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do i need to sign summons to attend court?

  • 10-12-2014 10:13am
    #1
    lifeandtimes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    My ex and I are going to court in feb to vary the access agreement for our child.

    We both placed applications and when i was placing mine i was advised she had placed hers and they are both on the same date.

    However i missed the registered letter summons as i was away for a week and when i cam back it had been sent back.

    I have bee trying for weeks to get through to the family court office to get them send it out again but no joy, it just rings out and hangs up.

    what im wondering is seeing as i know the date and I have mine do i need to sign the one that was issued by my ex or can i just show up on the date as i know it from my application.

    Thanks very much


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  • #2
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    If you know the date of the hearing you can just show up - it won't be an issue, in fact the judge will likely be quietly appreciative of the fact that despite the summons bouncing you still attended rather than played silly buggers!

    Good luck.


  • #3
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    I'm not 100% sure. But I've been through the family courts system a bit and I don't remember ever having to sign anything to confirm dates or so on. Just turn up and wait to be called (prepare to wait a long time if I recall correctly, was about a decade ago that I was there)
    One word of advice I would give you is that the first time I was there I brought a solicitor with me, cost me something like €1,500 and was absolutely un-necessary. Any consequent times I was there I done without - the only difference is the bill at the end of it.


  • #4
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    I'm not 100% sure. But I've been through the family courts system a bit and I don't remember ever having to sign anything to confirm dates or so on. Just turn up and wait to be called (prepare to wait a long time if I recall correctly, was about a decade ago that I was there)
    One word of advice I would give you is that the first time I was there I brought a solicitor with me, cost me something like €1,500 and was absolutely un-necessary. Any consequent times I was there I done without - the only difference is the bill at the end of it.

    Can I just add a caveat to the advice above - if it's District Court (or even Circuit Court) and it's relatively straightforward (if you are, for example, both agreeing to the variation and just want the court to 'rubber stamp' it) then a solicitor is unnecessary, in my experience.

    If the issue is contentious or technical, and it's the Circuit Court, then a solicitor is a must.

    I'm 'dragged' to the Circuit Court at least once / twice per year and have managed to do without a solicitor, except on those occasions where the issue is a bit more obscure.


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