No action or proceeding is open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for under this chapter. BANKRUPTCY COURT Stretto.A plaintiff lacks standing if he or she is not a party to a written agreement to bring a declaratory judgment claim related to the written agreements. 1 Baldwin's Oh. Prac. Merrick-Rippner Prob. Here, the Complaint fails to state a declaratory judgment claim and it must be dismissed. 1. Development Corporation filed a complaint for declaratory judgment and money damages in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The state insists that its complaint contained an underlying claim for a declaratory judgment requesting a determination "that the Relator is. (a) In a case of actual controversy within its jurisdiction, except with respect to Federal taxes . . . The state insists that its complaint contained an underlying claim for a declaratory judgment requesting a determination "that the Relator is.