third party affidavits

[flybird 0]

My wife and I are asking people to prepare third party affidavits. What is the purpose of the final item in it (I refer to the template sample here in VJ), as follows?

**************

Sworn before me this _______ day of _______, [year]

_______________________

**************

Who is the "me"? Is the last line a signature line for the notary?

[merc0230 28]

That is for the notary.

[flybird 0]

Thanks, here is another question:

Is this line important?

*********************************************

[NAME], being duly sworn, deposes and says:

*********************************************

I notice some "example" affidavits do not have that line. In addition, is it sensibly included? I don't know in what sense my family member "deposes" and whether that is the case for such a letter, and what that means.

[ndu26 114]

Try not to overthink the affidavits. There should be template used in the locality where you plan to have that notarized. We just went a court house, explained what we planned to do and they showed a sample. We used that, inputing relevant family member's name . They then had the apprpriate court official stamp and date it.

[The Mean Lady 604]

They also don't have to be notarized.

[flybird 0]

I appreciate that advice. And let me double check. Does "do not overthink them" mean that special legal language (eg duly sworn at the top) is not what makes these documents what they are (affidavits)?

In other words, is it not special legal jargon that makes these letters official?

[flybird 0]

Try not to overthink the affidavits. There should be template used in the locality where you plan to have that notarized. We just went a court house, explained what we planned to do and they showed a sample. We used that, inputing relevant family member's name . They then had the apprpriate court official stamp and date it.

Use a local sample instead of the template online here? Our application has no special connection to local courthouse services and going to a local courthouse sounds arbitrary. Why would that would that be better than the sample here?

[ndu26 114]

Use a local sample instead of the template online here? Our application has no special connection to local courthouse services and going to a local courthouse sounds arbitrary. Why would that would that be better than the sample here?

There is no "better" option. I am just saying the affidavit is a statement by individuals testifying about you and your marriage so there is no "right way" to it. I only gave an example of how I did mine in Nigeria. They already had templates for sworn affidavits in the local court house and we just went there and inserted the information we needed, the individuals signed and that was it...no big deal.