Thanks. That's what I thought
I will have a chat with the person who issued the subpoena but I highly doubt it will help as usually a report is requested over my attendance if it is thought that it would be enough. I think if I am on leave I will just push to do it over the phone. The judges have been ok with this in the past. Fingers crossed for everyone's sake an agreement can be made and the case settled.
Court is so scary though - even when you are not the one in the hot seat! How you do it on a regular basis Divvy I do not know. My hat goes off to you.
I hope you don't have too. I had a subpoena to give evidence when I was 36 weeks pregnant. I was very stressed for the months beforehand and the police didn't seem to care about the mental health of me and my bub with all the stress they were causing. I offered to do it in another room because I was so scared of seeing the guy, but they said I had too. In the end , on the day the judge decided my statement on paper was enough so I didnt have to go on the stand. It upset me so much because they decided this on the day and I had to see the guy in the hallway who I was scared of knowing my identity.
Stressful and scary and not something a person needs when they are about to give birth or while they are on mat leave with a baby!
Razzberry that sounds really horrible. Luckily for me I can try to distance myself as it is a professional opinion but I still get nervous about it all and in this instance it is a bit different to how I would normally become involved in a court case. In any case being on the stand isn't the first thing I want to be doing when in my last trimester or just after giving birth. I was hoping to have six months of uninterrupted time with my baby.
I've taken Div's advice and hopefully they will choose to subpoena the other psychologist involved rather than myself, but ultimately if it is me they want then there is little I can do.
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