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are there penalties to skipping family court
Canisteo, NY
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Posted about 1 month ago in Family
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I have sole custody of my 9 year old daughter. Her father has petitioned me to court about 15 times over the last 2 years. Each time he does not show up and the case is dismissed. I am losing time at work so i can make these court appoinments and its a 30 min drive from where I work. Its inconvienent for me to keep doing this when he never shows up. I feel like it is his way of harrassing me. I am wondering if there is any way of stopping him from filing against me, or if i can press some sort of charges. Can he get in trouble by the court system for not showing up?
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Ronald Anthony Sarno
This attorney is licensed in New York and 1 other state.
Posted about 1 month ago.
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You can motion the court to 1) bar him from further motions for abusing the system, 2) petition the court to allow you to appear by telephone (explaining the multiple times you have had to come to court and the ex has not appeared.) The court is moved by facts. A recitation of the motions he filed, the date, and the time and place of the prior required court appearances with the statement ("Moving party did not appear.") may induce the court to bar him from misusing the legal practice. Another way is to ask the court to have him brought into court under a bench warrant arrest the next time he makes a motion could also work. Good luck.
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