Verified pleadings, form and content
When a legal paper in a divorce or family law case needs to be 'verified,' the person signing it goes before an official who can give oaths (like a notary). That official stamps and signs a certificate on the paper to confirm it was signed properly. That is all that is needed to make a document count as verified.
452.025. , form and content. — 1. All pleadings required to be verified under this chapter may at the time of be made by the thereof by the or made before an under the laws of this state, and evidenced by the officer's , under , attached or annexed to the in form and content substantially as follows:
2. All references in this chapter regarding a "verified" document shall be satisfied by with the requirements of 1 of this section.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2004 S.B. 1211)
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