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Originally Posted by SneakySnake
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
The reason for the lawyer is the 'fear factor' that they create. EVERYONE gets scared when lawyers get involved.
If I hand someone a court order they see a piece of paper.
If a lawyer hands someone a court order they see the rest of their lives changing.
Psychology. Get the parents scared that they will either loose money or have some other penalty and they will do something. Get the school board scared and they will take action.
Stitchawl
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the impact of a restraining order does not need an attorney. if they blow off the hearing, an active warrant, not a bench warrant will be issued and the police will come looking. this is NOT a civil matter, it is treated like a criminal matter until at least after the hearing. hte parties involved are questioned by the judge who probably does pretty much nothing but hear restraining orders. an attorney would not be permitted to participate in that part of the procedure. encouraging the expense of an attorney at this stage is frivolous.
(says the para-legal trained daughter of an attorney who has sought her own restraining orders)