#3...Hearing to Re-instate Driver's License

[gatorguy3]

Alright, so I went to the hearing; of which opposing counsel was almost 10 minutes late to the hearing.

We get into the "meeting style" room; the General Master, an officer of the law, opposing counsel, my ex, and myself. Because the child support case and the dissolution cases were combined, the General Master had a case file a mile high in front of him.

He immediately expressed that the case was a mess due to the combining of the two cases. I agreed. I also stated that does not do much for fairness to me, really. That I felt as though I was being taken through the motions and such.

He explained that the issue at hand was the re-instatement of my license, and that he was sorry to tell me nobody could do anything about that except for the DOR. You see, for whatever reason, the DOR was not copied on the notice of hearing that took place today. So, again they were excused from being party to the situation.

The DOR has shown me, through its actions of late, that they do not wish to be party to this case. I mean, the Child Support part of the case is theirs. At a hearing we had in December 04, opposing counsel said the DOR attorney was present. My attorney and I were present via telephone. It is said that the DOR attorney sat "second chair" so to speak. Is that allowed? I mean, there is conjecture about my ex's private attorney being "co-counsel". Why would the DOR attorney be at the hearing and be second chair?

I do not believe he was there. On the notes from the hearing, the only ones said to be present were petitioner and private attorney, respondent and attorney (via telephone). Nobody else was listed as being there.

They are so full of ****.