Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907

Undefended actions of alimentS

33.57.(1)Where a motion for decree in absence under Chapter 7 (undefended causes) is lodged in an action of aliment, the pursuer shall, on lodging the motion, lodge all documentary evidence of the means of the parties available to him in support of the amount of aliment sought.

(2)Where the sheriff requires the appearance of parties, the sheriff clerk shall fix a hearing.