On Wed April 25th at 5:30 PM, I was served with Notice of Motion, and Affidavit and Form 35.1. The court will hear the Motion on May 1st, a mere 6 days (4 business days) after being served. The form says that I must serve a response 4 days before the court date and must file it with the court 2 days before the court date. This means that I would have had to serve a response the same day as being served. To serve my response was impossible, and to file my response by today, Friday April 27th is just not doable. I need time to respond to numerous false allegations and the fact that she has chosen to bypass mediation, when it was recommended at a case conference just 1 month ago by the judge.
In addition, I was sent an email from my STBX's lawyer at 3:00 PM April 26 with an offer to settle, giving me a sameday deadline of 4:00 PM April 26, to respond and accept the offer. If I had accepted by the her deadline (I had not read the email until after the deadline) we would both share the court costs, and any acceptance after 4:00 PM, I would have to pay full costs.
At issue is the parenting schedule; my STBX is attempting adjust the schedule and in so doing, significantly reducing my parenting time with my 5 and 6 year old daughters.
Is these tactics typical? acceptable? an abuse of they system, overly aggressive? Any suggestions as to how I should respond?
In addition, I was sent an email from my STBX's lawyer at 3:00 PM April 26 with an offer to settle, giving me a sameday deadline of 4:00 PM April 26, to respond and accept the offer. If I had accepted by the her deadline (I had not read the email until after the deadline) we would both share the court costs, and any acceptance after 4:00 PM, I would have to pay full costs.
At issue is the parenting schedule; my STBX is attempting adjust the schedule and in so doing, significantly reducing my parenting time with my 5 and 6 year old daughters.
Is these tactics typical? acceptable? an abuse of they system, overly aggressive? Any suggestions as to how I should respond?
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