Case Ammendments

A case ammendment records a party's request to amend a filed case — adding or removing defendants, evidence, or attached files after the original filing.

Only creating an ammendment (POST) is currently implemented — index, show, update, and destroy exist as controller stubs. Submitting an ammendment creates a Case Ammendment activity (see Case Activities) alongside the CaseAmmendment record itself.

The case ammendment model

Name
id
Type
string
Description
Unique identifier for the ammendment.
Name
case_record_id
Type
string
Description
The case record being amended.
Name
case_activity_id
Type
string
Description
The Case Ammendment activity created alongside this record.
Name
status
Type
string
Description
The ammendment's review status.
Name
defendants
Type
array
Description
Defendants added by this ammendment.
Name
removed_defendants
Type
array
Description
Defendants removed by this ammendment.
Name
evidences
Type
array
Description
Evidence added by this ammendment.
Name
removed_evidence
Type
array
Description
Evidence removed by this ammendment.
Name
files
Type
array
Description
Supporting files attached to this ammendment.

POST/api/case-ammendments

Submit a case ammendment

Submit a request to amend a case's defendants, evidence, and/or attached files.

Required attributes

Name
case_record_id
Type
string
Description
The UUID of the case record to amend.

Optional attributes

Name
defendants
Type
array
Description
New defendants to add. Each requires the standard party fields (name, classification, address).
Name
removed_defendants
Type
array
Description
IDs of existing defendants to remove.
Name
evidences
Type
array
Description
New evidence to add. Testimonial entries require witness_name; all others require exhibit and description.
Name
removed_evidence
Type
array
Description
IDs of existing evidence to remove.
Name
files
Type
array
Description
Files to attach, uploaded as temporary media tagged with this ammendment's id.
Name
removed_files
Type
array
Description
IDs of existing files to remove.

Request

POST

/api/case-ammendments

curl -X POST https://your-domain.com/api/case-ammendments \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-XSRF-TOKEN: {token}" \
  --cookie "cms_admin_session={session}" \
  -d '{
    "case_record_id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
    "defendants": [
      {"classification": "Individual", "first_name": "Maria", "last_name": "Reyes", "address": "Quezon City"}
    ],
    "evidences": [
      {"exhibit": "Exhibit B", "description": "Amended demand letter"}
    ]
  }'

Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-3210-9a8b-7c6d5e4f3210",
    "case_record_id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
    "case_activity_id": "1a2b3c4d-5e6f-7890-1a2b-3c4d5e6f7890",
    "status": "Confirmed",
    "created_at": "2026-02-20T10:30:00+00:00"
  }
}

Error - Missing Evidence Fields (422)

{
  "message": "The exhibit and description fields are required for non-testimonial evidence."
}