Subpoena-ing a minor

innerSpaceman · 04-28-2009, 07:20 AM

Having the power to issue a subpeona and having the power to enforce it are two different things.

Of course, you open yourself to potential sanctions if you don't obey a subpoena, but I doubt a judge would issue any penalties for a lay parent not wanting her daughter to be harrassed at school.

Anyway, make it difficult for them to serve you. A subpoena must be served personally. So don't identify yourself to strangers, don't answer the door at home for people you don't know, don't let yourself be summoned to the front desk or whatever at work unless it's to meet someone you know. Certainly don't ever pick up your daughter at school. Meet her slightly off school grounds if you need to give her a ride home from there.

Or, you could, ya know, just let her testify. But if you want to avoid that, the best way is to avoid being served with the subpoena.

04-28-2009, 07:20 AM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Having the power to issue a subpeona and having the power to enforce it are two different things. Of course, you open yourself to potential sanctions if you don't obey a subpoena, but I doubt a judge would issue any penalties for a lay parent not wanting her daughter to be harrassed at school. Anyway, make it difficult for them to serve you. A subpoena must be served personally. So don't identify yourself to strangers, don't answer the door at home for people you don't know, don't let yourself be summoned to the front desk or whatever at work unless it's to meet someone you know. Certainly don't ever pick up your daughter at school. Meet her slightly off school grounds if you need to give her a ride home from there. Or, you could, ya know, just let her testify. But if you want to avoid that, the best way is to avoid being served with the subpoena.
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