If you do not appear for your initial hearing, then a bench warrant will be issued for a failure to appear. As such, you should attend the initial hearing. If you can not attend the initial hearing, then you need to contact the court and request a continuance. If you have already missed the initial hearing, then you need to contact the court as soon as possible to fix this, as you don't want to just ignore the court proceedings.
Answered on Mar 02nd, 2015 at 5:51 PM