WRITING
A COMPLAINT
FORMAT
FOR THE COMPLAINT
•
CAPTION,
TITLE, INTRODUCTORY CLAUSE
•
BODY
•
PRAYER
FOR RELIEF
•
SIGNATURE
BLOCK
• VERIFICATION
CAPTION,
TITLE, INTRODUCTORY CLAUSE
•
Contains
the name of the Court
•
Names
of the parties
•
Type
of pleading
•
Opening
or Introductory Clause is an unnumbered sentence that states
who is
filing complaint and against whom it is being filed.
BODY
•
Referred
to as “body” or “charging portion”
•
Contains
series of numbered paragraphs that tell court why it has
jurisdiction
of the case and what has happened.
PRAYER
FOR RELIEF
•
States
what the Plaintiff wants the court to do
•
Plaintiff
may ask for various types of damages, an injunction, for specific
performance
or for some other type of relief
SIGNATURE
BLOCK
•
CONTAINS:
•
Name
of Attorney
•
Name
and designation of person attorney is representing
•
Attorney’s
address
•
Attorney’s
telephone number
•
Attorney’s
Bar membership number
VERIFICATION
•
Notarized
statement of the party
•
“Verifies”
statements contained in the complaint
• May
use language “Under penalty of perjury, the above is true and
correct
to
the best of my knowledge.”
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