My wife and I subpoenaed to divorce court
Location: Kansas/Missouri (wife and I live in Kansas, were subpoenaed in Kansas, to appear as witnesses in court in Missouri)
Hello - my wife and I were each served with subpoenas to appear as witnesses in a friend's divorce proceedings. The wife (not a friend of ours) subpoenaed us, our best guess as to why is to try and disparage the character of her husband. I have no idea if that's right, but it's a guess.
We arranged childcare and showed up to court this morning, only to sit outside in the hallway for around 3 hours before being told they were done for the day and we would have to appear again on June 1st.
I will again have to take PTO to sit in the courthouse that day - is there any way I can avoid doing this? Or get more compensation past the $41.50 I got for this first appearance?
I'm happy to provide any more info if it would help. Thanks in advance.