Sentences with phrase «time in court waiting»

I would typically spend 4 - 8 hours preparing for a half day hearing, and sometimes more depending on the subject matter, and would spend a similar or greater amount of time preparing for an oral argument of half an hour in an appellate court plus time in court waiting for my client's turn.

Not exact matches

The VA usually requires a two - year waiting period following a Chapter 7 bankruptcy or foreclosure before it will insure a loan, and borrowers in Chapter 13 must have made at least 12 on - time payments and secure the approval of the bankruptcy court.

Bruno was sentenced to two years in prison but never served time as the courts waited to see how the Supreme Court would rule on the related case.

Court cutbacks due to budgetary restraints have led to longer wait times for arraignments, particularly in Brooklyn.

As a young man, years before becoming a New York Times bestselling author, he fixed computers at Computer City on Independence Boulevard, waited tables dressed as a court jester at a Charlotte restaurant, captained yachts, shingled roofs and worked in Appalachian State University's bookstore.

The VA usually requires a two - year waiting period following a Chapter 7 bankruptcy or foreclosure before it will insure a loan, and borrowers in Chapter 13 must have made at least 12 on - time payments and secure the approval of the bankruptcy court.

I am in my number 5, but I was wondering if I could go to the court before my 6th visitation to get the three months summer vacation physical custody or do I have to wait until the my six visitation time is done?

Court of Appeal hearing due in February / March 2017 — a long time to wait!

And finally, the families of victims who opted to sue the airlines rather than accept compensation from the settlement fund still wait for their day in court, as reported in this article from last week's New York Times.

Though I am still awaiting (and may wait a long time for) a blockbuster post-Rita opinion from the circuit courts, the Seventh Circuit on Thursday provided this effective brief account of the Rita decision in US v. Sachsenmaier, No. 05 - 3505 (7th Cir.

If you have waited until the second week of December to figure out parenting time on the 25th, for most cases it will be too late to start the process of bringing on an application in court in time for Christmas.

The judge concluded that there should come a time when the administrators are entitled to say that they have waited long enough for the potential creditors to pursue their stale claims and when the court should sanction the payment of the admitted creditors and the beneficiaries without there being any personal liability for the administrators in claims brought after the distribution of the estate.

An Ontario judge recently condemned the ever - increasing wait times for trial dates in Toronto courts.

«Gays Still Waiting for Washington's Answer; The Supreme Court in the state has spent 15 months deliberating same - sex marriage»: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

In the mean time, you may need to wait for the impact of these court cases (coupled with calls from the FTC) to bring more transparency to tech companies and online advertising agencies.

If every defence counsel refused to wait six hours in court to assist a trembling 15 - year - old first - time offender or declined to accept court appointments, stopped buying their clients a hot meal or second - hand suit or simply refused to jump through the unnecessary and costly bureaucratic hoops, the whole system would grind to a halt.

Because there is often a significant wait - time until the parties in a divorce case can take the stand and give oral evidence concerning their family matter, the court is often asked to provide interim relief orders.

At least in the Collaborative Divorce process, you and your spouse can customize the process to your specific needs (a huge deviation from the litigation standard) and avoid delays occasioned in litigation just waiting to get time on the court's calendar to get some disinterested person to make decisions the spouses could have made using common sense and a sense of fair play.

This would cut down on transportation costs, client costs, loss of lawyer time while sitting in court waiting for a brief hearing to be called, the cost of courtroom staffing and security, etc..

One way lawyers pass the time (as we wait for the lawyer in front of us to plead his case, or wait for the court probation officer or a client to complete paperwork, or wait to be let into the jail, etc.) is to talk about interesting current cases we have pending, and various legal issues raised by our clients» cases.

The practice of criminal defense actually consists of enormous amounts of standing around in court time, waiting for something to happen.

In particular, gung - ho domestic advocates of online courts should split support in principle from the timing of implementation — where the sensible advice may be to wait and see what lessons arise from the now global leader — BC's online Civil Resolution TribunaIn particular, gung - ho domestic advocates of online courts should split support in principle from the timing of implementation — where the sensible advice may be to wait and see what lessons arise from the now global leader — BC's online Civil Resolution Tribunain principle from the timing of implementation — where the sensible advice may be to wait and see what lessons arise from the now global leader — BC's online Civil Resolution Tribunal.

Prior to CCM, matters were heard in docket courts where defence counsel often waited a long time to have their matter called.

Assignment Courts have minimized the time court clerks and Judges spend waiting in courtrooms for cases to commence, freeing up additional court resources.

When dealing with a basic liability issue following a car accident, the claimant often has to wait for months or even longer to receive any kind of payment from the liable driver's auto policy - and sometimes only after spending time in court or jumping through assorted other hoops in an effort to actually get what they have coming.

As long as you don't wait until the time has expired (which might mean that you have to pay more money, but not that you can't still fight the ticket), you will be in the exact same boat if you decide to fight the traffic ticket the day you received it or the last day you were still eligible to notify the court of your decision.

In South Florida, there are generally three court appearances necessary, (arraignment, pre-trial, trial) and you must factor in the time spent driving to and from court, and the time that you will sit there waiting for your case to be calleIn South Florida, there are generally three court appearances necessary, (arraignment, pre-trial, trial) and you must factor in the time spent driving to and from court, and the time that you will sit there waiting for your case to be callein the time spent driving to and from court, and the time that you will sit there waiting for your case to be called.

The average wait time in court is 1 - 2 hours depending on when your case is called.

Just to get to a trial in traffic court in Florida, a person must go to court 3 different times, wait hours in court for their name to be called, drive back and forth each time, and probably miss time off from work, as well.

This information should be available by your court, if not the course itself, and even if you do have to wait on a timer, there are several ways in the course itself to pass the time so you aren't just stuck waiting.

Unless prohibited by law or by a valid court order, we will notify you of any subpoena received from any other party (i.e., for civil litigation) which requires us to disclose your identity, and will wait ten (10) days, or a lesser amount of time as required by the deadline in the subpoena, before providing the information requested by the subpoena.

In reality, parties to a contested divorce proceeding often require more than six months prior to the hearing date, because during that time they are working to negotiate a voluntary settlement, often with various court - required steps along the way, as, for example, a status conference with the judge or a pre-trial conference; and, if no settlement is reached, the judge will set a trial date, which may require a wait of several more months, during which time the lawyers and parties will prepare for trial.

If your spouse simply refuses to allow you to see your children, and there is not yet a court order in place governing when each parent has time with the children, you may have to wait a few months before you see them.

For you this means that if you want to resolve your disputes in court, you will have to wait longer for a hearing date, wait longer on the day of your hearing for your case to be heard, and have substantially longer document - processing times.

Massive cuts in court budgets have resulted in reduced court staff, less courtrooms, and thus increased delays and wait times for couples.

The courts must wait until at least 90 days after a deployment ends before entering final custody orders in a case or making changes to any child custody and parenting time orders that existed when the parent was called into active duty.

There is often considerable downtime, waiting in the court hallways for a case to be heard or travel time to court.

After the two - year waiting period, a parent who wants to modify an existing order must demonstrate to the court that there has been a change in circumstances that were unknown at the time of the initial order, requiring a modification to serve the best interests of the child.

The VA usually requires a two - year waiting period following a Chapter 7 bankruptcy or foreclosure before it will insure a loan, and borrowers in Chapter 13 must have made at least 12 on - time payments and secure the approval of the bankruptcy court.