Family
Dec. 22, 2021
I need a court order today: The ex parte merry-go-round
The due process notice requirements of motions, orders to show cause, and other filings are often in direct conflict with the patience levels of litigants — and, sometimes, their counsel — to be heard by a court.
Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Scott J. Nord
Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Whittier Law School, 1996
The due process notice requirements of motions, orders to show cause, and other filings are often in direct conflict with the patience levels of litigants -- and, sometimes, their counsel -- to be heard by a court. As such, a client will demand that instantaneous action be taken in court and the unwanted/unwarranted/errant conduct immediately be brought to the attention of the bench officer. But what qualifies as conduct that requires an immediate remedy?
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