How to begin text a certain distance from the right margin

Question

As the date changes in length each day, I find myself manually modifying the hspace distance to the beginning of the signature line every time I generate a document. Can anyone think of a better way to do this -- e.g., perhaps with the signature line beginning a certain distance from the right-hand margin? The signature line needs to be aligned with the three lines of text underneath. Using minipage seems to be overkill, and I thought perhaps a simpler solution may exist -- e.g., \begin-x-inches-from-right-margin.

\hspace*{3in}Respectfully submitted,\
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~\
DATE: ~ \today \hspace*{34mm} By: ~ \makebox[3in]{\hrulefill}

\hspace*{3.5in}TYPED NAME OF PERSON SIGNING

\hspace*{3.5in}Attorney for Respondent,

\hspace*{3.5in}NAME OF LITIGANT

Answer 1

Don't do this:

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use \vspace{something}

\begin-x-inches-from-right-margin. is

  \hspace*{\fill}\makebox[2in][l]{ABC}

Which will put the start of ABC 2in from the right margin. But I didn't understand your layout description enough to suggest how to use it here.

Answer 2

You could also use the tabbing environment:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabbing}
    DATE: ~ \today \hspace*{34mm} By: ~ \= \makebox[3in]{\hrulefill}\\
    \> TYPED NAME OF PERSON SIGNING\\
    \> Attorney for Respondent,\\
    \> NAME OF LITIGANT\\
\end{tabbing}
\end{document}

Short explanation: \= sets a tabulator, with \> you can jump to this tabulator.