I received a show cause summons (crimminal) WTH help

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP,

WHAT about custody? Why won't you give details? Is it big, like relocation without his permission? Or small, like a misunderstand over a missed afternoon?

OP, no one here is going to give you real help. They are just curious about your life situation. Get a lawyer or see if you can get access to a court appointed lawyer prior to the date. If you work at it, I bet there is a way.

Call William Shatner from the Slocum Law Firm. I mean the ads look so reputable. If Captain Kirk is endorsing them they must be a-ok . I wonder if Bill answers the calls? How awesome would that be? Does he sit in on client intakes.

Seriously. Call the Bar. Get a referral, Christ. If the judge issues a bench warrant out for you, US Marshalls could come and lock you up if you fail to appear. Don't mess around.

[Anonymous]

It's not a bench warrant. Get a grip!

[Anonymous]

Hire an attorney and follow their advice. This is common sense. If you didn't break the agreement, find some evidence that you didn't. If you did, then you'll need the advice of an attorney before facing a judge.

What county are you in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who's being mean?
OP also posted in the Special Concerns Forum, it's hard to know what's going on because she won't share any details -- not even what category of problem this entails. It might be serious, with a hearing so fast. JTTH! (Just Trying To Help!)

No one is being mean. They are being nosy. The only decent advice any lawyer could give, regardless of the summons, is to get representation as far in advance as possible. If more respondents would focus on ways to do that, it would be helpful. Airing her laundry here does not change that, and doing so puts her at some risk if someone recognizes her post.

[Anonymous]

A "show cause" order means that you have to show good cause why you should not be held in contempt of a court's order. Meaning, the judge has previously issued an order (apparently about visitation) and the other side contends that you are violating that order. The judge has issued an order for you to show cause why you are not in contempt of that order. Have you refused to allow visitatation to go forward? If so, do you have good cause not to allow it to go forward?

It would be rare for you to be prosecuted criminally and end up jailed over visitation contempt. This sounds like a pro forma cause order. But you need to take it very seriously. You need to be able to explain why you were in contempt of a visitation order -- failure of the other party to pay child support is NOT a valid reason if that's where this is going.

If there is no good reason for contempt of visitation -- and there usually isn't because visitation with parents is considered extremely important -- then you need to simply apologize and say so and say you will comply with the court's order from here on in every single visit. And apologize again.

[Anonymous]

Giving the category is NOT being nosy. It's NOT getting details. It suggests the magnitude of the matter, relocation without permission is bigger than two missed child support checks due to a layoff. Is asking which county nosy, too? OP is the one who said she was out of state and gave the court date!

She's already at a risk for being recognized. How many show cause summons for out-of-state mothers scheduled for this Friday can we count on our left hand?

OP, given today is Tuesday, I'd get on the phone with a family law clinic in the court's county and figures this out STAT.

[Anonymous]

Do not wait until the day of, because the lawyer you will get will not be prepared. If you can afford it, get a lawyer before the day of -

If you can not, you will have to wait.

DO NOT CONTACT YOUR HUSBAND before hand, as anything you say will be used against you in court. Do not put anything in writing, as it can be used against you. Keep everything that your husband says in a file and keep all of his corrispondance in writing.

Stop posting here as if you provide enough details, it can be traced back to you and if someone knows you - it can be used against you.

Learn about your rights, and find a good lawyer. The internet is not it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP,

WHAT about custody? Why won't you give details? Is it big, like relocation without his permission? Or small, like a misunderstand over a missed afternoon?

OP, no one here is going to give you real help. They are just curious about your life situation. Get a lawyer or see if you can get access to a court appointed lawyer prior to the date. If you work at it, I bet there is a way.

Call William Shatner from the Slocum Law Firm. I mean the ads look so reputable. If Captain Kirk is endorsing them they must be a-ok . I wonder if Bill answers the calls? How awesome would that be? Does he sit in on client intakes.

Seriously. Call the Bar. Get a referral, Christ. If the judge issues a bench warrant out for you, US Marshalls could come and lock you up if you fail to appear. Don't mess around.

This is what I mean about do not listen to the internet. People do not want to help you....they just want to be bitches.

[Anonymous]

OP, I would disregard some of these comments. They may make you more upset than you already are. Asking what to do is NOT going to be held against OP. Saying it involves visitation or whatever, and no other details, is NOT going to be held against OP. Folks are becoming paranoid.

At this point, it doesn't matter what category of issue the summons involves. (I asked, and I was trying to help. Why? If it is super serious, I was going to advise getting a top attorney, if it's a smaller matter, and it might be easily resolved, going to a free clinic.) What matters is getting a lawyer to appear with you in court, or advising you what to say if you go alone to court.

[Anonymous]

its not that its so quick ..... it was filed months ago it just took FOREVER for the person in the state I am to deliver it to me like it was filed in July, sent out end of august and delivered to me on THURSDAY Septer 30th it is marked the 26th of August it was a Hangup in this states deliver system. If that makes sense....


its for moving out of state without the proper notice however I was evicted and did not have 30 days notice to move via a court order SOOOO I was stuck between a rock and hard place my EX is refusing to pay support so until the court orders him to I physical could not stay in the state without taking my DD to a shelter which I refuse to do when I had family offer to help me

[Anonymous]

i want to have a lawyer look over my paperwork and advice me but I cannot give my county as that WOULD out me and my child

that being said I dont overly care if her reads this Im not saying anyhting bad just here it is I have a summons what now

let people be asses I expected it but also thought I may get helpful advice or ideas obviously Im not going into court with DCUM people SAY this so yeah you have to do it but its worth bouncing information off other people

[Anonymous]

I also CAN PROVE VERY VERT important information regarding that move to justify it beyond my ex NOT paying support

[Anonymous]

I was only asking the county because I was going to recommend the attorney that helped me with my custody case. If there is a standing order in another state, that may give that state/county jurisdiction.

My attorney was Margo Owen, she can be found at www.margobowenlaw.com. She handled my case in Fairfax county.

[Anonymous]

if someone has a lwyer in NOVA if they give me names and if they think theyd advice me or look over the documents for a fee let me know or if you know fees Id apperciate

if I can use them Ill call them but I dont want to out me . ... .

[Anonymous]

17:57 here. Margo was, I think, $300/hr, which seems to be fairly standard in the area.