This is our first court hearing on this, I have no idea if it is a evidenciary hearing or not...I will call the courts directly tomorrow and ask.
It says on the papers here that this is a 'hearing on petition to modify', and is alloted 50 minutes. The paper here also states "Please advise clients, witnessess, and others that it is a class b felony to carry a firearm..." Just pointing out that sentence because it refers to witnesses.
How likely do you think it is that we will need more than one court appearance? Do you think that they would be able to schedule the next day in court asap, should we need one, so that I don't have to travel there again?
I don't know if this holds any bearing, but her 'response' was supposed to be given within 30 days before the court date and wasn't. She asks that to be forgiven on the response. So does that mean that the response could be dismissed?
As I said, I don't know if that holds any bearing at all or if I should just let that one go so not to seem petty.
As for the courts rules of disclosure regarding her use of my past emailings against me, I found this in my pro se guide on my courts website:
"You are required to serve the defendant’s attorney (or the defendant, if the
defendant is also appearing pro se) with copies of all pleadings and motions filed with
the court. Likewise, the defendant or the defendant’s attorney is required to serve
you with copies of all pleadings and motions filed on behalf of the defendant."
further down I read this:
"The terms “filings” or “pleadings” refer generally to all documents filed with the
court. Filings must be on 8 ½ x 11 inch paper of good quality."
So if I read that right, she would have to serve me copies of the emails in advance as well than, no? How would I go about enforcing this if that is the case?
As I am going pro se in this case, I was probably going to walk in there ready to make statements in response to the judge...I'm not sure what I would bring with otherwise other than a parenting plan that I would suggest. However reading through this pro se guide, it's looking like I may want to file this plan as a pleading before hand?