I'm having a very difficult time getting the opposing lawyer to get our Reasons for Judgment turned into a Court Order.
Reasons for Judgment were issued on July 31, 2014.
After 6-7 weeks of waiting for his lawyer to draft the order, I took matters into my own hands and drafted the order myself and provided opposing counsel with a copy.
After the 10 days had lapsed I approached the clerks at the courthouse with the order I drafted and requested that it be issued. They refused to accept the documents as opposing counsel is supposed to draft the order. I'm self-repped, and the successful party in the matter.
October 31, 2014 a costs decision was made by the judge. The costs decision is incongruent with the order - I was ordered to pay costs, despite being the successful party on both custody and finances. My outcome was significantly more $ than in his final offer to settle. He held out on custody until the first offer to settle, which offered me sole custody. In his updated documents prior to the Motion hearing, he gave up custody.
Since receiving the costs decision, I've emailed opposing counsel three times requesting that the order be issued. I've had no response or acknowledgement that my request was received.
How do I get this order issued? The arrears are racking up significantly, and part of the money I received was for medical expenses dating back to 2012 and CS arrears from 2012/2013. It's 2015 in a few weeks......
Reasons for Judgment were issued on July 31, 2014.
After 6-7 weeks of waiting for his lawyer to draft the order, I took matters into my own hands and drafted the order myself and provided opposing counsel with a copy.
After the 10 days had lapsed I approached the clerks at the courthouse with the order I drafted and requested that it be issued. They refused to accept the documents as opposing counsel is supposed to draft the order. I'm self-repped, and the successful party in the matter.
October 31, 2014 a costs decision was made by the judge. The costs decision is incongruent with the order - I was ordered to pay costs, despite being the successful party on both custody and finances. My outcome was significantly more $ than in his final offer to settle. He held out on custody until the first offer to settle, which offered me sole custody. In his updated documents prior to the Motion hearing, he gave up custody.
Since receiving the costs decision, I've emailed opposing counsel three times requesting that the order be issued. I've had no response or acknowledgement that my request was received.
How do I get this order issued? The arrears are racking up significantly, and part of the money I received was for medical expenses dating back to 2012 and CS arrears from 2012/2013. It's 2015 in a few weeks......
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