How is this possible? I can understand a MOTION to cancel, or a PETITION to cancel, but how can one side of a legal action -- ESPECIALLY the side being told to show up -- just unilaterally cancel?????
Legally she isn't supposed to. My guess? W is no longer cooperating with her attorney and her attorney is attempting damage control as much as possible.
This is virtually ignoring a subpoena under my state's rules of civil procedure. The only acceptable reasons are a major health crisis or being called to testify in our state supreme court at the same time.
We will file a motion to compel attendance at the next date along with sanctions/request for attorney fees/etc.
I suppose this looks better than just not showing up that day.
"You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into."
