Legal Question in Family Law in Kentucky
court orders
i'm not very clear when it comes to the legal system, but when you are court ordered to do something, aren't you suppose to receive a copy of that order and can it just be a verbal order. the reason why i am asking this is that, i was homeschooling my youngest son and he had some issues with truancy the prior year and we are still dealing with the court system. The judge didn't like the fact that i was homeshcooling him now, so she verbally said to put him back into schoool, i was never given a written document with that order on it, so does that order stand? thank you.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: court orders
TECHINCALLY, you are not really subject to an order until you receive a copy. BUT if a judge said this to my client, it would be my advise to enroll the child in school. It's your choice but most Judges that I know would be somewhat offended that you ignored the "suggestion". I would also think that if the Judge feels this strongly, you will get an order that may be more difficult to deal with if you are called to account for failure to enroll the child in school. The absence of a written order might keep you out of jail but you would still be in the line of fire so to speak. Speak to your attorney to find out exactly what is going on and follow his/her advice.
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