Also known as: suppliants · petitioner
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A party who files a petition seeking judicial relief or enforcement of rights.
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Steven Silva petitions the court to modify an existing custody decree. He shows that his child has lived with him for two years with the other parent's consent. The court grants the modification because the integration element is satisfied.
Sasha Stone files a support petition in her home state tribunal. She requests that the pleading be forwarded to the responding tribunal in another state that has jurisdiction over the obligor. The initiating tribunal accepts the filing and transmits the documents.
Simone Sanders files a parentage adjudication petition. She serves notice on the woman who gave birth, the presumed father, and the individual whose parentage will be determined. The court proceeds only after all required parties receive notice.
Stella Shapiro obtains a registered custody order from another state. She petitions for immediate physical custody. The court grants her request after the respondent fails to establish any statutory defense to enforcement.
Samuel Soto receives a support petition forwarded from an initiating tribunal. The responding tribunal files the pleading and notifies him of the hearing date and location. The proceeding moves forward under the act's procedures.
Sarah Sullivan, an alien facing deportation, petitions for review after Congress overrides an executive suspension of her removal. The court examines whether the legislative veto mechanism violates separation of powers.
A suppliant is the party who initiates a petition for custody modification, support enforcement, or parentage adjudication. The uniform acts identify this party as the one who files the pleading and must satisfy notice or jurisdictional prerequisites.
…He brought this civil libel action against the four individual petitioners, who are Negroes and Alabama clergymen, and against petitioner the New York Times Company, a New York corporation which publishes the New York Times, a daily newspaper. A jury in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County awarded him damages of $500,000,…