My husband filed the appropriate papers for an application for order to show cause. A hearing date has been set but he has a previous court appearance scheduled for a traffic stop he made (he's a police officer). Our question is. what do we need to do to file a request for a continuance? I know we need to make the request to the court but do we need to contact the respondent to get her approval for the continuance first? Does he need to mail a notification to the respondent himself before he sends the request to the Clerk of court? Also, is there a particular form to use to request the continuance through the court or is a letter sufficient? (just a reminder that we are pro se in this case as is the respondent).
Thanks for any help!