Adjournment requests

Even simple requests like adjournments are technically motions. An adjournment is a postponement of a court date. Depending on how far away the court date is, you might need to provide a convincing (compelling) reason for a judge to grant an adjournment. If you cannot attend a scheduled court date, usually you can request an adjournment verbally on the prior court date, or you can send letter to the court with a copy sent to the other side. Be sure to ask the court clerk exactly where to send your written request for an adjournment. If you can get the other side’s agreement to adjourn the case, it may increase the likelihood that the judge grants your request.

All applications for adjournment shall be filed at least three weeks in advance, except in exceptional cases for which reasons for filing them beyond that period shall be clearly stated in the application. The application will be filed in duplicate and the copy served in advance on the opposite party.