Motion for Default Judgment FOUNDER’S NOTE: My “VERIFIED MOTION AND AFFIDAVIT TO MODIFY PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES” in Lesson 11 was ignored by my ex-wife, so I filed a “MOTION AND AFFIDAVIT FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT,” which is the subject of this lesson. See the motion here. Here is my MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT in the Minnesota case Read more about Lesson #12 – For all Members[…]
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Writing a Motion with an Affidavit FOUNDER’S NOTE: My strategy changed a little since Lessons 9-10. I decided to combine the motion and affidavit, and renamed my document, “VERIFIED MOTION AND AFFIDAVIT TO MODIFY PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES.” I also decided to include a very comprehensive EXHIBIT BOOK, which contains 280-pages of documentary evidence, since this is Read more about Lesson #11 – For Victims of Parental Alienation[…]
Writing a Motion to Modify Custody A motion is simply a written or oral request for a court order or ruling. We use one to “move” the court to dispense justice in our favor. If you are a victim of parental alienation, there should be relief available to you: in your family law case, which Read more about Lesson #10 – For Victims of Parental Alienation[…]
Getting Ready to Deal with Parental Alienation in Your Family Law Case FOUNDER’S NOTE: As I write the lessons in this series, I will be drafting my motion to modify custody in my family law case in Colorado, and in the next series I will be writing my lawsuit against my ex-wife for damages caused Read more about Lesson #9 – For Victims of Parental Alienation[…]
Writing a Complaint – Prayer for Relief Now comes the exciting part of writing a complaint: requesting damages! Alleging all those painful facts in the Statement of the Case section and then applying the controlling law of your case to the facts and pleading just the essential fact elements of your Causes of Action is Read more about Lesson #8 – For all Members[…]
Writing a Complaint – Causes of Action After we have alleged our facts in the Statement of the Case section, we allege the essential fact “elements” of our “causes of action.” And this is where we marry the controlling law of our case with the facts of our case to show the judge and/or jury Read more about Lesson #7 – For all Members[…]
Is “Parental Alienation” a crime? Yes. In many states, Parental Alienation is not only child abuse, but each act by a parent to alienate the other parent is also considered an act of domestic violence. For example: In Colorado, according to C.R.S. § 18-6-401(7)(A)(V): “When a person acts knowingly or recklessly and the child abuse Read more about On Parental Alienation:[…]
Writing a Complaint – Statement of the Case FOUNDER’S NOTE: Normally, two lawsuits instead of one would be filed in the case being used as an example in these lessons: the first action for declaration of default judgment, and the second action for damages. However, I wanted to give the defendant an opportunity to simply Read more about Lesson #6 – For all Members[…]
Writing a Complaint – Jurisdiction & Venue In the last lesson, we created the ‘PARTIES’ section, and now we will create the “JURISDICTION AND VENUE” section of a complaint. We’re getting closer and closer to filing suit! But first, a note on numbering sections and pages. I’m not sure if any jurisdiction requires Roman numerals, Read more about Lesson #5 – For all Members[…]