maintenance order

LegacyUser

if someone can help me please (i have searched the internet on this topic but i can't find an answer on this question).

at a maintenance order hearing, the mother's side (with solicitor) spoke to the judge in district court but the judge refused the fathers side (also with solicitor) to have their say and made his ruling on her hearsay. is this normal procedure for the judge to refuse to hear the father's side.


thanks

spinandscribble

was there evidence from the gardai? it sounds strange...

LegacyUser

no gardai involved - it was what maintenance payments she could claim from her ex partner nothing else but his solicitor was not allowed to put his side of the case

SarahMc

Very odd, do you know this is true?

What does the father's solicitor say?

LegacyUser

it was a friend of mine - don't know what their solicitor had to say after the hearing. friend was asking me for advice. think i am just going to suggest to them to get another solicitor advice on this or maybe ring the district court to find out

brokensoul

question1234 wrote: »

it was a friend of mine - don't know what their solicitor had to say after the hearing. friend was asking me for advice. think i am just going to suggest to them to get another solicitor advice on this or maybe ring the district court to find out

Judges should hear both sides before making a ruling. However, they are only human and they sometimes err.

If your buddy feels the order was too high he can either apply to the district court for a variation order or appeal the decision to the circuit court.
Variation order is probably the cheaper option.

K-9

Sounds strange. Did he submit a statement of income and expenditure?

If he did, it was probably based on that. Both sides should submit the statement and it's decided on that. Sounds strange his solicitor didn't get a chance.

As brokensoul said, appeal it or apply for the variation order.