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The applicant may decide to prepare a new affidavit to reply to something you've said in your affidavit. The applicant must give you a copy of any new affidavits by 4:00pm on the business day that is one full business day before the hearing.
The applicant may decide to prepare a new affidavit to reply to something you've said in your affidavit. The applicant must give you a copy of any new affidavits by 4:00pm on the business day that is one full business day before the hearing.


You do not have an automatic right to serve an affidavit of your own in reply to this new affidavit. You can prepare another affidavit if you want, but be prepared for the judge or master hearing the application to refuse to admit your affidavit.
You do not have an automatic right to serve an affidavit of your own in reply to this new affidavit. You can prepare another affidavit if you want, but be prepared for the judge or associate judge hearing the application to refuse to admit your affidavit.


==Application records==
==Application records==


The ''application record'' is a three-ring binder that contains all of the application materials, with an index and separated by tabs, that is assembled by the applicant. The ''application record'' is prepared for the benefit of the judge or master hearing the application.
The ''application record'' is a three-ring binder that contains all of the application materials, with an index and separated by tabs, that is assembled by the applicant. The ''application record'' is prepared for the benefit of the judge or associate judge hearing the application.


The applicant <span class="noglossary">will</span> give you the ''index'' to the application record by 4:00pm on the business day that is one full business day before the hearing. But you need to assemble your own application record using the applicant's index. Doing this <span class="noglossary">will</span> ensure that you, the applicant, and the judge are all on the same page (literally) when you're referring to the materials that are organized in the application record.
The applicant <span class="noglossary">will</span> give you the ''index'' to the application record by 4:00pm on the business day that is one full business day before the hearing. But you need to assemble your own application record using the applicant's index. Doing this <span class="noglossary">will</span> ensure that you, the applicant, and the judge are all on the same page (literally) when you're referring to the materials that are organized in the application record.

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