(a) Amendments. A party may amend the party's own pleadings once as a matter of course at any time before a response is served or, if the response is one to which no further pleading is permitted and the action has not been scheduled for trial, the party may so amend it at any time within 20 days after it is served.
A pleading is only considered amended insofar as it incorporates or responds to events occurring before the original pleading was filed. If an amended pleading incorporates or responds to events occurring after the original pleading is filed, the new pleading is considered to be supplemental, not amended.
An amendment is a motion to change, to add words to, or to omit words from, an original motion. The change is usually to clarify or improve the wording of the original motion and must, of course, be germane to that motion.
An amended pleading is a revision of a pleading filed in an action. It is re-filed by the party who filed the original pleading and takes the place of the original pleading for all substantive purposes. After re-filing, any subsequent motion made by an opposing party is directed at the amended pleading.
Once you've sworn your affidavit, it's done. With one exception — for typos, discussed below — the only way you can fix a mistake in that affidavit or add additional information to it is to make a new affidavit.
Motions to amend, which call for changes in the text or terms of the proposition, require a second and must be reduced to writing if requested by the chair. There is no limit to the number of amendments that may be proposed, and new amendments…
On motion and reasonable notice, the court may, on just terms, permit a party to serve a supplemental pleading setting out any transaction, occurrence, or event that happened after the date of the pleading to be supplemented.
You will need to go back to the court where your order was issued and file modification forms. There will probably be a new hearing on the issue. You may also want to consult with an attorney to see if filing for a modification is appropriate under the circumstances of your case.
A motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim or a motion for summary judgment can lead to individual claims or the entire lawsuit being dismissed. The choice between motions and pleadings comes up in the response to the complaint. There is no deadline for filing any motions in response to the complaint.
You will need to go back to the court where your order was issued and file modification forms. There will probably be a new hearing on the issue. You may also want to consult with an attorney to see if filing for a modification is appropriate under the circumstances of your case.