Petition to state absence of collusion
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Summary
Petitions for dissolution, nullity or judicial separation must state there is no collusion or connivance between the petitioner and the other spouse. The petition must be formally verified by the petitioner or a competent person in the manner required for plaints. Those verified statements may be used as evidence at the hearing.
Example
Priya files a petition for judicial separation after she and her husband decide to live apart. Her petition must say there was no collusion or connivance between her and her husband, and she must verify the petition as required for plaints. At the hearing those verified statements can be treated as evidence.
Bare Act
Enacted textEvery Petition under this Act for a decree of dissolution of marriage, or of nullity of marriage, or of judicial separation 2 * ** shall 3* ** state that there is not any collusion or connivance between the Petitioner and the other patty to the marriage.
Statements to be verified.- The statements contained in every Petition under this Act shall be verified by the Petitioner or some other competent person in manner required by law for the verification of plaints, and may at the hearing be referred to as evidence.
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