Legal Question in Family Law in California
letter to APJ
Are you allowed to write a letter to the Judge in your case? I've had many judges over the last 4 years and none of them have read my response declarations. May I legally send a letter to the newest APJ summing up our situation as it is relevent to our next meeting?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: letter to APJ
Yes, you can write a letter to a judge, so long as you serve it on the other side and attach a proof of service. If it is procedurally improper, which it sounds like it is, the judge can simply ignore it, or ask the other side if they would like to object to it.
Re: letter to APJ
No. Only papers which have been served on the other party may be read by the judge. Maybe your next response can include a declaration that is written more like a letter to the judge. It's possible that the judge's read your previous submissions but just didn't agree with you and didn't feel it was importantant to argue with you. If there are facts that you can support with evidence you may want to get an attorney to help you to get it in front of the court. Otherwise, it is often he said/she said and the judge has to take a guess based on how believable each seems.
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