32. What is an Amended Petition?

An Amended Petition is used when there is a significant amount of corrected information for a previously filed petitionA formal written request presented to a court which asks for some form of relief, such as a Petition to Probate a Will, or a Petition to Determine Title to Property., and is effectively a do-over of the previous petition. An Amended Petition usually needs to be noticed to interested persons, even if proper notice was already given on the previously filed petition.