Motion To Strike Form Without Leave In Maricopa
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Only these pleadings are allowed: a complaint; an answer to a complaint; a counterclaim; an answer to a counterclaim designated as a counterclaim; an answer to a crossclaim; a third-party complaint; an answer to a third-party complaint; and, if the court orders one, a reply to an answer.
Primary tabs. A motion to strike is a request to a judge that part of a party's pleading or a piece of evidence be removed from the record.
Motions to continue are not automatically granted. There must be a showing of good cause for the continuance to be granted. Do not assume your motion to continue was granted just because you filed a motion.
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.
Rule 26.1 of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure requires that the parties to a lawsuit to exchange Initial Disclosure Statements within 30 (thirty) days of the defendant filing an Answer. These disclosure statements are often referred to as “Rule 26.1 Statements” or “Rule 26.1 Disclosures” for short.
(a) At any time, the Superior Court may order oral argument upon its own initiative or the motion of a party. (b) If a party wishes oral argument, the request must be made in the caption of a memorandum at the time a memorandum is filed.
If you file a motion to strike, it must be in a stand-alone pleading that cannot exceed two pages. A response is due within five days, and the response also cannot exceed two-pages. Do not file a reply unless one is ordered. A motion to strike does not extend the deadline to file a responsive pleading.
Every matter submitted for determination to a judge of the superior court for decision shall be determined and a ruling made not later than sixty days from submission thereof, in ance with Section 21. Article VI of the Arizona Constitution.
There is no set number because there are any number of reasons a continuance could be asked for.
