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The process for interim orders is a miniature version of the larger process for getting a claim to trial. | The process for interim orders is a miniature version of the larger process for getting a claim to trial. | ||
*'''The applicant starts the application.''' The person who wants the interim order, the ''applicant'', starts the application process by filing an application and an affidavit in court, and serving the filed application and affidavit on the other party, called the ''application respondent''. An affidavit is a written statement of the facts that are important to the application. | *'''The applicant starts the application.''' The person who wants the interim order, the ''applicant'', starts the application process by filing an application and an affidavit in court, and serving the filed application and affidavit on the other party, called the ''application respondent''. An affidavit is a written statement of the facts that are important to the application. For more information about affidavits, see [[How Do I Prepare an Affidavit?]] | ||
*'''The application respondent files a reply.''' The application respondent, the person who is responding to the application, has a certain amount of time after being served to respond to the application by filing a reply and an affidavit in court. The reply says which orders the person agrees to and which are objected to; the affidavit describes any additional facts that are important to the application. The reply and affidavit must be delivered to the applicant. | *'''The application respondent files a reply.''' The application respondent, the person who is responding to the application, has a certain amount of time after being served to respond to the application by filing a reply and an affidavit in court. The reply says which orders the person agrees to and which are objected to; the affidavit describes any additional facts that are important to the application. The reply and affidavit must be delivered to the applicant. | ||
*'''The applicant files a responding affidavit.''' The applicant has a certain amount of time after being served with the application respondent's materials to file a further responding affidavit in court. The responding affidavit describes any additional facts that are important to the application. The responding affidavit must be delivered to the application respondent. | *'''The applicant files a responding affidavit.''' The applicant has a certain amount of time after being served with the application respondent's materials to file a further responding affidavit in court. The responding affidavit describes any additional facts that are important to the application. The responding affidavit must be delivered to the application respondent. | ||
