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How Do I Fix an Error in an Affidavit or Add to an Affidavit? (view source)
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Once you've sworn your affidavit, it's done. With one exception, the only way you can fix a mistake in that affidavit or add additional information to it is to make a new affidavit. | Once you've sworn your affidavit, it's done. With one exception, the only way you can fix a mistake in that affidavit or add additional information to it is to make a new affidavit. It's not uncommon to have three, four or even fifteen affidavits prepared in the course of a court proceeding in a family law dispute. These affidavits are mostly made to update the court on events occurring since the previous affidavit was sworn. | ||
Note that new affidavits don't replace any of the previous affidavits, they just add to the written evidence in the court file. Every affidavit stands on its own. | Note that new affidavits don't replace any of the previous affidavits, they just add to the written evidence already in the court file. Every affidavit stands on its own. | ||
==Adding new information== | ==Adding new information== | ||
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:<li>I am the Claimant in this matter, and as such have personal knowledge of the facts hereinafter deposed to. | :<li>I am the Claimant in this matter, and as such have personal knowledge of the facts hereinafter deposed to. | ||
:<li>I make this my affidavit to supplement the evidence given in my second affidavit, sworn in this matter on 1 April 2012 (the "Second Affidavit"). | :<li>I make this my affidavit to supplement the evidence given in my second affidavit, sworn in this matter on 1 April 2012 (the "Second Affidavit"). | ||
:<li>At paragraph 32 of the Second Affidavit, I describe how the Respondent and I bought our 1978 Chevy Pinto. I have now found the sale receipt for that purchase, which shows that I paid all of the | :<li>At paragraph 32 of the Second Affidavit, I describe how the Respondent and I bought our 1978 Chevy Pinto. I have now found the sale receipt for that purchase, which shows that I paid all of the down payment. Attached to this my Affidavit as EXHIBIT "A" is a true copy of the sales receipt, dated 1 April 2002. | ||
:<li>At paragraph 44 of the Second Affidavit, I discuss how the Respondent and I bought the green filing cabinet. I have had the chance to give further thought to this purchase, and I now recall that it had four drawers. I accidentally omitted this fact in the Second Affidavit. | :<li>At paragraph 44 of the Second Affidavit, I discuss how the Respondent and I bought the green filing cabinet. I have had the chance to give further thought to this purchase, and I now recall that it had four drawers. I accidentally omitted this fact in the Second Affidavit. | ||
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