Florid-aise
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Why SJ, you mean to imply that you know of other and different judges that would do such a thing?seniorjudge said:"I do not think I will be modifying a legal document especially when the court said there is not a form there is a specific procedure"
Filing a form is a specific procedure. Lawyers modify legal documents all the time. If the judge doesn't like it, he'll just say, "What's this piece of crap?" and throw it in the wastebasket.
I mean...that's what I have heard some judges do....
I know of a case where the defendant wrote a motion on the back of a restaurant place-mat, in BLUE CRAYON (that the restaurant provides for the kiddies). The court ruled in his favor, and the place-mat/motion is in the file today.
OP, changing a pre-printed, standardized document is not as serious as failing to file a document. Or missing a filing deadline. Remember, paper is the key to legal stuff. Filed paper (even improperly filed paper) beats no paper every single time.