Difference between revisions of "Resolving Family Law Problems in Court"

*'''The applicant files a responding affidavit.''' The applicant has a certain amount of time after being served with the application respondent's materials to file a further responding affidavit in court. The responding affidavit describes any additional facts that are important to the application. The responding affidavit must be delivered to the application respondent.

*'''Go to the hearing.''' Assuming that settlement isn't possible, the only way to resolve the application is to have a hearing. At the hearing, each of the parties will present the evidence set out in their affidavits and explain to the judge why the judge should make the orders asked for. Most of the time the judge will make a decision resolving the decision on the spot; sometimes, however, the judge will want to think about the evidence and the parties' arguments, and will give a written decision later.

There are lots of details we've skipped over, including details about important things like experts, case conferences, and the rules of evidence, but this is the basic process in a nutshell. These details are governed by each court's set of rules. The rules of court are very important!