A Krondes and or John J Krondes (Defendants) pertain specifically to a property
located at 9650 S Ocean Drive, Jensen Beach, FL 34957.

The Defendants

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Karen & John Krondes


110 Woodside Green, #2A
Stamford, CT 06905
Tel: (203) 981-1926 Cell
(917) 518-6164 Cell
(203) 274-5277 Home
Email: JJKrondes@yahoo.com

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The Defendants, Karen A. Krondes and John J. Krondes, hereby certify that a true and correct copy
of the foregoing Request For Production has been furnished via U.S. First Class Mail on March 17,
2010, to the office of the Plaintiff's counsel David J. Stern, P.A., at the address of 900 South Pine
Island Road, Ste. 400, Plantation, FL 33324-3903.

Additional Service Was Made to:


Attorney For Princess Condominium
Attn: Robert Rydzewski, Esq.
P.O. Box 66
,.,.- - - Stuart, FL 34995

Karen A. Krondes and

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EXHIBIT C
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PASCO COUNTY. STATE OF FLORIDA

U.S. BANK NATIONAL


Plaintiff.
vs.

ASSOCJA TION. AS TRUSTEE,

ET AL

CASE NO. SI-2007-CA-6684ES

ERNEST E. HARPSTER
Defendant.
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AMENDED ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL, GRANTING
MOTION IN LIMINE AND GRANTING MOTION FOR REHEARING
THIS CAUSE came on to be heard on March 1.2010 upon the Defendant,
ERNEST E. HARPSTER'S Motions to Compel. Motion in Limine/Motion to Strike and
his Motion for Rehearing. The court heard argument of counsel for the Defendant and
makes the following findings of fact:
1) The Plaintiff was properly served with a Second Amended Notice of Hearing
dated November 19,2009.
2) The hearing time was set for March 1. 20 10 at 3 p.m. for a 20-minutehearing
but the Plaintiff failed to appear. The Plaintiffs law firm has 10ng,experience:..\Vilh~aJJiIJg:.:;
in to participate in hearings with this court. whether noticed as telephonic hearings or not.
J) The court delayed the hearing until 3: 10 p.m.: however. after sounding the halls
and after awaiting telephonic communication from the Plaintiff. the Plaintiff still failed to
appear. An assistant for Plaintiffs counsel called at about 3:44 p.m. to find out the
outcome of the hearing.

4) The three motions of the Defendant were properly before the court: a Motion to
Compel Responses to Interrogatories and Request for Production; Amended Motions in
Limine regarding the Promissory Note and a Second Motion in Limine/Motion to Strike
based on an allegation of fraud on the court; and finally a Motion for Rehearing.'
5) Regarding the Motion to Compel, the court finds that the Plaintiff has failed to
produce answers to the Interrogatories for a period of 26 months, between the time the
Interrogatories and the Request for Production were served on January 8,2008 and the
date of the hearing on the Motion to Compel took place on March 1, 20 I O. Additionally,
the court finds that the Plaintiff failed to produce responses to the Request for Production
propounded in July 2009.
6) The Defendant's Motion in Limine/Motion to Strike was based on an allegation
that the Assignment of Mortgage was created after the filing of this action, but the
document date and notarial date were purposely backdated by the Plaintiff to a date prior
the filing of this foreclosure action.

U.S. Bank National Assoc., as Trustee v. Ernest E. Harpster

51-2007-CA-6684-ES

7) The Assignment, as an instrument of fraud in this Court intentionally


perpetrated upon this court by the Plaintiff, was made to appear as though it was created
and notarized on December 5, 2007. However, that purported creation/notarization date
was facially impossible: the stamp on the notary was dated May 19,2012. Since Notary
commissions only last four years in Florida (see F.S. Section 117.01 (l ), the notary
stamp used on this instrument did not even exist until approximately five months after the
purported date on the Assignment.
8} Confirming this, the Notary Bonding Company's representative, Erika
Espinoza. stated in a sworn affidavit that the Notary Stamp used by Terry Rice, the
Notary, did not exist on the purported date is was notarized. Specifically, Espoinoza
testified in her affidavit that the notary stamp didn't come into existence until sometime
in April 2008. fi vc months after the date on the Assignment.
9) The affidavit of Erika Espinoza was un-rebutted by any pleading, testimony, or
affidavits of the Plaintiff.
10) The Motion for Rehearing alleged proper legal grounds for rehearing the
Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, based on newly discovered evidence and discovery of
fraud on the Court.
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II) The court specifically finds that the purported Assignment did not exist at the
time of filing of this action; that the purported Assignment was subsequently created and
the execution date and notarial date were fraudulently backdated, in a purposeful,
intentional effort to mislead the Defendant and this Court. The Court rejects the
Assignment and finds that is not entitled to introduction in evidence for any purpose. The
Court finds that the Plaintiff does not have standing to bring its action. (See BAC
Funding Consortium, Inc. ISONATIMA v. Genelle Jean-Jacques, Serge Jean-Jacques,
Jr. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee fo rthe C-Bass Mortgage Loan Asset
Backed Certificates, Series 2006-CB5 (2nd DCA Case No. 2D_Q8-3553) Feb. 12,2012.)
12) The Motion to Strike is moot.
1J) The court finds that the Defendant is the prevailing party in this litigation and
is therefore entitled to an award of attorney's fees and costs to be determined in a future
evidentiary hearing before this Court.
14) This Amended Order reflects the court's additional finding regarding the
telephone call from the law offices of the Plaintiff at 3 :44 p.m. and corrects the date the
Request for Production was served upon the Plaintiff by the Defendant and the length of
time those requests went unanswered.

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U.S. Bank National Assoc., as Trustee v. Ernest E. Harpster 51-2007-CA-6684-ES


IT IS THEREFORE.

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED THAT:

1) The Motion to Compel is granted. As a sanction for egregious failure to


comply with discovery Rules the Plaintiff shall be prohibited from presenting the alleged
Promissory Note to this Court.
2) The Motion in Limine is granted. The Plaintiff shall be prohibited from
introducing into evidence the alleged Promissory Note.
3) The Second Motion in Limine is granted. The Plaintiffs recording and filing
regarding the fraudulent Assignment of Mortgage is stricken, and the Plaintiff is
prohibited from entering the Assignment of Mortgage into evidence.
4) The Motion for Rehearing of Defendant's Motion to Dismiss is granted and
the Motion to Dismiss is granted. The Plaintiffs complaint is dismissed with prejudice,
based on the fraud intentionally perpetrated upon the Court by the Plaintiff. This Court
has the power to dismiss a case u~on a showing of a commission of fraud on the Court by
a party. (See Taylor v. Martell (41 DCA, 2005). Also, F.R. C.P. 1.150 allows the striking
of sham pleadings upon a proper showing. The Defendant shall go.henceforth without
day.
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5) This Court reserves ruling on the issue of the amount of reasonable attorney's
fees and costs to be awarded the Defendant. Attorney's fees shall be assessed in favor the
Defendant against the Plaintiff at a future evidentiary hearing.
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Done and Ordered this __

day of March. 20] 0 at Dade City. F1oriAa. at Dade City,

r8Sca County, Florkta

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CIRCUIT JUDGE
Cc: David Stem, P.A

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Circuit Judge

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 19TH JUDICIAL


CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION

CASENO:

EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION


PLAINTIFF

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ASSigned to

Judge Ben Bryan

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VS.
KAREN A. KRONDES; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF
KAREN A. KRONDES IF ANY; JOHN KRONDES;
UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF JOHN KRONDES IF ANY;
ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING
BY, THROUGH, UNDER, AND AGAINST THE
HEREIN NAMED INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANT(S)
WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR ALIVE,
WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY
CLAIM AN INTEREST AS SPOUSES, HEIRS,
DEVISEES, GRANTEES OR OTHER CLAIMANTS;
THE PRINCESS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION
OF HUTCHINSON ISLAND, INC.; JOHN DOE AND
JANE DOE AS UNKNOWN TENANTS IN
POSSESSION

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EXHIBIT D

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I.

THIS IS AN ACTION to foreclose a Mortgage on real property in ST. LUCIE County, Florida ..

2.

This Court has jurisdiction

3.

On MARCH 5, 2007 KAREN A. KRONDES AND JOHN KRONDES, BOTH SINGLE ADULTS

over the subject matter herein.

executed and delivered a Promissory Note and a BALLOON

Mortgage securing payment of the Note to

the Payee named thereon.


The Mortgage was recorded on MARCH 12,2007 in Official Records Book 2777 at page 2512, of the
Public Records of ST. LUCIE County, Florida, and mortgaged the property described in it, then owned by
and possessed by the Mortgagors, a copy of the Mortgage IS attached hereto as "Exhibit "A". Said
mortgage was subsequently assigned to EMC MORTGAGE CORPORA nON by virtue of an assignment to
be recorded.
5.

The Plaintiff owns and holds the Note and Mortgage.

6.

The property is now owned by the Defendantis), KAREN A. KRONDES AND JOHN KRONDES, if living
and if dead, the unknown spouses, heirs and beneficiaries of KAREN A. KRONDES AND JOHN
KRONDES who hold(s) possession.
There is a default under the terms of the note and mortgage for the APRIL 1,2007 payment and all
payments due thereafter.

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COUNT I

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COMPLAINT TO FORECLOSE MORTGAGE


AND TO ENFORCE LOST LOAN DOCUMENTS
Plaintiff, sues the Defendant(s) and alleges:

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All conditions precedent to the acceleration of this Mortgage Note and to foreclosure of the Mortgage have
been fulfilled or have occurred.

9.

The Plaintiff declares the full amount payable under the Note and Mortgage to be due.

10.

The borrowers owe Plaintiff $296,000.00 that is due in principal on the Mortgage Note and Mortgage,
together with interest from MARCH I, 2007, late charges, and all costs of collection including title search
expenses for ascertaining necessary parties to this action and reasonable attorney's fees.
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12.

Plaintiff is obligated to pay its attorney a reasonable


Defendants,

fee for his services rendered.

John Doe and Jane Doe, may claim an interest in the property described

tenants pursuant to a lease agreement,

in the Mortgage

either written or oral. Said interest is subject, subordinate,

as

and

inferior to the lien of the Mortgage held by Plaintiff.


13.

In addition to all other named defendants,


creditors, trustees, successors

the unknown spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees,

in interest or other parties claiming an interest in the subject property by,

through under or against any of said defendants,

whether natural or corporate, who are not known to be

alive or dead, dissolved or existing, are joined as defendants


subject, subordinate,
14.

The Defendant(s)
ISLAND,

INC

herein.

The claims of any of said parties are

and inferior to the interest of Plaintiff.

THE

PRINCESS

CONDOMINIUM

ASSOCIATION

OF HUTCHINSON

IS joined because IT may claim some interest in or lien upon the subject property

virtue of a CLAIM OF LIEN recorded in Official Records Book 2859


COUNTY which is inferior to Plaintiffs
15.

The Defendant, UNKNOWN

at Page 2887

interest is subject, subordinate


The Defendant,UNKNOWN

Mortgage described herein.

SPOUSE

OF KAREN

A. KRONDES

is joined because SHE may

and inferior to the interest of the Plaintiffs


SPOUSE

OF JOHN

KRONDES

and inferior to the interest of the Plaintiffs

'- WHEREFORE,"Plaintiffprays':

That an accounting

isjoined

of the Defendants

of this Court

and Mortgage Note, and for the costs, charges

found responsible

the amounts so found to be due it; that in default of such payments,


of redemption

_Sl!igjnt,ef.e~Us"."

mortgage.

fees and title search costs, and advancements

incur in and about this suit, and that the Defendants

Said

because HE may claim

may be had and taken under the direction

of what is due the Plaintiff for principal and interest on said Mortgage
and expenses, including attorney's

interest.

mortgage.

some interest in or lien upon the subject property by virtue of a possiblehomesteadinterest,


subject, subordinate

by

in ST. LUCIE

claim some interest in or lien upon the subject property by virtue of a possible homestead

16.

assignees,

which Plaintiff may be put to or

for same be ordered to pay the Plaintiff herein

all right, title, interest, claim, demand, or equity

and all other persons claiming by, through, under or against said Defendants

the filing of the Lis Pendens herein be absolutely barred and foreclosed

since

and that said mortgage property be sold

under the direction of this Court; that out of the proceeds of said sale, the amounts due the Plaintiff may be paid so
far as same will suffice; and that a deficiency judgment
Discharge of Personal Liability in Bankruptcy

be entered if applicable

and only in the event no Order of

has been entered as to any of the Defendants

who signed the subject

Note and Mortgage and a Writ of Possession be issued.

COUNT II
17.

This is an action to enforce a lost, destroyed

or stolen promissory

note and Mortgage under

Fla.Stat. 673.3 091.


18.

On MARCH 5, 2007, KAREN A. KRONDES


executed and delivered a Promissory

AND JOHN KRONDES,

BOTH SINGLE ADULTS,

Note and a Mortgage securing payment of the Note to the payee

named thereon.
19.

The Mortgage

was recorded on MARCH 12, 2007 in Official Records Book 2777 at page 2512, of the

Public Records ofST.

LUCIE County, Florida, a substantial

composite Exhibit "A" to the Plaintiffs

original Complaint

copy of the Mortgage


herein.

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The Plaintiff is not presently in possession of original Note and Mortgage. However,
a)

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the Plaintiff was in possession of the Note and Mortgage and was entitled to enforce THEM when
the loss of possession occurred;

b)

the loss of possession was not the result of a transfer by Plaintiff or lawful seizure; and

c)

the Plaintiff cannot reasonably obtain possession of the Note and Mortgage because THEIR
whereabouts cannot be determined.

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21.

The terms of the Note are shown on the attached ledger of loan marked as Exhibit

22.

The Plaintiff will agree to entry of a Final Judgment of Foreclosure wherein it will be required to indemnify
and hold harmless Defendant(s), KAREN A. KRONDES AND JOHN KRONDES, from any loss
they may incur by reason of a claim by another person to enforce the lost Note and Mortgage.

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff requests entry of judgment confirming its right to enforce the lost Note and
Mortgage under Fla. Stat,673.3091.

TO ALL DEFENDANTS: PLEASE NOTE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 13,2006, ]5 U.S.c. 1692G OF THE
FAIR DEBT COLLECTION

PRACTICES ACT HAS BEEN AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:

(a) LEGAL PLEADINGS -- Section 809 of the Fair Debt Collection .~r~li~~~bl:tJ!5JJ~S.~.).Q~~g),s,_

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amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:


formal pleading in a.cJ.Y.!L~"c;ti9n
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. ~I(d)Legal Pleadings -- A communication ~he'f10fa


be treated as an initial communication.Itir purposes

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A M. MUSELLA

Offices of David J. Stem, P.A.


A 0 / ey for Plaintiff
801 S. University Drive Suite 500
Plantation, FL 33324
(954) 233-8000
07-24678 (EMC)

F:IGROUPSIFCDOCSICOMPLAINl01107.24618.CMP

Bar #: 0030527

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AFFIDAVIT
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
rLAINTlfF
vs.
DEFENDANT
DEFENDANT:rO
CASENO __

ST. LUCIE

OF SERVICE

EXHIBIT E

COUNTY, FLORIDA

.....!:EM=C'-'M=O~Rc!.T~G~A:!'G:!:E:..!C:.!:O~R~PO.=RA~T..:;IO::.N~
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BE SERVED:
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ET::..:...;A:..:;L:;::.
KARENA. KRONDES
lYrE OF PROCESS

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[x) SUMMONS & COMPLAINT (x) US PENDENS


( )OTHER~
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ADDRESS WHERE SERVED


(fW

360 WEST 34TH STREET APARTMENT

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TiQp'l

SH

NEW YORK, NY 10001

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IN DIVIDUAL SERVICE: By delivering to the within named defendant a true copy of this process with the date and hour of service endorsed by me, and, at the same time I
delivered to the within named defendant a copy ofthe complaint.
( ) SUBSTITUTE SERVICE: By leaving 8 true copy of this process with !he date and hcur of service endorsed by me and a copy of the complaint by leaving the copies at
(his/her) usual place of abode, with some person residing therein who is fifteen years of age

O!"

older to wit: (Name)

(Relationship)
, and infonning such person of their contents, pursuant to F.S. 48.031.
( ) CORPORATE, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIA nON OR GOVERNMENT SERVICE: By delivering a true copy of the process with the dale and hour of service endorsed by
me and a copy of Ibe complaint to:
as (title)
( ) In absence ofthe president, vice-president, other head oflhe corporation, cashier, treasure. secretary, generalmanager,
as defined by f.S. 4H.OBI.

director, offjceulr,busincss.

of said entity.
agent residing, in .the state ..
.

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) For failure of the Registered Agent to be hislher designated place for service pursuant to 48.091 and by serving the above named.person lIS CIlJpl!lye.e.Lsai.l\c_O!POl'lItiollil!
the corporation's place of business.
....... ,. "",' .....
) POSTED: Pursuant 10 F.S.48.18J(I).
) NON-SERVICE: By return the same on
for the reason thai aller due and diligent search through the following methods
the within named could not be located:
Immediate neighbors, telephone book and information operator, U.S. Postal search. local credit bureaus, Drivers License and Department of Motor Vehicles.
) Military Status:
( ) Marital Status:
( ) Mobile Home

( ) Refused
[ ) Refused
( ) YcsNlN Not Visible

( ) Yes
( ) Married
( ) Yes

Branch:

( ) Married, but separated


Vin:

COMMENTS:

AND~A
MOLODY
NotaryPublicState of New York
No.OlM06037166

Qu~!~fied in:SufrolkCounty
mrmsion H"Pires-~F~ 14,20-.-9

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4520 Seedling Circle -- Tampa, FL - 33614 - (813) 877-2844 - Fax. (813) 739-3800
AFFlDA VIT OF SERVIcE
TN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

ST. LUCIE

PLA~TIIT

COUNTY,

<vs.
DEFENDANT

CASE N'O
DIVISION

TYPE OF PROCESS

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(x) SUMMONS
( )OTHER

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& COMPLAINT

(x) LIS PENDENS


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at

the within named defendant.

01 /22/08

DATEfTIME

JOHN KRONDES

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Received this process on the

~KA~RE~N~A~.~K~R~O~N~DE~.S~'.~8~~A=L.~

J;>EFENDANT TO BE SERVED;

EXHIBIT F

FLORIDA

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6: 30

ADDRESS WHERE SERVED


(OR ATTEMPTED)

PM

491 White

Oak Shade

New Canaan,

Rd.

06840

CTn

( ) iNDIVIDUAL SERVICE: By delivering 10 the within named defendant a true copy of this process with the date and hour of service endorsed by me, and, at the same time I
delivered to the within named defendant a copy ofthe complaint.
.

SUBSTITUTE

By leaving a true copy of this process with the date and hour of service endorsed by me and a copy of the complain! by leaving the copies at

SERVICE:

Florence

.(hislhor) usual place of abode, with some person residing therein who is fifteen years ofage or older to wit: (Name)
(Relationship)
( ) CORPORATE.

Mother /cotenant
PARTNERSHIP.

me and a copy ofthecomplnint


( ) In absence of the president.
as defined by F.S. 48.08J.

(i

ASSOCIATION
to: .;.~.

vice-president.

.and infonning

OR GOVERNMENT

..__

SERVICE:

such person of their contents.


By delivering

_ ._.,

other head of the corporation,

For failure of the Registered Agent to be his/he- designated


place of business.

the corporation's

Krondes
-

pursuant to F.S. 48.031.

a true copy of the process with the date and hour of service endorsed by

as (title)

cashier, treasurer. secretary.

ofsaid
general manager .director..officer.nr

place for service pursuant to 48.09 I and by-serving-the


- ---_.-

above-namcdperscn
.

entity ..

business-agent.residing
as employee

in-thcst.1te ..

of-said corporarionet

( ) POSTED: Pursuant to F.S.48. I 83( I).


( ) NONSERVICE: By return the same on
the within named could not be located:
Immediate neighbors, tetepbonc book and information

-'+_o!.,_'

--: __
operator.

~) Military Status:
~) Mantel Status:

( ) Refused

K)No

( ) Refused

X) Not

( ) Mobile Home

( ) Ye,;/VIN Not Visible

( )No

for the reason that after due and diligent search through the following
afMolor Vehicles.

U.S. Posta' search. local credit bureaus, Drivers License and Depil11ment

married

( ) Yes

Branch:

( ) Monied

( ) Married,

( ) Yes

_
but separated

Vin:

COMMENTS:

d I am over the age of 18 years and the above affidavit is true and correct
':E"uw~IIl&.40l:Wlll!nLand...lIuUhdatl.U.lA1<djJLl.l...au..~..s..ll.525

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PERSONALLY
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Alan

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EXHIBIT G
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT or '1'1-1 19TH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ST. LUCIE
COUNTY,

FLORIDA

GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVIS 10M


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CASE NO: 56-2008-CA-000066
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EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION


PLAINTIFF
VS.

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KAREN A. KRONDES, ET AL
DEFENDANT(S)

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AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF
PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
EXHIBIT" A"

STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF BROW ARD


.-----..-.-- --:-,--"---ffEFORE ME; aIibfflc'eTaUtlfOi'tzed to take oaths this day personally' appeared CHERYL
SAMONS who, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
1.

That your affiant is attorney-in-fact on behalf ofEMC MORTGAGE

CORPORA TION, mortgage loan servicing agent on behalf of the Plaintiff in the above styled
action. EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION has custody of and supervises the mortgage
accounts and records of the Plaintiff including the accounts and records of the note and mortgage
herein involved.
2.

I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein and am authorized to make

this Affidavit on behalf of the Plaintiff.


3,

/J>

I have direct access to or have been provided with the business records ofthe

Plaintiff concerning the Note and Security Agreement, the Mortgage and other loan documents
which are the subject matter of this lawsuit, such records were made at or near the time by, or
from information transmitted by, a person with knowledge, such records were kept in the course

of the regularly conducted business activity of the plaintiff, and it was the regular practice of the
plaintiff to make such records.
4.

That each and every allegation in the Complaint is true.

5.

Plaintiff is the designated holder of said Note and Mortgage; none of the defaults

alleged in the Complaint filed herein has been cured; and there remains due to Plainti ff on
account of said Note and Mortgage, the following sums:
PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF NOTE:
INTEREST THEREON AT $64.47 PER DIEM
FROM MARCH 1,2007 TO NOVEMBER 30,2008:

$296,000.00

$41,181.00

LATE CHARGES:

$716.45

INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED ON PROPERTY:

$174.50'

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$103.00

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AD VALOREM TAXES:

$11,054.96

TOTAL DUE TO PLAINTIFF AS OF THE DATE


HEREOF (EXCLUSIVE OF COSTS INCURRED BY
PLAINTIFF'S

ATTORNEY):

$349,229.91

Sa.

All late charges were accrued prior to acceleration of the loan.

6.

The street address of the subject property is 9650 S. OCEAN DRIVE, UNIT 207,

JENSEN BEACH, FL 34957.


7.

Interest on the note at the aforesaid rate shall continue to accrue at the daily rate of

$64.47 for each day after the date of this affidavit; and subsequent to the defaults alleged in the
Complaint filed herein, Plaintiff engaged its attorney of record and in so doing agreed and
obligated itself to pay said attorneys a reasonable fee for their services.
8.

This affidavit is intended to show that there is available competent testimony

which can be introduced at trial, if necessary.

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The undersigned Age~tfurthe'~~"~'tatesthat the b~'l()W-described Power of Attorney

has not been heretofore revoked by thePrincipal . and is still in full force and effect.
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EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION


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By:'./Cl;:IERYL SAMONS
..".r
of The Law Offices of David J. Stern,\p~.,
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Its Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to Power of Attorney,
recorct'ed (q the Public Records of Br()J~rd County.:
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STATE OF FLORIDA'\
COUNTY OF BROWARD

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PERSONALL Y APPEARED BEFORE ME, the undesigned authority in and for the
aforesaid County and State, on this, the __
day of February, 2009 within.my jurisdiction, the
within named CHERYL SAMONS, OF THE LAW OFFICES OFDAVIDISTERN,<B:A.,who
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~..,.. _...._A<::19!.oy,,1(;.Qg~<i19
..m~_th~ts.he.i$A IIQ.!\NEY IN FACT for and onpehalLofEMCMORTGAGE:
,CORPORATION, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing
instrument, and she acknowledged to me that she executed the same for the purpose and
consideration therein expressed as the act and deed of said corporation and in the capacity therein
stated. She is personally known to me and did take an oath.
WITNESS my hand and official seal in the County and State last aforesaid this __
of February, 2009.

day

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EXHIBIT H
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT 01


CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ST. L
GENERAL JURISDICTION
DIVISION
CASE NO: 56-2008-CA-000066

EMC MORTGAGE

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CORPORATION

PLAINTIFF
VS.
KAREN

A. KRONDES,

ET AL

DEFENDANT(S)
AFFIDA VIT OF PLAINTIFF'S

COUNSEL

EXHIBIT
KARINA

becomes

M. MUSELLA,

being first duly sworn, deposes and says:

I am counsel for the Plaintiff in the above-styled

2.

No contemporaneous

uncontested
a reasonable
Defendant

case. However,

fee to be determined

cause.

time records are kept by the attorneys

The Plaintiff is contractually

foreclosure

FEES

"e"

1.
contested.

AS TO ATTORNEYS

obligated

under applicable

for Plainti ff un less a foreclosure

to pay its attorneys

a flat fee of $1,200.00

law, the PLaintiffs counsel believes

by the Court in excess of the agreed flat fee-provided

borrower are not required to pay more than the contractual

case

to handle th is

it is entitled to recover

the Plaintiff and/or the'

amount set forth above:

: _,c.:,,.

As required under Cohen & Cohen. P.A. v. Ane:rand, 71 a So, 2d 166, 168 (Fla. 3rd DCA .1998),

3.

the fa Ilowing is a reconstruction

of approximate

time spent on this case by the attorney who handled this file.

Services Rendered
Review ofloan

documents,

and case file in preparation

Review and Revise Draft of Complaint,


Review Final Draft.

for filing Foreclosure

Complaint

1.0

1.0

Notice of Lis Pendens and Summonses,

Review of all Service Returns/Affidavits


from Process Server, veri fy addresses, verify III iIitary
and marital status of defendants, verify occupancy of property. Note default dates and document
file re: same

1.0

Motions for and Orders of, Default, Non-Military


Party

0.5

Review and Revise Affidavit


of same, and review,

Service Affidavits

in Support of Motion for Final Summary

and Notice of Dropping

Judgment,

Review and Revise Motion for Final Summary Judgment, supporting Affidavits,
Summary Final Judgment, and Notice of Hearing. Review Final Draft.
Preparation

for and attendance

Correspondence
TOTAL HOURS

and telephone

at hearing on Motion for Summary Judgment


conferences

monitor receipt

proposed

(estimate)

with parties, Court, Process Servers

1.0

0,5
1.5
8,00

4. A reasonable hourly rate for services rendered herein is $150.00 per ~/


5. Based on the foregoing, J believe a reasonable attorney's fee w~dbe
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SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me this


MUSELLA who is personally known to me.

Notary Pu
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LURYBELL ESQUIVEL

* Notary
:ubHc, State of Flo~da
Commission No. DD 52'17".4
My Commission E::;;:, ~~ :;.':!:Ol C

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$1,200.00.
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EXHIBIT I
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
mDIClAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR
COUNTY, FLORIDA
GENERAL JURISDICTION
~

CASE NO:

c M~

V)

DIVISION

(O-2ODf-CA -t::tI[WO.

MO(-tepqe. COr {JYU110N,


PLAINTIFF

VS.

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A.

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DEFENDANTS

AFFIDAVIT OF PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY'S TIME


,

STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF BROW ARD
JORGE L. SUAREZ,

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being first duly sworn, deposes and says:

1.

Your Affiant is a duly qualified and licensed attorney admitted to practice in the Courts of Florida.

2_

Your Affiant has been a practicing member of the Florida Bar since 1990.

3.
Your Affiant has experience in the defense and prosecution of suits similar to that in the above captioned
case and is familiar with the factors to be considered in determining the reasonableness of a fee outlined in R_
Regulating Fla. Bar 4-1.5(b) and under Florida Patient's Compensation Fund v_Rowe, 472 So. 2d 1145 (Fla. 1985).

4.

Your Affiant has examined the attorney's file in this proceeding, including the Affidavit of Plaintiffs
Counsel as to Attorney's Fees.
5.

Your Affiant has no interest in the outcome of this litigation.

6.

Your Affiant is not associated with or employed by Plaintiff or by Defendants or by attorneys of either-

7.
Your affiant is familiar with the amounts customarily charged by attorneys and allowed by the Court for
attorney's fees in such cases in the area and that $150.00 per hour is a reasonable rate.
8.
Your Affiant knows the reasonable value of the services rendered and hours by Plaintiff's attorney and is of
the opinion that the sum of $ 12.c0
would be reasonable attorney's fees for @'2
hours for the
services rendered in this cause.

.ro

SWORN TO AND SUBSCRlBED before me this __


JORGE L. SUAREZ who is personally known to me.

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LURYBELL ESQUIVEL

Dr-Jotary Public, State of Florida


Commission No. DO 524794
My Commission Expires 3/2/2010

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TH. K"," COM'AN'.'

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EXHIBIT J

March 25, 2009

To \\Thorn It May Concern:


Ms. Karen Krondes resided in our building at 360 West 34th Street apartment SH from
December 1, 2004 until November 30,2006,

Yours truly,
"

Sheree R Illfelder
Bookkeeper

I,

300 East 3'F" Street


New York,

NY 10016

212.481.5700

f 212-"181.6485
www.KIBEl.com

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DOC: OR 2777/2512

EDWIN M. FRY, Jr., CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT - SAINT LUCIE COUNTY
FILE # 3024001 OR BOOK 2777 PAGE 2512, Recordad 03/12/2007 at 03:27 PM
Doc Tax: $1036.00 Int Tax: $592.00

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JANICE YOUNG
WELLS FARGO BANK. N.A.
3480 STAnYlEW BLVD.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL


CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO:

50 2008 CA 028558 XXXX MB

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS


TROSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL 1 INC.
TROST 2006-HE4,

Plaintiff,
vs.
BELOURDES PIERRE; MAGUE PIERRE; ANY AND ALL
UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER
AND- AGAINST THE HEREIN NAMED INDIVIDUAL
DEFENDANT(S) WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR
ALIVE, WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY CLAIM
AN INTEREST AS SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES,
GRANTEES OR OTHER CLAIMANTS; HYPOLUXO WEST
PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. F/K/A
CONCEPT HOMES OF LANTANA, PHASE 9, PROPERTY
OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC; JOHN DOE AND JANE
DOE AS UNKNOWN TENANTS IN POSSESSION,
Defendants.

----------------------------------------/
900 South Pine Island Road
Plantation, Florida
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
2:15 p.m.
DEPOSITION OF CHERYL SAMONS
Taken before Ruthanne Machson, Notary Public, in
and for the State of Florida at large in the above cause.

Ph. 561.682.0905 - Fax. 561.682.1771


1655 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 500 - West Palm Beach, FL 33401

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ON BEHALF OF THE PLAINTIFF:

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Law Offices of David J.

Stern, P.A.

900 S. Pine Island Road, Suite 400


7

Plantation, Florida 33324


BY:

DONNA EVERTZ, ESQUIRE

8
9

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ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANTS:

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Ice Legal, P.A.


1975 Sansburys Way, Suite 115

13

West Palm Beach, Florida 33411


BY:

THOMAS E. ICE, ESQUIRE

14
15
16

ON BEHALF OF THE WITNESS:

17
18

DAVID C. BAKALAR, ESQUIRE


450 N. Park Road, Suite 410

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Hollywood, Florida 33021

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DIRECT EXAMINATION

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MR. ICE:
Q.

7
8

SAMONS

first duly sworn or affirmed,

5
6

Could you state your full name for the

record, please.

A.

Cheryl Samons.

10

Q.

Do you have a middle

12

Q.

What is your business

13

A.

900 South Pine Island Road.

14

Q.

That's in Plantation?

15

A.

Yes.

17

A.

The Law Offices

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That is where you are employed?

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A.

Yes,

20

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How long have you been employed

21

A.

Fourteen

22

Q.

I take it you have been deposed

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I, RUTHANNE MACHSON, Court Reporter and Notary


Public in and for the State of Florida at large, do
hereby certify that I was authorized to and did
stenographically report the deposition of CHERYL SAMONS;
that a review of the transcript was not requested; and
that the foregoing pages, numbered from 1 to 118,
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Florida
STATE Of FL
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COUNTY OF BROW ARD

PERSONALL Y APPEARED BEFORE ME, the undesigned authority in and for the
aforesaid County and State, on this, the __
day of February, 2009 within my jurisdiction, the
within named CHERYL SAMONS, OF THE LAW OFFICES OF DAVID 1. STERN, P.A.,who
acknowledged to me that she is ATTORNEY IN FACT for and on behalf ofEMC MORTGAGE
CORPORA TJON, known to me to be the person whose name is subscr
instrument, and she acknowledged to me that she executed the same fa
consideratio~ therein expressed as the act an~ deed of said corporation
stated. She IS personally known to me and did take an oath.

EXH IB IT M

WITNESS my hand and official seal in the County and State lasl:-aroTC"SlITcrmrs
__
of February, 2009.

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IN THE CIRCUlT COURT OF THE 19TH JUDICIAL


CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA
GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION
CASE NO: 56-2008-CA-000066

________________
EMC MORTGAGE CORPORA TION
PLAINTIFF
VS.
KAREN A. KRONDES, ET AL
DEFENDANT(S)

AFFIDAVIT OF COSTS
FLA BAR NO: 30527
EXHIBIT "8"
STATE OF FLORIDA)
COUNTY OF BROWARD

KARINA M. MUSEL

A, of the Law Offices of David 1. Stem, being first c

This firm has expend d the following sums on costs:

EXH I8 IT N
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Filing Fee:

$255.00

Service of Process:

$1,035.00

Abstracting:

$325.00
$16.50

Recording Fee
Title Update Charges:

KARINA M. MUSELLA
Attorney for Plaintiff
SWOR TO AND SUBSCRIBE
MUSELLA wh is personally known to me.

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Commission No. ~O " 312.12010
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ore me this __

day of February 9, 2009, by KARINA M.

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impairment

of its security. Ritch v. Eichelberger,

Goldsberry,
g.

7.

8.

13 Fla. 169 (1869-71); American Securities Co. v.

69 Fla. 104, 67 So. 862 (1915); and Raskin v. Otten, 273 So. 2d 433 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973) ..

The provisions of the Note and Mortgage being sued upon in this action confer upon Plainti ff the right to
accelerate all sums due thereunder upon defaul! of those Defendants who hold title to the subject property
and/or are otherwise obligated to pay the required monthly installments. Campbell v. Werner, 232 So. 2d
252, (Fla. 3d DCA 1970).
The pleadings and admissions together with the Affidavits attached hereto and those which may be filed
hereinafter, along with any and all depositions which may be hereinafter taken, if any, show that there are
no genuine issues as to any material facts. Accordingly, Plaintiff is entitled to Summary Final Judgment of
Foreclosure as a matter of law upon its claim.
The pleadings and exhibits filed herein as well as Plaintiffs Affidavit in support hereof, establish that
Plaintiffs Mortgage was recorded prior to the recording of the instruments creating the lien in favor of those
Defendant(s)

who claim an interest in the real property encumbered

by the Mortgage.

Therefore, any such

interest which may be vested in the aforesaid defendants is subordinate and inferior to the lien of the
Plaintiff's Mortgage. United States v. First Fed. Say. & L. Ass'l}, 155 So. 2d 192 (Fla. 2d DCA 1963).
WHEREFORE,

Plaintiff moves the Court to enter Summary Final JudgfT'on'


CERTIFICATE

OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of Vf:egoing


Mo
with supporting affidavits attached as exhibits, ~as mailed this
day of dl.1,L.

fr.,

,h"

Ilhinlifr

EXHIBIT N-2

KAREN A. KRONDES
360 WEST 34TH STREET, APT 5H
NEW YORK, NY 1000] ----JOHN KRONDES
491 WHITE OAK S ADE ROAD
NEW CANAAN,C
06840

ROBERT RYDZE SKI,ESQ


ATTORNEY FOR HE PRINCESS CONDOMINIUM
P.O BOX 66
STUART, FL 349 5

ASSOCIATION-l-lrl"'""'l'llol..lTCHINSON ISLAND, INC.

CURRENT TEN NTS


9650 S. OCEAN
RIVE, UNIT 207
JENSEN BEAC ,FL 34957

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EXHIBIT 0
7N THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL
IN AND FOR PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA
CIVIL DIVISION
GMAC

MORTGAGE,

CIRCUIT

LLC,

Plaintiff,
v.

DEBBIE

Case

VISICARO,

et al.

Defendant

No.

07013084CI

(s) .

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PROCEEDINGS

OF:

BEFORE:

Honorable

D}l..TE;

April

TIHE:

4:05 p.m.

PLACE :.

Pinellas county Courthouse


Room 317

REPORTED

BY:

Anthony

Rondolino

7, 2010

545

First

st.

Petersburg,

Avenue

North

Florida

Ann Roberts
Public
of Florida at Large

Kimberly

Notary
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A.PPEARA.NCES:
STEVEN
CHF.PMAN F.RASEF.,ESQUIRE
Law Offices of David J. Stern, FA
900 South Pine Island Road
Suite 400
Plantation, Florida
33324-3920
Appeared via telephone for Plaintiff
MICHAEL

ALEX

WASYLIK,

ESQUIRE

Ricardo, wasylik & Kaniuk, PL


Post Office Box 2245
Dade City, Florida
33526
Appeared for Defendant

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viewed

basically

were

summary

behalf

phone

on the assertions

that
for

that, counsel

of his clients.

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appeared

on

it was by

correct,

Your

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which

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motion

at the time of the motion

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targeted

elaborates

raised

it, extremely

really

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gave short

reasons,

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prior

to receiving

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which

the Court believes

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drafted,

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researched

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motion.

the motion

and independent
the issues

21

occurred

22

have

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filings

24

that precipitated

further

in our mortgage

have
in the

which have
the court

the validity
foreclosure

my reevaluation

considerations.

it

well

of the motion

events

about

into

for rehearing,

to be very

in cases which cause

great concern

of

that are raised

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evidentiary

to it, did

for a number

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shrift

that

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since that time,

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foreclosure

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homeowner.

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and

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whereby

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filed

on

that

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and

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allegations
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separate

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reestablish,

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individual

in alleged

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ultimately

the original

found

plaintiffs,

corporations,

the

by the same

as a director
one of which

to me to be an assignee

was

of

note.

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increased

this subject

11

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13

documents

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foreclosures

matter,

because

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in

I really honestly

receiving

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the

mass

are valid.

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summary

judgments

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about whether

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can grant

judgment

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inadmissible

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although

purported

capacity

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and had lost

the note while it was in their possession.

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a summary

appears

with

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some

the Court

based

upon

evidence.

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evidence

not objected

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Court in trial, and so it

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considered

by a Court

to me that

the

to can be received
certainly

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was

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summary

judgment

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judgment
Mitchell

motion."
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motion
when

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judgment.

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schedule

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judgments

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shouldn't

mind.
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proposition

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objected

this

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me a case which

I've

send

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got

some

got 50 summary

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and

saying,

but maybe

summary

judgment.

if you

could

for the

simply

to, I can consider

on in the

at them

me out

stands

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going

to this,

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that

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at these

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totally

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and

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judgment."

all of the cases

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be relied

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least be something,

found any cases which

objected

that would

haven't

support

at

even

the proposition

even if it's not

to.

MR.

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FRASER:

instant

affidavit

in Westlaw.

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because

can rely on hearsay

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case is distinguishable

in the
than the

in the first case in which


I

think

you

cited

that -- ours is a signed

affidavit.
THE COURT:

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not constitute

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knowledge

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be determined.

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qualification

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a basis

which

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affidavit

affidavit

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knowledge,

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statements

therein.

says that based

THE COURT:

can

record

to make

certain

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to see in one of these

like to see?

22

cases

13

takes a deposition

24

see whether

25

for all of these affidavits.

a defense

therein

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where

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upon their personal

authorized

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does

is what it is.

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17

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upon

of the facts contained

MR. FRASER:

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but the affidavit

lawyer

cross-examines,

of these people,

they ought be charged

and we

can

with perjury

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just

to tell

love

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.;

they've

autborized

filed

supposed

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got

from

truth,
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in their

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by reason

personal

knowledge

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COURT:

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I had

office

a
that

me
who

is

of attorney

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record.

because

telling

of a power

to be the support

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you the

as a public

to see that.

that

was

they

have

for

affidavits.

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that

waS in this

case.

apologize

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conclusion

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MR. WASYLIK:

remember

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directing

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brief,

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assist

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actually

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says.

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coming

to that

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which

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affidavi:t.

at the time.

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briefly.

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the

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of hearsay.

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cited

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may

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addresses

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quoted

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is based

on hearsay

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of the

constitutional

their

trial on any facts that could

decide

their

case,

-- that

pretty

argument

this case.

think that that would

thoroughly
being

rebuts

you

started

to have

the discretion

lobbied by the plaintiff

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THE COURT:

8
9

right of the parties

your argument

have

in

in my hand

Zoda and CSX.

Both

1U

of those cases deal with an insufficiency

1l

an affidavit

12

business

13

and they both are 2nd District

14

seem

15

that we have today.

based

records

upon examination

or the contents

to be very closely

with

by Jones

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of

cases which

17

Florida

18

2nd District

19

affidavit

ro

allegations

that all the assertions

21

allegations

in the complaint

22

kind

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of

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on point

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16

when

the case

versus

is a 2001

which

case that finds that the

was insufficient

of an affidavit
I also reviewed

24

certified

Industrial

15

that affidavit

in that it had
and

are true,

that

is insufficient.
Hurricane

Boats

Fabricators

to be insufficient

versus

and found
when

it

21
related
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being

to the allegations

in the complaint

true.
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significant

difference

witness

has for establishment

records

and the ability

testify

about those

of a record is different

is a
a

in the foundation
of business

of that witness

facts.

to

Authentication

than admissibility.

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versus

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901.

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the Courts with regard

13

of official

14

McCormick

State of Florida,
Similar

concerns

records

which

is 685 So.2d

have been expressed

16

hearsay,

17

1st,

to the authen~icatiDn'

in Monroe

County

18

all recited

19

hearsay

20

judgment

21

affidavits

22

a movant

23

also affidavits

co the inadmissibility

this Court

has determined

in cases

and

that

the

cannot be considered
and applies

at a summary

this rule,not

of the plaintiff

in support

have

the fact that inadmissible

only

in support

of a summary

of the DioceSe

to the

of -- or

judgment,

in opposition.

The 5th DCA in Mullan


Bishop

,_

verstis

2nd, 3rd and 4th and 5th Districts

24

by

at 692 SO.2d 214 and other cases.

In regard

15

25

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versus

the

at 540 So.2d

174

but

22
reversed

a summary
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judgment

1st District

hearsay.

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judgment.

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at 528 So.2d

observations

about

the

989 So.2d

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upon

in Rose

reversed

1244.

versus

a summary

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3rd District

based

in Pawlik,

965 had

some

the inadmissible

in Capello,

to perhaps

address

625 So.2d
the

that

I brought

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have

found

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where

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of a 1 9 8 0 For d pic kup,

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was a summary

proceeding.

was

one case

-- there
court

reversed

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inadmissible

hearsay

20

competent

21

forfeiture

12

in the

23

forfeiture

24

judgment

that the

25

reliance

on unopposed

in the

opinion

for

circumstances

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affidavit

case,
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judgment

reversed

court

but

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was not

though

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trial

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court.

2nd District

the summary

tha t

because

case,

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to support

to stand

lower

is the

judgment

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an--unopposed"a_ffc~d9-'::\T-.it,

in a forfeiture

of Appeal.

appears

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was

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up about

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upon

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a summary

entered

insufficient

in

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affidavits,
2

Civil

pursuant

1.510 (e)

Procedure
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to

upon

a.mprovidently
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8
9

entered

MR. WASYLIK:

11

MR. WASYLIK:

12

THE COURT;

MR. FRASER;

15

THE COURT:

10

MR.

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20
21
22
23
24

25

to grant

summary judgment

Your

Honor,

in tnis

Yes.

Ma]ce

Yes,

T~ank

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the order

it

Your

would you

FRASER:

Thank
All

like
then?

simple.

Honor.

you very

you.

right.

Bye.

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conclude. )

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the previously

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to have

me to take a crack at drafting


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of

right.

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