2007-09-21 08:00:29 · 4 answers · asked by mickey 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
i know the notary position. my friend like her kids so visit their father in another state for the summer on a round trip ticket, she later gets a letter stating the father want petition of custody. the letter also said he got a notary to sign and the father wrote the kids live with him and the truth is the mother has full custoday and only let the kids go for the summer. i was wondering can that be used against the father since he lied . the mother has proof of custody in her state and the father has been paying child support for years. he lied is on papers to his state court to say the kids live him . the kids are with their mother of course ...
2007-09-21 08:21:35 · update #1
not the notary. my friend let her kids go visit their dad that recently moved to another state. the kids were only there for for the summer on a round trip ticket. later she gets a letter from the other state saying the father was petiioning for custody of one kid.... another letter is by a signed notry paper from the courts where the father said the kids live with him and that is not true, the mother has full custoday and the father has been paying child support to her for years... i thought when u get a notary tio sign that it is a sword statement. can she use that against him cause he lied about it .
2007-09-21 08:29:18 · update #2
If the document he signed was an affidavit, where he is basically testifying on paper, then it could be perjury. Likewise a certification, without a notary's verification can also be perjury if filed in a court proceeding. The notarization really has nothing to do with it. If he's filing his own written statements with the court that are not true, he could be sanctioned by the court.
On the other hand, if the kids have been with him all summer, he may not necessarily be legally misrepresenting himself by saying they live with him, even if your friend has full custody.
2007-09-21 08:51:39 · answer #1 · answered by lechisch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The notary is only validating the signature -- the notary cannot attest that the content of the document is valid.
So, the notary can only get into trouble if they fail to properly verify the signature.
As to the person -- just because something is notarized does not mean it is made under the penalties of perjury -- that is a separate issue, independent of the notarized signature.
2007-09-21 08:12:55 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The notarys only purpose is to positively identify the person signing the document. The contents of the document are the responsibility of the person, not the notary.
2007-09-21 09:26:00 · answer #3 · answered by trooper3316 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe a notary is just a witness to someone signing something. The notary is not there to verify the truth, only to prove the person that signed it did in fact sign it...
2007-09-21 08:10:34 · answer #4 · answered by Adam E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋