Q: If I was at a mental hospital during my hearing date for an order of protection would that help to get it dropped?
Me and my parents are separating ourselves, permanently. They were supporting me, and we're going through process of cutting our financial ties. Once that was mostly finished the family lawyer I was talking to dropped an order of protection on me. I sent them a bunch of angry messages, while waiting for the trust. A few days before my hearing I read through it, and a large chunk of it was filled with lies. In anger I sent a message to the attorneys and cced my parents on it going through a few of the lies.
I had a trust setup under the rules of no contact. The distributions were withdrawn for one year, and I checked myself into a mental hospital over feeling suicidal. My father contacted me and the landlord just before I committed myself. When I was at the mental hospital my mother tried to contact me. My parents since have rescinded their request to stop distributions.
I want nothing to do with them over this and abuse during childhood.
Can I still do anything about this?
A:
MAYBE. It depends how long ago this happened, were you served with the papers before or during hospital, will your Dr state that you were in such a mental state from mental illness or meds as to not be responsible for not showing up, etc.
Get all your papers together and go see a good family law attorney.
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