Lagrange, OH asked in Child Custody and Legal Malpractice for Ohio

Q: Can a custody lawyer sign his clients name on legal court documents?

Can a lawyer sign a sworn affidavit for a client?

I got emergency custody paperwork from the court and they sent two sets of papers. Well I got to looking at my ex’s signature on the paperwork and there is two signatures one is 100% not hers. It looks like her lawyer tried to copy her signature but did a poor job.

Can he do that? He also is the one that notorized the paperwork.

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Nicholas P. Weiss
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  • Divorce Lawyer
  • Cleveland Heights, OH
  • Licensed in Ohio

A: Answer to your immediate question: No.

Answer to your unasked question; do not make this a thing. She is going to say that is her signature and there is not going to be anything you can do about it because notarization is there to protect the signor. Respond to the emergency custody petition on the merits and don't try to win on technical procedural issues.

Good luck.

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