Respondent

Question: What to say to respondent when delivering court summons to appear? My niece is delivering a court summons to appear; my son being the respondent--I am asking for Grandparent's Rights. Jeff, my son is angry with me and will not allow me to see my granddaughter. It is to her best interest that my husband and I be allowed visitation. The biological mother is unavailable. The grandparents are important to the natural and healthy development of the minor child. My niece doesn't know what to say when handing the papers to my son, the respondent. Also he must sign the proof of service. What is the best words to use when handing the papers to him?

Answer: First of all, it is NOT a good idea to have your niece serve him. Although California law provides that any person at least 18 years of age may serve a summons, it is always best to have it served by a disinterested party. Further, he does NOT need to sign the acknowledgment of service. This is only required to be signed by him and returned when he is served by mail. It basically acknowledges receipt of the summons that was not personally handed to him. If he fails to sign and return this acknowledgment, he is responsible for costs to serve him personally afterward.

Question: Does the respondent need to appear at court in a residence order case? I have a residence order taken out for my son, this is the first court hearing. Does the respondent need to attend court or do they just need to send the papers back?

Answer: Try your local legal self help center.

Question: How to recover legal costs when Respondent drops case related to to motion to vacate divorce Judgement? In family court Respondent droped case after she was told that burden of proof is on her. However, petitioner provides all the evidence for proper joint property distribution and case was decided in petitioner favour but the court ordered each party to pay their own legal expenses. How to request the court to reconsider for reimbursement of fees for frivolous lawsuit filed by respondent.

Answer: Sorry as the petitioner your out of luck. You could try in a civil case but that would require paying another lawyer. More of a head ache and a hassle then it is really worth and most times more expensive.

Question: Can an applicant serve a respondent directly? It us to do with court. I want to know if an applicant can directly serve a respondent 10 points up for grabs!

Answer: Nope! Has to be done by a sherriff, or a process server!

Question: Does an affidavit have to be sent to both the respondent and plantiff? Does an affidavit have to be sent to both the respondent and plantiff?

Answer: It depends on if it going ro be used as evidence in court. If so then yes it is known as disclosure Don

Question: If I was a witness in a case and have been subpoenaed for my presence, am I considered a respondent? If I was a witness in a case and have been subpoenaed for my presence, am I considered a respondent for a court action?

Answer: No, you are a, "witness," and being called to testify on the behalf of the petitioner or the respondent in the case. Which ever, "side," has requested your testimony. For instance, the petitioner is the one who files the lawsuit, the respondent is the one being sued. All, "witnesses," are subpoenaed to testify on behalf of one side or the other.

Question: Can a pro-se divorce petitioner get a Default Judgment against the respondent in the State of Missouri? The respondent was served on 3/30/10, attorney entered on her behalf on 4/9/10. It's now 5/11/10 and they have yet to submit the respondent's response. One lawyer told me that a judge isn't going to grant the default judgment if the other party has an attorney. Why not? Why put a time limit on them if the court isn't going to make them follow it?

Answer: Under Missouri law the respondent has thirty day to respond to the summon using an attorney doesn't allow respondent any longer time to respond If said party has not responded to the court by th time limits set you may seek a default of judgement If you have filed your matte Pro-Se then follow up with you default of judgement . Why are you listening to a attorney that isn't your attorney any how if you are a Pro- Se filer? Follow the statues and you should have no issues

Question: What would you find the Legal form "motion to excuse the respondent"? My father is in a coma and we need to get Guardianship, but in order for him not to appear in court we need a Motion to excuse the respondent form. I would like to have all paperwork done before hand, but I can not find this form anywhere online. Does anyone know where I can get it for free? Any help would be wonderful! Thanks

Answer: at the court house in the town where court will be they will have one

Question: how long does it take the court to send off a divorce to the respondent? my friend's solicitor sent off her petition to court, but i was wondering how long will it take for the court to send off the petition to the respondent. Is it true it takes 9 working days?

Answer: it takes up to 10 days but no longer than 14days the respondent then have 7 days to send it back then it takes about 6 weeks for the court to do the second part hope this helps oh could be 14 days if in london and the respondent dont have to be in because they are sent via post in uk

Question: How to make brother inlaw respondent in DV Case? i filed DV case against husband in 2009.they hardly appear in hearings.i feel my brother inlaw also be involved as he had major role. so should DV case be refiled to include him also as respondednt?or should i just put an application in court to make him also respondendent? please tell me exact procedure to make him respondent after 1 year of filing the case.

Answer: My advice is to hire a lawyer to handle this for you!

Question: What to do when a respondent keeps editing their already abusive answer to make it more abusive? How is it possible to flag up a problem with an author who you have already reported for abuse, if they continue to edit their reported answer to make it more abusive? Is the system of abuse reporting able to detect when a reported answer is edited, and therefore might need a further review? If I delete the question, will that mean that the mounting abuse will go undetected? Help!

Answer: What you can do is after the first abusive answer is block that user and they will not be able to post on the question again. It is the weekend and abuse is not removed as quickly and it may take more than 1 user to report it and get removed. If you delete the question the report you made will still show what was posted and can still be removed. Not all answers are removed by one user reporting it it all depends on the reporters trust level. ---------It says on the report page---------If one or more reliable users report this answer it will be removed. :Top abuse reporters will help us more quickly remove questions and answers that violate the community guidelines.

Question: What can happen to a respondent when a peace order case has been dismissed or approved? I went to court today for a final peace order hearing. The plaintiff never showed up. As a result, the judge dismissed the case. Will this decision affect me in the future?

Answer: You can petition the court to have the record sealed and it will not be a problem.!~!

Question: What happens in California after the respondent files his part to the petitinoer? Do you set a trail date or do you wait for a response from the petitior?

Answer: you wait..... perhaps talk to your lawyer.

Question: Employment Tribunal : If the Respondent fails to provide claimant evidence ? If the Respondent fails the Provide the Claimant evidence requested and granted by the Judge at the case management Discussion will this mean that the claimant will automatically win by default ?

Answer: No. C can ask for an Order that the Tribunal strike out R's ET3 if they do not provide the evidence in accordance with the order within (say) 14 days. The application can be made by letter copying in R. If it's simply a failure to provide witness evidence (as opposed to documentary evidence) because R is not relying on any witnesses, then C does not win by default but R obviously is not intending to bring forward any contrary evidence as to the facts of the case. Unless C's case is wholly misconceived, C would be almost certain therefore to win.

Question: What happens if someone is issued a summons as the respondent for a divorce hearing? And does nothing about it? What is the process from there? This involves a friend who wants her marriage over but her husband has made no effort to respond. How long can this draw out if he chooses to do nothing?

Answer: The person who has requested the divorce will have their lawyer reissue it in a while and if there is still no response, the lawyer will make an appeal to the court for a hearing with no contest. If the respondent doesn't attend the hearing, the judge will basically decide to grant the divorce and will probably agree to the terms laid out in the divorce by the person requesting it (So say it's you and you're husband/wife has filed for divorce and you don't respond or attend, the judge may award him/her any mutual assets and if you have kids together, may agree an amount of maintennance etc). That's the way it works over here (Ireland) anyway.

Question: Am I required to serve the respondent with the divorce papers in case if he refuses to sign them? I am filling the divorce in Florida. Anyone knows the law here in case my ex refuses to sign the divorce papers?

Answer: I got divorced in the state of Texas but am almost 100% true this type of thing doesnt vary from state, but yes, you are required to serve papers to the other party no matter what. Even if he refuses to sign them( which will be good for you honestly ) he needs to be served. BUT do not serve them yourself, or have anyone he knows serve them, pay some stranger or even your attorney to serve him for u. If he doesnt sign them there is still a court date to finalize, he doesnt show, u get what u requested with no fight..... Hope this helps...Good Luck...I hate this part of my life

Question: What is it called when a respondent lies to please the researcher? I used to know when i studied sociology but just cant remember! OOH!! I have figured it out!! Its "Demand Characteristics" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demand_char… Ok cheers!

Answer: Yahoo answers.

Question: How can a respondent prove that the petitioner is lying? I have been accused of harassment, and other lies, There is no prove however I have a court date what can I do to prove this person wrong

Answer: you are innocent until proven guilty, the accuser must prove that you are guilty.

Question: Does Yahoo mail have any provision to conceal the e-mail names and addresses mails sent to multiple respondent? I notice that mail from AOL users sent to multiple respondents can be concealed as "undisclosed recipients" in the address line. Does Yahoo have any provision for this?

Answer: I put my email address in the "To" field, to prevent errors, so that I am certain to put others in the BCC field. Another good thing that can be done is with the "Forward" feature. After selecting the To and BCC, you can go back and delete (remove) all other names from proceeding emails. I wasn't certain it worked until I received the forwarded email. Prevents the names from being spread around. If you see, in light blue "More..." select it, because there are more email addresses behind it. Good luck

Question: In California, besides the Respondent in a custody case. Can the respondents attorney be sanctioned? The Attorney is controlling the Respondents case and I believe has mis represented her. The Attorney has become ignorant in the matter and has made decisions which I would think are sanctionable. How can the Attorney be sanctioned?

Answer: Attorneys may be fined or jailed by judges for contempt of court and sanctioned by their State Bar (Office of Responsibilities and Ethics) for misconduct on more serious offenses when complaints are pursued and proven. Attorney Complaints - 1-800-843-9053