Q: Is my motion granted?
Hood river Oregon. I filed a motion for prejudgment temporary order in a custody case.
A few days ago the lady at the courthouse gave me a packet of papers to serve to my wife and on the front page is an order to show cause and on it it says the motion is granted with the Box check marked. does this mean that what i asked for in my motion is good to go right now and in effect?
or do I have to wait for further things to occur?
Thank you
All of the lawyers are busy around here. I'll hire you if you are available.
A: I suspect the motion that was granted was your motion for an order to show cause. In other words, you made a motion to ask the court to set a hearing date and the motion was granted and a hearing date is not set. That's all you have accomplished so far. The hearing date is the opportunity for the other side to appear and "show cause" as to why your requested relief should not be granted. Due process requires you to serve the papers on the other side so they have notice of the hearing date and time to prepare. Then you will have to wait and see if they file a response or appear at the hearing. As for finding an Attorney, look for an Attorney as close to Hood River as you can find. Attorneys charge by the hour including traveling time so you don't want to hire Attorneys that are a long ways from the Hood River unless you can afford to pay the travel time.
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