If my husband has not been "served" do we still have to go to court? (child custody)?

Question

My husbands 14 year old daughter has been living with us and her mom is pizzed. She said she'd have him served but he hasn't been yet.

Answer 1

I am not a lawyer, but anytime there is a court date with you involved, the court will send you a summons. If you haven't been served with one yet, you probably don't have anything to worry about as long as the mother knows your address or your husbands place of work so he can be served the papers. It is possible they may try to be tricky and give notice in the newspaper. Watch the Public Notices section to see if his name appears in any notices to appear that may be there.
Good luck

Answer 2

It depends if you served him by publication. You should not have a Court date if your husband was not served, however, if a pretrial or status conference was called, then you will need to go or call to reschedule. If you cannot effect service, you can't be divorced.
If it is on a child custody, each state is different, you might just need to send him a letter to his last known address and there was a previous case or send the motion to his attorney.

To be safe yes so the Court does not dimsiss it, call the court to find out.

Answer 3

Your question is somewhat unclear, but I assume that your husband is being taken to court for child support?

If he's being sued for child support he should definitely be there.

If he doubts paternity he should request a paternity test.

Even if he doesn't doubt paternity he should be there with previous tax records, pay stubs, etc. so the court knows how much support should be ordered by the court.

If he's being sued for child support and he doesn't show up in court the judge will assume he's a "deadbeat dad".

Answer 4

I would call the courthouse and determine when the hearing is.

Answer 5

Can you provide more information on the question?

Answer 6

You still should show up, but no, he does not.