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Good morning.
I am due in court at 2pm today 3/2/16 for a final decisive hearing. Little bit of background, I have been vying for contact with my son for the past 3 years, I am trying to extend my time with him, she is trying to decrease my time with him and has taken me to court to this end,.
The first hearing went well, I am representing my self, and in the first hearing I made my intentions to seek 50/50 shared residence of my son clear, the case was adjourned so that I could file a statement to the court outlining my proposal, then my ex filed her response to me.
Now my question is this, I have prepared a response to her statement as she has, fabricated a few things and I have gained evidence to prove this. Do I have to file this with the magistrates before the hearing? or do I take it in with me and bring it up in court?
Also, what is the process? what will happen when I go in, will I be given a chance to talk and present my case, or will the magistrate purely look at the statements that have already been filed and make a decision based on these??
Any help or advice you can give me would be very much appreciated!!
A worried Dad, Scott.
you will both get chance to have your say, main thing is to keep calm no matter what is said, you will get your chance to prove what you can. good luck
I'm sorry I missed this...although you left it a bit late to ask advice Scott....how did it go?
Strictly speaking, any evidence relied on in court needs to be filed with the court beforehand, hopefully the judge has been a little flexible with you as you are self repping. If you haven't been able to use your written response then you would have been able to make a verbal submission.
Best of luck
I did leave it a bit late, thought I had it all in hand, just some last minute nerves got the better of me!
It went well, I submitted my evidence to the magistrates before we went in and also gave a copy the her barrister, he tried to block the evidence due to it damaging his case but it went to the judges anyway and I exposed her lies.
Anyway, after a 3 1/2 hour hearing I walked out of there with double the time I had before, not exactly what I asked for, but a good result in my opinion!
She was fuming with the order, probably cause she realised she spent a fortune for nothing! (she was the applicant!)
Very happy with the result
very well done 🙂
BOOOM! RESULT! NICE ONE!
Well done scott it great to hear good news on here 🙂
I did leave it a bit late, thought I had it all in hand, just some last minute nerves got the better of me!
It went well, I submitted my evidence to the magistrates before we went in and also gave a copy the her barrister, he tried to block the evidence due to it damaging his case but it went to the judges anyway and I exposed her lies.
Anyway, after a 3 1/2 hour hearing I walked out of there with double the time I had before, not exactly what I asked for, but a good result in my opinion!
She was fuming with the order, probably cause she realised she spent a fortune for nothing! (she was the applicant!)
Very happy with the result
That is excellent. How great to hear. But may I ask, why did you wait 3 years, out of interest?
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