2023-09-26 10:22:46
Nadine Kalamian is a lawyer, particularly specialized in family law. She has seen a lot of protracted business cases due to lack of court staff in recent years. “The judicial code provides that when we go to court, we have a hearing within two weeks. In reality, we sometimes wait several months, a year. Sometimes a little less. But that’s already a very long time when you have an urgent matter to resolve, such as a divorce or child custody for example, their change of school following a move or other”.
And according to the lawyer, this is often just the beginning. “Then, once we have access to the judge, the case must be prepared as they say: so we exchange conclusions, documents and then we wait wisely for a date for the pleadings. This can take a year. And then, when the case is litigated, we can still wait a certain period of time.
However, normally, the judgment is pronounced within one month, this is the legal period. But I sometimes had to wait a year for this judgment. All this because the judge only has one head and two hands and when he has tons of files on his desk, he can’t move any faster. It’s not a question of laziness, not at all. There just aren’t enough of them. And it’s not for nothing that many are also faced with health problems, burn-out and enormous stress.”.
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