INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING DECLARATION …

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1983, 1995, 1997, 2007 Leslie Ellen ShearINSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING DECLARATIONRough Draft Due Date___________Appointment to Review and Revise DeclarationDate_____________ Time____________Your DECLARATION is your written testimony, submitted to the Court underpenalty of perjury. It has the same legal effect as your testimony on thewitness stand. Under certain circumstances, the Court may decide a casepartially or entirely upon the written declarations, without hearing any livetestimony. Family Law Courts are very crowded, and some judicial officers relyheavily on written declarations. if your case is one of the rare ones that goesup on appeal, the record must contain sufficient evidence to support yourcontentions and when there will be oral testimony, your DECLARATION is an opportu-nity to present evidence on your behalf which may serve as an introduction tothe case for the judge, a Conciliation Court mediator, and/or expert witnesses.

©1983, 1995, 1997, 2007 Leslie Ellen Shear INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING DECLARATION Rough Draft Due Date_____ Appointment to Review and Revise Declaration

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