Many legal documents include a statement attesting to the fact that the person executing the document swears, under the penalties of perjury, that the information contained in the document is true and accurate.
Once a person signs the document, he or she is subject to a charge of perjury if a material fact was misrepresented or a false statement was made in the document. Perjury is often charged as a felony. In the United States, at the federal level and in most state courts, it is punishable by a year or more in prison.
In the United Kingdom, perjury is punishable by up to seven years in prison. Renee Booker. Please enter the following code:. Most judgments of divorce contain a provision that will enable either spouse to request the court to reopen the divorce if a spouse later discovers that the other deliberately lied or falsified court documents.
In some judgments, deceitful spouses will lose their entire share of the marital estate if the court determines that the lies were intentional. If you're going through a divorce and are concerned that your spouse is hiding assets or misrepresenting the facts to get a more favorable divorce judgment, consider hiring an experienced family law attorney to represent you.
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