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judge's determination (called a " A declaratory judgment is a judgment of a court which declares what rights each party in a dispute should have, but does not order any action or result in any legal damages. A declaratory judgement is typically requested when a party is threatened with lawsuit and the threatened lawsuit is...
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Declaratoryrelief will lie where (1) there is a justiciable controversy; (2) it exists between parties with adverse interests; (3) those seeking relief have a legal interest in the controversy; and (4) the issues involved are ripe for decision.
Now, a debtor can file a declaratory judgment action to determine, factually, what he or she owes on the account, when another person who also is alleged to owe monies on the account is not made a party to the suit.
Because the complaint filed by Wilmans seeks affirmative relief and a ruling that her daughter, Lisa Moreno, was not authorized to use her credit card, I agree with the trial court that Moreno is a necessary and indispensable party under Rule 19 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure.
In affirming a denial of declaratoryrelief, the Zetterberg court held declaratoryrelief was "inappropriate" because the action sought general declarations of the legislative allocation of powers among two agencies of the executive branch.
Declaratoryrelief directed to policies of administrative agencies is not an unwarranted control of discretionary, specific agency decisions.
Declaratoryrelief is a cumulative remedy (Code Civ.Proc., § 1062), and a proper complaint for declaratoryrelief cannot be dismissed by the trial court because the plaintiff could have filed another form of action.