How Do You Understand The Trial Procedure?
Going to trial can be stressful enough without feeling that you’re the only one who doesn’t know what’s going on regarding the actual trial procedure. You don’t know when it will be your turn to present your evidence or when you can ask questions to the other party. There are several resources available for you to get the complete understanding of the order of things in a court trial. One way is to go to the court office and get an information package that explains the court procedure in its entirety. You should get yourself a copy and read it over thoroughly. If that is still sounding too complicated, you can ask the court office to give you the phone number of the legal service that provides a few minutes of free counseling to litigants. This free advice is only for about fifteen or twenty minutes but that could be long enough for the lawyer to explain court procedure to you. But while you’re waiting, here are the basic steps of what to expect as far as the order of a trial goes. The