A Judge ordered a finding in a child dispute case. It has been 4 weeks ago. There has never been a court order distributed to the parties. I stopped at the court house today and still no order and the court recorders have no idea about the Judges findings and have not been instructed to type an order. Since this order has not been sent to the parties involved, and neither party was present at the hearing, is this order a legal order??? No one was present other than the lawyers and neither lawyer knows whats going on.
2007-04-16 07:43:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
i would assume if neither party were present at the hearing then they don't know how the judge ruled. So I say no not until there's paper work.
2007-04-16 07:49:03 · answer #1 · answered by Pixel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Orders are legal regardless of whether a paper has been typed. It's just that without the paper Order, it may be difficult to prove the Order if it needed to be enforced. Courts are good about getting Orders noticed if it is their duty to do so. Well, if it's a Clerk's Order. Judge's Orders can take easily a month many times. Many times one of the parties is ordered to submit the Order. Thus, it may be the opposing party who was ordered to prepare the Order. There is no excuse why the attorneys don't know what is going on, especially if they were both in attendance. That is inexcusable. If you don't know who was ordered to submit the Order, you can go to the Court and request a copy of the Minute Order. You will be able to find this out from the Minute Order. If it was the opposing party who was supposed to submit the Order, you can submit a motion for failure to submit order and request the party be fined.
2007-04-16 14:53:32 · answer #2 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, leave it to your lawyer to handle...that is what you hired him or her for. They were at the hearing and they would have received instructions from the judge. Sometimes the judge will ask one of the attorneys to prepare a proposed order. If not, you attorney should call the judge's clerk to see when the order might be issued. Your attorney can also prepare a proposed order for the judge's signature. Not knowing what is going on is generally not an acceptable response from your attorney...you attorney should be able to tell you some useful information or come up with a plan to get you a satisfactory response.
2007-04-16 15:25:45 · answer #3 · answered by Carl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a judge's order can take awhile...wait to hear from your lawyer
2007-04-16 14:46:41 · answer #4 · answered by teddybears 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. what the judge says goes unless it is overturned by another judge... I think.
2007-04-16 14:47:43 · answer #5 · answered by V 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋