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Family law agreements are changed by executing another written agreement that updates the original agreement. Changing an agreement is called ''amending'' the agreement. The agreements are usually called ''amending agreements'', ''amendment agreements'', ''addendum agreements'' or something else to that effect and only deal with the part of the original agreement that needs to be changed. They are much shorter than the agreements that they amend, and the text of the agreement usually says something like this: | Family law agreements are changed by executing another written agreement that updates the original agreement. Changing an agreement is called ''amending'' the agreement. The agreements are usually called ''amending agreements'', ''amendment agreements'', ''addendum agreements'' or something else to that effect and only deal with the part of the original agreement that needs to be changed. They are much shorter than the agreements that they amend, and the text of the agreement usually says something like this: | ||
<blockquote>Frank and Anne agree that their separation agreement, executed on 1 January 2012, shall be amended by cancelling Paragraph 12 of that agreement and replacing it with the following:</tt></blockquote> | <blockquote>,tt>Frank and Anne agree that their separation agreement, executed on 1 January 2012, shall be amended by cancelling Paragraph 12 of that agreement and replacing it with the following:</tt></blockquote> | ||
<blockquote><tt>Neither party shall be entitled to receive spousal support from the other.</blockquote> | <blockquote><tt>Neither party shall be entitled to receive spousal support from the other.</tt></blockquote> | ||
An amending agreement can also: | An amending agreement can also: | ||
