Application for a decree nisi ~ Affidavit

Hello, today I have my Affidavit in support of divorce form and it says I need a witness, who must be an officer of a county court or a solicitor.

I doubt a solicitor is going to witness this without wanting some money, so this leaves me with ''an officer of a county court.''

So, is that anyone specific? Can I just go to the county court and say ''Hi, can someone witness this?''

yes. any of the counter staff. However - check that you have the up to date form. It used to be necessary to swear an affidavit (special proceedure affidavit) but the form has been changed (D80) and now has a ''statemetn of truth'' which you sign, but do not need to swear or have witnessed.

If you do need to swear an affidavit then a solicitor will charge you £5 for the affidavit and £2 for each exhibit.

Interesting! The form I have was sent to me yesterday, it is marked D80D - the Affidavit bit has ''swear on oath'' and ''affirm.''

I did actually mean to ask what the difference between these is!

At the bottom of the form it has ''SWORN/AFFIRMED'' at ___
in the County of ___
on d/m/y
Before me, ___
[_] A Commissioner for Oaths
[_] Officer of the Court appointed by the Judge to take Affidavits.

From the way it reads, I would guess I have to go get it witnessed - but I would still be interested to know the difference between swearing an oath and affirming.

Cool, that was easy.

Swearing an oath apparently involved the bible (religion in my civil court?!) so I did the affirmation of truth thingy.