A settlement may be filed by the parties at any stage of the trial. The document may become the basis for the termination of legal proceedings in a particular case. The agreement is a consequence of the reconciliation of the parties in the process. The law limits the scope of acts by which an amicable settlement can be concluded.
Instruction manual
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First of all, the parties must decide on the possibility of concluding such a document. If they agree, a written document is drawn up. It can be written in any form to the court in which the case is being considered. Typically, the court approves a settlement agreement and the relationship between the parties ends on a specific issue. In addition, they no longer have the right to apply to the court for exactly the same reason.
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The document itself prescribes where the agreement is directed, from whom, the data of the plaintiff and defendant, their place of residence, the number of the case under consideration and the mailing address.
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The essence of the case, the obligations of the plaintiff and the defendant, what the parties have come to as a result of the negotiations, the consequences of non-compliance with the settlement agreement, the number of copies in which it is drawn up, must be signed by the parties involved in the process. It is best to put your signature on each page of the document.
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The agreement is written in any form, on a blank sheet of A4 format, in any volume. A prerequisite is the submission of an agreement before a court decision is issued.
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An amicable settlement may be drawn up with the help of a notary or a lawyer, but most often it is written independently during a trial. Such a document does not require notarization, the court, having approved the agreement, obliges the parties to execute it.
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In the document itself, you can write about the distribution of legal costs, otherwise this issue is decided by the court. In addition, the law allows parties to defer fulfillment of obligations to each other. Such a condition is prescribed in the agreement; in the same place, the issue of assignment of the right to claim and the full or partial recognition of debt can be stipulated.
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The settlement agreement is drawn up in the number of copies according to the number of persons participating in the process. It is necessary to prepare additionally another instance for the court, which is filed in the case file.
