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Writing a Position Statement Attending court can be a daunting prospect, especially if you are representing yourself. It is important that you are well prepared in order to fully present your case to the Court; one way of achieving this is to write a position statement.
Letter of Declaration for Child Custody Sample I, Naomi Sage, hereby issue a declaration of the facts, to put forth my side of the story and to support a motion to return my daughter to me. On Saturday August 12, 2010, I dropped my daughter off at the school’s weekend girl’s soccer.
Formal Requirements for a Valid Court Declaration. The person writing the declaration (the “declarant”) must be over eighteen. Do not ask the minor children involved in family law cases to write declarations! The statement must be neatly printed or typed. The commissioners will not read illegible handwriting.
HOW TO WRITE A “DECLARATION “ I. BASIC INSTRUCTIONS: First, identify your issues. Your “declaration” is your story to the judge. You will probably not be given the time to say much to the judge when you go to court. You must therefore write everything you want to say to the judge here in your declaration.
A statutory declaration is a formal statement made affirming that something is true to the best knowledge of the person making the declaration. It has to be signed in the presence of a solicitor, commissioner for oaths or notary public.
Accordingly, the way in which Magistrates Courts address Section 14 Statutory Declarations has undergone significant changes in the past couple of years. The position now, is that wherever possible, the court are required to re-hear the case against you as soon as possible and in almost all cases, this will be done at the same time as the court consider your Section 14 Statutory Declaration.
If the Court adopts this approach, then your case will simply be adjourned to a new date for you to attend for trial. Sometimes when you make a Statutory Declaration, the Court will simply accept that statutory declaration and send you on your way. This does not mean that the matter is over and done with.