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How Do I Prepare an Affidavit? (view source)
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This is important to understand, because lots of people want to attach testimonials and other sorts of information to their affidavits to make them look as good as possible, or to make their ex look as bad as possible. "Sally is the best mother I have ever seen, she obviously treasures her children and they mean the world to her", or "Bob is a terrible parent, who used to throw rocks at the children when they were infants to see if they'd flinch". What <span class="noglossary">will</span> the court get out of such obviously biased information? Not a lot. | This is important to understand, because lots of people want to attach testimonials and other sorts of information to their affidavits to make them look as good as possible, or to make their ex look as bad as possible. "Sally is the best mother I have ever seen, she obviously treasures her children and they mean the world to her", or "Bob is a terrible parent, who used to throw rocks at the children when they were infants to see if they'd flinch". What <span class="noglossary">will</span> the court get out of such obviously biased information? Not a lot. | ||
The letter from your mother is hearsay, just as if you'd said what your mother told you in your affidavit. The court <span class="noglossary">will</span> accept as true the fact that your mother wrote the letter, but it won't necessarily accept what your mother says in the letter as true. If what your mom has to say is so important, get her to | The letter from your mother is hearsay, just as if you'd said what your mother told you in your affidavit. The court <span class="noglossary">will</span> accept as true the fact that your mother wrote the letter, but it won't necessarily accept what your mother says in the letter as true. If what your mom has to say is so important, get her to prepare an affidavit of her own. That is something that the court <span class="noglossary">will</span> pay attention to. | ||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||