laws dot-com legal forms guide a motion
is a legal pleading filed in a court
case that makes a request of the court
for any number of reasons motion
practice is used in both civil cases and
criminal cases but the types of motions
used are very different depending on the
type of case and the stage of litigation
in this case we are using the motion
example used in the state of
Massachusetts for a family or probate
case examples of motions can also be
found online or through legal help
services the first step for filling out
your motion is to determine what type of
motion you need to file you must include
the case caption information on the top
of the motion indicating the court and
docket number for the case next you must
fill in the case name putting the
plaintiffs name first and then the
defendant name or names in the box under
the V in the lines to the right of the
case name you must identify the type of
motion that you are filing in this case
we could file any number of family law
motions depending on the type of case
and the stage of litigation it is in
next you will identify whether you are
the plaintiff defendant petitioner or
respondent in the matter and check the
corresponding box with your name in the
next lines you are to write the reasons
for your motion and support why you
believe you are entitled to approval of
the motion you may need to add
additional information which you can
attach in supplemental pages you must
sign your name with your contact
information at the end of the motion if
you are a lawyer you will put your
lawyer identification number in the bbo
number line on page two you must fill in
all of the same case caption information
as the first sheet you will then need to
supply the names and addresses of all
defendants involved in the case you must
then certify that the motion has been
delivered to each defendant and indicate
the method of notice that you provide it
once completed you must file a copy with
the court an approval or denial will be
sent back to you in the next court cycle
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