POINT XI
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FILING OF A LEGAL AND PROPER MOTION MUST BE NOTICED UPON THE
ADVERSE PARTY WITH THE PROPER RETURN DATE AND SUPPORTED BY AN
AFFIDAVIT SWEARING TO THE FACTS EITHER BY A PARTY TO THE ACTION
OR AN ATTORNEY ASSERTING FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE, AND NOT BY A MERE
LEGAL ASSISTANT.
Defendants-Appellants need not remind the Court about the
legal requirements for filing a motion, or that a motion
requires the payment of the filing fee (see POINT ???) in this
brief) and that a motion must be accompanied by an affidavit
sworn to by someone who has firsthand knowledge of the facts as
per the Uniform Rules Section 202.8 for Motion Procedure which
states in part:
"All motions shall be returnable before the assigned
judge, and all papers shall be filed with the court on or
before the return date. ... The moving party shall serve
copies of all affidavits and briefs upon all other
parties at the time of service of the notice of motion."
"Affidavits shall be for a statement of the relevant
facts..."
As Defendants-Appellants point out in this Brief for POINT
???, that the letter request from Sheri Beals (A - 281) was a
true motion, that was never noticed CPLR 2221, no filing fee
paid CPLR 8020(a), and that no motion was filed for the change
to the Original Decision and Order. The Law Dictionary by
Steven H. Gillis defines an Affidavit as "A written sttement
made or taken under oath before an officer of the court or a
notary public... Affiant the person who makes and subscribes to
a statement made under oath." The Beals "motion" to the Lower
Court did not have any supporting affidavit, and contained
merely her "opinion" of an error. Nor did she assert that she
had any first hand knowledge of any of the facts surrounding her
motion.
Siegal writes under Section 247 Making the Motion; Notice
Requirements "CPLR 2214(b) requires that the other party be
given at least eight days notice of the motion..." such notice
was never given.
Defendants-Appellants question the legality of a mere legal
assistant to submit on behalf of any party a motion to the
Supreme Court, or to any other Court, as Defendants-Appellants
asserted to the Lower Court that the use of
Plaintiff-Respondent's legal assistant was a method to shield
their licensed attorneys from sanctions for submitting a known
illegal motion to the Court (A - ???).
Defendants-Appellants point out that Plaintiff-Respondent
fully realized that the Amended Decision and Order was the
result of their motion since they served their Notice of Entry
(A - 23) based upon a motion. As written by Siegel Section 250,
Deciding the Motion; the Order which states:
"A motion culminates in an order, which must be reduced
to a writing, and the written order must conform strictly
to the decision" and that "It is a general principle, in
fact, that service of the order on the adverse party is
necessary to give it validity."
This Court should hold that the Beals letter (A 281) was an
improper and illegal motion and reverse the Amended Decision and
Order (A - 19) as well as to reverse the Judgement For
Foreclosure and Sale (A - 7) that was a direct result of the
motion.
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