Difference between revisions of "How Do I Prepare an Affidavit?"

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 | align=right | <tt>9.</tt>||<tt>On 1 September 2016, Master Smith made an order that the Respondent and I share parental responsibility for our children. The Master did not make an order for parenting time or child support, but the Respondent has been seeing the children on weekends and has been paying $200 per month to me as child support.</tt>
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-...and so on. Once I'm done introducing the basic background of the parties, I'll describe the events that led the applicant to be making the specific application before the court.
+...and so on. Keep in mind that lawyers often write out their clients' affidavits for them, using what they've learned during interviews of their client, just as I am demonstrating here in this example. But this is the evidence of that person, and written for them in their voice. Once I'm done introducing the basic background of the parties, I'll describe the events that led the applicant to be making the specific application before the court.
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