Motion to Strike This is called "meet and confer." Code of Civil Procedure section 430.41 and 435.5. If the two sides cannot reach an agreement, the defendant has to file and serve the demurrer or motion to strike within the deadline (usually 30 days) for responding to the Complaint.
After being served with a complaint, a defendant has to decide how to initially respond. There are two options—filing a pre-answer motion or filing an answer: 1.
A motion to strike is a request by one party in a United States trial requesting that the presiding judge order the removal of all or part of the opposing party's pleading to the court.
Grounds for a motion to strike include the following: The pleading is false; that is, untrue. The pleading is filed without the required leave of court. The form of pleading is in violation of a court order. The pleading is filed late. The pleading is barred by the statute of limitations. The pleading must be verified.
A “motion to dismiss” is typically filed in response to a complaint and is made in lieu of filing an “answer.” Technically, a plaintiff can move to “strike” a defense that a defendant has pled, given that defenses are subject to the same pleading requirements as are the plaintiff's claims.
As with all motions, a motion to strike must state with particularity the grounds for seeking the order to strike, as well as the relief sought. FRCP 7(b); Smart Code®. Under FRCP 12(f), the court may strike from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter.
C.C.P. § 436 allows for a motion to strike “any irrelevant, false, or improper matter asserted in any pleading” or portion of a pleading “not drawn of filed in conformity with the laws of this state.” A motion to strike is proper “when a substantive defect is clear from the face of a complaint.” (PH II, Inc. v.
Pursuant to Local Rule section 2.35, a party seeking an ex-parte order shall notify the parties no later than a.m. the court day before the ex-parte appearance, absent a showing of exceptional circumstances pursuant to California Rules of Court 3.1203 .
CALIFORNIA GOOD NEIGHBOR FENCE LAW This is thanks to Civil Code 841, otherwise known as the Good Neighbor Fence Law. ing to 841, both parties are assumed to equally benefit from the shared fence. Therefore, both have equal responsibility for fence maintenance, construction, and replacement costs.
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