Can the attorney sign the petition and affidavit for the petitioner? Also how long do I have to pay a judgement?

Anonymous Jul 17, 2012 Family Law 2 views 1 answers

On May 23rd of this year my ex and I went to family court. I was pro se and he has an an attorney. As part of the decision on May 29th I was ordered to pay $750 of his legal expenses. I have not been contacted by his attorney and have not refused to pay them. In fact, I am filing Chapter 7 within the next week, his atty does not know this yet though. Today(7/17) I received a FATHER'S PETITION FOR CONTEMPT AND FOR ADDITIONAL ATTORNEY FEES via fax from my ex's attorney. It started out "COMES NOW the father, XXXX XXXXXX, by counsel, XXXX XXXX, and states as follows:" Yet the attorney signed it and signed the affidavit that was noterized. I thought that if the ex is petitioning this and stating this then he should sign it. This doesn't seem right and I cant afford to keep going to court

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Eric Lewis

Eric Lewis · Jun 15, 2026

The attorney can, and must, sign all pleadings that are filed with the court. There are few pleadings that require the actal signature of the party represented. These pleadings are called "verified" when the person's signature is required in addition to the attorneys signature. I can't think of a contempt petition that would require verification, although if an affidavit is included, it would have to be signed and notarized.

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