Opinion
21258-22
10-12-2022
TREVOR DAVID LAVINE & ILDA SANTOS-LAVINE, Petitioners v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Kathleen Kerrigan Chief Judge
It has come to the Court's attention that the petition filed in this case on September 20, 2022, was not properly executed in that it does not bear the original signatures of petitioners or of a practitioner admitted to practice before this Court.
The foregoing considered, it is
ORDERED that petitioners shall, on or before November 23, 2022, file with the Court in paper form (not electronic) a Ratification of Petition bearing an original signature (not a photocopy), preferably in blue ink, in which petitioners states, if such be the case, that petitioners have read the petition filed on September 20, 2022, and ratify and affirms the filing of said document. It is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to attach to the copy of this Order served on petitioners a form which may be used by petitioners for purposes of ratifying the petition.
RATIFICATION OF PETITION
___, have read the Petition filed with the Court on ___ and do hereby ratify and affirm the filing of said document by affixing our signatures hereto.