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03a Notice Withdrawal Motion For Change Of Venue 2026-05-13

Rockenhaus v. Rockenhaus (Divorce) · Wayne County Circuit Court (Third Judicial Circuit), Hon. Nicole N. Goodson · Filed 2026-05-13

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STATE OF MICHIGAN

IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FOR THE COUNTY OF WAYNE
FAMILY DIVISION, DOMESTIC RELATIONS

ADRIENNE MARJORIE ROCKENHAUS, Case No. 26-104594-DO
Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant,
Hon. Nicole N. Goodson
v.

CONRAD ALAN ROCKENHAUS,
Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff.

DEFENDANT/COUNTER-PLAINTIFF'S NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF MOTION FOR
CHANGE OF VENUE

NOW COMES Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff Conrad Alan Rockenhaus, appearing pro se, and respectfully
gives notice of withdrawal, without prejudice, of his Motion for Change of Venue filed April 15, 2026. In
support of this Notice, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff states as follows:

I. PROCEDURAL POSTURE
1. On April 15, 2026, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff filed his Answer to Verified Complaint for Divorce,
Affirmative Defenses, and Counterclaim, contemporaneously with a separate Motion for Change of
Venue or, in the Alternative, Motion to Dismiss in Favor of Prior-Filed Washtenaw County Proceeding
(the "Motion for Change of Venue"). The Motion was originally noticed before the Honorable Yvonna C.
Abraham, then presiding.
2. By Order dated April 30, 2026, this matter was reassigned from Hon. Abraham to the Honorable Nicole
N. Goodson following Hon. Abraham's disqualification under MCR 2.003. All motion-hearing slots
calendared before Hon. Abraham, including any slot on which the Motion for Change of Venue may have
been administratively associated, were canceled in connection with the reassignment.
3. On May 6, 2026, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff filed a renewed ePraecipe seeking hearing-calendar
assignment for the Motion for Change of Venue on Hon. Goodson's motion docket. The renewed
ePraecipe remains under administrative review by chambers as of the date of this Notice. No hearing
date has been set.

II. GROUNDS FOR WITHDRAWAL
4. The procedural landscape of this matter has materially developed since the April 15, 2026 filing of the
Motion for Change of Venue:
a. On May 12, 2026, the Clerk of this Court entered default of Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant on the
Counterclaim pursuant to MCR 2.603(A), on the predicate that Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant failed to plead
within the 21-day period prescribed by MCR 2.108(A)(4);
b. On May 12, 2026, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff filed a Motion for Default Judgment on Counterclaim
pursuant to MCR 2.603(B)(3), supported by a notarized Affidavit, exhibits, Itemized Cost Bill, and Proposed
Order. The MCR 2.603(B)(1)(b) seven-day notice period is running, with the earliest legally permissible
hearing date of May 19, 2026; and
c. On May 13, 2026, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff filed an Emergency Motion for Preservation Order and
Order Prohibiting Spoliation of Evidence, together with a supporting Chain of Custody Supplement
documenting the cryptographic integrity of evidence material to the deemed-admitted Counterclaim.
5. Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff has elected to litigate this matter to substantive conclusion in this Court. The
default entered May 12, 2026 establishes liability on the well-pleaded factual averments of the
Counterclaim and is now the operative procedural posture of this case. The pending Motion for Default
Judgment will move this matter to final disposition on the timeline contemplated by MCR 2.603(B)(3).
6. In light of the procedural posture summarized above, continued maintenance of the Motion for Change of
Venue on this Court's pending-motion calendar serves no further procedural purpose. Maintenance of
the Motion would expend judicial resources on a venue inquiry that the procedural development of this
matter has rendered unnecessary to the disposition Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff now seeks.

III. RESE

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03a Notice Withdrawal Motion For Change Of Venue 2026-05-13: filing by Conrad Alan Rockenhaus in Rockenhaus v. Rockenhaus (Divorce), Michigan Case No. 26-104594-DO, Wayne County Circuit Court. PDF and searchable text at rockenhaus.net (canonical court record). Disputed third-party domains: /disputed-domains/.