This is a Complaint pleading for use in litigation of the title matter. Adapt this form to comply with your facts and circumstances, and with your specific state law. Not recommended for use by non-attorneys.
This is a Complaint pleading for use in litigation of the title matter. Adapt this form to comply with your facts and circumstances, and with your specific state law. Not recommended for use by non-attorneys.
A motion to show cause is used to bring one party's failure to comply with a Court order to the Court's attention. The motion to show cause must be completely filled out and must be supported by an Affidavit.
In order to get a temporary order in place during a divorce proceeding, an official request for that order must be made to the court. Formally, this request is known as a motion, and a motion for a temporary order in divorce will explain what is being requested and why this request is being made.
Initially, it may start out with an inquiry or investigation into the matter. Then, after the judge has deliberated, a temp order is issued until the concern is fully grasped and understood. After this and other evidence has come to light, the couple may be issued a final or permanent order on the issue.
Temporary custody orders often become permanent, but they may change if the evidence presented supports a change. At trial, you have an opportunity to present the court with more evidence than it likely had when it entered the temporary order.
This is an additional Motion and Affidavit that must be filed if a party to a Complaint or Counterclaim for Divorce or Legal Separation wishes the Court to issue temporary orders regarding allocation of parental rights and responsibilities, child and spousal support and allocation of debt.
Filing a motion for a temporary order in divorce can be important when any of the following issues need to be dealt with: Custody and visitation, in which case a temporary order would outline a schedule for when each party has time with the child(ren)
After both parties have argued their case and presented evidence, the judge will render a decision. The judge can order a non-compliant party to take steps to remedy the situation, and impose legal penalties upon the non-compliant party.
Appellate courts often issue orders to show cause to lower courts requesting that the lower court explain why the appellant should not be granted the relief requested by the writ or appeal. An order to show cause is always an interim order (because it is never the first nor the final action in a legal action).
To modify the order, you must show the judge there is an issue that cannot wait to be resolved at trial. These matters include such issues as child endangerment or a parent violating the terms of the order. To modify temporary custody orders, you will need to include your reasoning for filing a motion to modify.