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What are my rights regarding having an interpreter present at my hearing to translate documents that were given to the court?
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At my child custody hearing, there were documents in French which were not translated to English. I was not provided with an interpreter to help me understand the documents.
Since the documents were not accompanied with a translation you can object to the documents. It is unlikely that the Judge can read them if they are in French so the Judge is likely in the same boat you are in. As a practical matter, the documents lack any probative value if they cannot be read by the Judge.
teven James BrownFamily Law AttorneyChino Hills, CA ·
One of your due process of law rights is to have a hearing. While the court may not be required to provide you with or pay for an intrepreter, the court should give you the opportunity to bring in your own intrepreter or permit you to make copies of the documents in presented to the court in the French language so that you can have them intrepreted outside the court so that you do understand what the content of the documents are.
