Table of Contents. Background ....................................................................................................................................1. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Overview....................................................................................2. A.
ISBN 978-1-4435-8304-6 (PDF) Motions allow the parties to ask the court to make temporary decisions on the matters that you have asked the court to decide. Either party can make motions before the court makes a final decision on the matters in your case. An example of a motion is where one party asks the judge for a temporary order concerning where the children will live or how much time they will spend with each parent.
Generally speaking, a motion is a formal request made to a judge or court, asking for the judge or court to provide some type of relief. When the motion is granted, then the judge or court has agreed to the request. To sustain is to approve. For example, when one lawyer objects to a question that was asked by the other lawyer, if the judge agrees with the objection, then he or she may sustain the objection, which means that the question should not be answered.