What happens if you miss a show cause hearing

A court order

"Show cause" redirects here. For the NCAA college athletics sanction of a similar name, see show-cause penalty.

An order to show cause is a type of court order that requires one or more of the parties to a case to justify, explain, or prove something to the court.

What can happen at a show cause hearing

Courts commonly use orders to show cause when the judge needs more information before deciding whether or not to issue an order requested by one of the parties.^[1] For example, if a party requests that the court find another party in contempt of an existing court order, the judge will typically issue an "Order to Show Cause Re Contempt" to the party accused of being in contempt of court.

At the hearing on the order to show cause concerning contempt the judge will take evidence from both sides concerning the alleged failure to comply with the court order. Appellate courts often issue orders to show cause to lower courts requesting that the lower court explain why the appellant should not be granted the relief requested by the writ or appeal.

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