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Sometimes a party's pleadings need to be changed, or ''amended''. Usually, a change is required because a fact is wrong, like a date or a name. At other times, a change is required to raise a new defence or to make a new claim. | Sometimes a party's pleadings need to be changed, or ''amended''. Usually, a change is required because a fact is wrong, like a date or a name. At other times, a change is required to raise a new defence or to make a new claim. | ||
For example, say a | For example, say a spouse had a job when an action started and then lost it halfway through the case. If that spouse now needs spousal support but didn't make that claim in his or her Notice of Family Claim, he or she would need to amend his or her pleadings to include the new claim. | ||
==The rules== | ==The rules== | ||
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*to make changes in any other circumstances, you'll first need to get the court's permission. | *to make changes in any other circumstances, you'll first need to get the court's permission. | ||
Secondly, you must mark all of your amendments. All of the changes are to be underlined | Secondly, you must mark all of your amendments. All of the changes are to be underlined to make it obvious exactly what's been changed. When a lot of text has been changed, say the size of a whole paragraph or more, the lines can be made to run up the left and right sides of the amended text instead of under each and every line of text. | ||
Next, the <span class="noglossary">title</span> of the changed document always starts with the word ''Amended'', such as the Amended Notice of Family Claim or the Amended Counterclaim, to distinguish the new, changed document from the original. When an amended document is amended again, the <span class="noglossary">title</span> of the new document begins with the phrase ''Further Amended'', as in the Further Amended Notice of Family Claim. | Next, the <span class="noglossary">title</span> of the changed document always starts with the word ''Amended'', such as the Amended Notice of Family Claim or the Amended Counterclaim, to distinguish the new, changed document from the original. When an amended document is amended again, the <span class="noglossary">title</span> of the new document begins with the phrase ''Further Amended'', as in the Further Amended Notice of Family Claim. | ||
