What can I expect at a show cause hearing?
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What can I expect at a show cause hearing?
The judge will determine what the facts are. The main objective of the show cause hearing is to get the party who is not following the court's order to do so. The court can also order the relief requested by the moving party (for example, change visitation or transfer custody).
What does a show cause mean?
An order to show cause is a type of court order that requires one or more of the parties to a case to justify, explain, or prove something to the court. Courts commonly use orders to show cause when the judge needs more information before deciding whether or not to issue an order requested by one of the parties.
Can you reschedule a show cause hearing?
You can contact the clerk of the court in which the matter is scheduled to be heard and request they change the date.
How do you respond to an order to show cause?
Complete the heading exactly as it appears in the other Order to Show Cause forms already filed. Complete all of the order except the date and the judge's signature. What you write in the order must agree with what the judge decided. Date and sign Order on Order to Show Cause under the phrase: “approved as to form.”
