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"I was served with court papers. What do I do now?"

It is not uncommon for a person to be served with “court papers”, whether they already have a lawyer or not. This can happen in person, meaning that someone comes to your home or your place of work, and hands you an envelope or a document, but it can also happen by email in the case of some court documents.

In this blog post, I am going to make some suggestions about what you should and should not do if this happens to you.

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Voice of the Child Report

In the context of parenting disputes, parents often ask whether their child’s views and preferences will be considered before a decision about them is made – by agreement between the parents, by court order or arbitration award. In other words, will the child have a voice on issues that affect them, like how much time they will spend in the care of each parent, for example. The answer is “yes, they will” but there are two caveats here:

1.     Depending on their age, the child may have a voice only but not a choice; and

2.     Steps will need to be taken to elicit that voice, put it out there so to speak, particularly (but not exclusively) in the context of a court case.

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