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Once you've sworn your affidavit, it's done. With one exception, the only way you can fix a mistake in that affidavit or add additional information to it is to make a new affidavit. In many family law actions, it is It's not uncommon to have three, four or even fifteen affidavits prepared in the course of a court proceeding in a family law dispute. These affidavits are mostly made to update the court on events occurring since the previous affidavit was sworn.
Note that new affidavits don't replace any of the previous affidavits, they just add to the written evidence already in the court file. Every affidavit stands on its own.
==Adding new information==
:<li>I am the Claimant in this matter, and as such have personal knowledge of the facts hereinafter deposed to.
:<li>I make this my affidavit to supplement the evidence given in my second affidavit, sworn in this matter on 1 April 2012 (the "Second Affidavit").
:<li>At paragraph 32 of the Second Affidavit, I describe how the Respondent and I bought our 1978 Chevy Pinto. I have now found the sale receipt for that purchase, which shows that I paid all of the downpaymentdown payment. Attached to this my Affidavit as EXHIBIT "A" is a true copy of the sales receipt, dated 1 April 2002.
:<li>At paragraph 44 of the Second Affidavit, I discuss how the Respondent and I bought the green filing cabinet. I have had the chance to give further thought to this purchase, and I now recall that it had four drawers. I accidentally omitted this fact in the Second Affidavit.
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