Allegation 13:

Summary:

Judge Longsworth refused to order defendant to comply with interrogatories.

I have a right to a response to interrogatories, according to Michigan Court Rule Rule 2.309 Interrogatories to Parties, and MCR 2.302 (B).

After the defendant failed to comply, I filed a Motion to Compel, pursuant to MCR 2.313(A). In response to my motion, Judge Longsworth issued an order against me. At no time did she ever order the defendant to comply with this discovery request.

I made so many requests, and there was such a jumble of proceedings, that I can no longer keep track of what happened. But, I know what didn’t happen. I didn’t get anywhere near adequate responses to my requests.

Ultimately, I have still yet to receive sufficient response to interrogatories such that I am able to assess the financial situation of the defendant in support of a fair divorce settlement.

Details:

On 3/28/2024 I sent a list of interrogatories to the defendant.

After receiving no response, on 5/9/2024 I filed a Motion to Compel, with hearing held on 5/23/2024.

At said hearing, instead of taking actions to compel compliance, Judge Longsworth entertained the defendant’s story that he did not have any access to any records for his credit cards, banks, and other critical financial institutions, and the only means to obtain any relevant records was through paper copies held in the marital home. Even if that were the case, which it obviously is not, the defendant failed to file any objections to the interrogatories. Rather than follow any logical or common sense path with regard to procedure, Judge Longsworth acted though she believed the defendant’s improbable lie regarding companies such as Mastercard, Visa, and Fifth Third bank having no digital records, and she ordered me to pack up all paperwork that did not specifically belong to me, contained within the marital home, and to send that paperwork to the defendant.

In other words, in response to MY motion to compel, Judge Longsworth issued an order against ME[1].

I informed the court that there was no relevant paperwork in the home, but for the sake of being flexible and acting in good faith, I complied and sent all requested paperwork through my lawyer.

Page by page, I went through every single document in the marital home, attached garage, detached garage, and shed. I eventually got it done, thinking it would eliminate the excuses and Judge Longsworth would then order the defendant to provide the requested documents.

It was then sent to the defendant’s lawyer, argued over further, before being reviewed and deemed useless- as I had said it would be. This wasted a lot of time and money, caused a substantial delay in our progress on the divorce, and did not result in me obtaining any information.

It also rendered a later, expensive and nonsensical attempt at mediation completely useless as I was lacking critical information on which to even think about basing a proposal for a property settlement.

I sent additional rounds of interrogatories with similar lack of response, and another motion to compel around June 2024.

I believe there was a third major round as well, in March 2025, with a weak, late and inadequate response.

To date, I have received only extremely limited responses to interrogatories sent to the defendant. At my cost, I subpoenaed as many records as I could, but was unable to obtain everything necessary or find all hidden monies. Several companies the defendant was involved with, outright lied in their responses, claiming to have no relationship with him despite me finding business contracts and recent checks they had written to him. Other companies simply ignored the subpoenas.

Therefore, I was railroaded into a complicated, expensive divorce trial, thinking that, in the very least, I could discover things during the defendant’s deposition. That was a laughable thought, as Judge Longsworth refused to uphold my right to take a deposition (Allegation 12). So, I entered the trial blind. Ultimately, none of this mattered because Judge Longsworth fumbled the entire trial, and my divorce was put on hold before I could complete cross examination of the defendant.

Due to her massively inept handling of every single thing she has put her hands on, my divorce case was given over to a different judge and put on hold since July 2025, pending resolution of the Neglect/Abuse Case and other criminal charges against the defendant. Charges which may have been avoided if Judge Longsworth had handled anything about this case in a responsible and appropriate manner.

I complied with all interrogatories, answered relevant questions and produced relevant documents requested by the defendant.The defendant did not request a deposition from me.

[1] Exhibit 40- 5/23/2024 Motion to Compel Order