Comments on: Case of the Day: Gyger v. Clement https://lettersblogatory.com/2020/11/06/case-of-the-day-gyger-v-clement/ The Blog of International Judicial Assistance Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ted Folkman https://lettersblogatory.com/2020/11/06/case-of-the-day-gyger-v-clement/#comment-3498 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 13:59:14 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=29542#comment-3498 In reply to Robert Boylan.

Thanks for the comment. An affidavit can be on oath or affirmation, but the affirmation still has to be made before a notary or another proper officer. An unsworn declaration, e.g., a declaration under 28 U.S.C. § 1746, is absolutely proper and usually the easiest way to do things, as long as the applicable rules allow it. By the way, you haven’t seen seals and ribbons until you have had to do an old-fashioned “chain legalization” to prepare a public document for use in a country that is not a party to the Apostille Convention!

]]> By: Robert Boylan https://lettersblogatory.com/2020/11/06/case-of-the-day-gyger-v-clement/#comment-3497 Tue, 17 Nov 2020 10:00:05 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=29542#comment-3497 Oath or affirmation. When drafting something for subission to a court, I used the heading “Unsworn Declaration Under Penalty of Perjury” with a statutory citation as well. Never had a problem even though some old school types want to see ribbons and seals.

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