Practice question
In a civil case governed by the Judicial Affidavit Rule, a party files a notarized affidavit containing hearsay answers and then insists notarization makes every answer admissible. The opponent timely identifies the inadmissible answers. Which is best?
- The opponent may move to strike inadmissible answers and the court must rule
- Notarization defeats every evidentiary objection
- The whole case must automatically be dismissed
- Only the notary can exclude an answer
- Every statement in every affidavit is automatically firsthand knowledge
Legal references
- AM 12-8-8-SC, Section 6: https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_12-8-8-sc_2012.html
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