The judge can order HIS attorney to type it?
The last time we went to court, the courts typed it all out and it was ready a week or two after the court date...Oh-come to think of it, last time he didn't have an attorney, so I guess he very well may be the one to type it up this time. I'm so glad you posted that, I would have been in major shock if the judge ordered his attorney to type it up and I didn't realize it was standard procedure lol.
I wish a judge would tell me to type someone's order....
What is a JA? Judges assistant? Our court order was provided by the court the first time. Neither of us had attorneys. A week or two after court we were able to pick up, at the courthouse, the paperwork stating what the judge ordered. Are you saying that the courts will not type them out, or that the attorneys would not be told to type them out? Now i'm confused.I wish a judge would tell me to type someone's order....
I would have to get disrespectful. That's NOT my job and I can't think of any county where a JA is required to type out an order. In fact, I'm almost SURE it's not allowed.
Ok...I will make sure to take notes during court...
Tink is correct. If there is an attorney, then the attorney should be ordered to prepare the order. If both parties are pro per, then the prevailing party should be told to have the order prepared, by themselves or with the assistance by the Family Law Facilitator or the self help center...
It may have been the Family Law Facilitator. They type orders... It may have been someone in Self Help (although last I checked, they wouldn't type it FOR you)...
I honestly don't know WHO did it, I just know it wasn't either of us, so I thought it was something the courts provided. This was at San Bernardino courthouse in 2008, our court has since changed to a place closer to our own house. We went to our court date and we were told we could pick up the orders in one to two weeks. There was also something I was able to get, I believe right afterwards-but don't quote me on that because it's been a few years, called "findings after court" or "orders after court" or something like that. It was like a paper that summarized the points the judge was ordering. The judge told me I could take that so that if dad and sm showed up with their own stip (that the judge didn't sign off on) and brought the police, trying to pick up the kids, i'd have an updated paper stating dad had reasonable supervised visitation. The judge we saw was very wary of dad's past and seemed worried that his legal parties might try to take advantage while we waited for a hearing in our new venue. The whole courtroom seemed to be shocked when he threw out the mediator's report and told me that I had sole legal and physical custody, and was in complete control of all visitation until the hearing at the new venue.
Actually, I would pay for a transcription of the hearing. That way, if Dad tries to change something later, there's evidence to support OP's statements.
Yeah... have any idea of what THAT costs?????? If I remember correctly, the OP isn't exactly rolling in dough.
How much has it cost her in all the years she's been messing around - lost child support, lost alimony (if any), lost time spent fooling around with the courts when she could be working, and, apparently, many hundreds of thousands of dollars in therapy to get over the whole mess?