Affirmative defenses must be timely filed in the pleadings, or the right to assert them may be waived. POL; Court Opinions. If a defendant elects to file a pre-answer motion to dismiss, affirmative defenses may be raised at that point.
Per Rule 1.110(d), attorneys must now provide a clear and concise statement of ultimate facts when asserting affirmative defenses. Prior to this amendment, a defendant's affirmative defenses did not have to be pled with supporting factual evidence, and had the ability to be more broad.
A motion to strike a defense under Rule 1.140(b) must be brought within 20 days after service of the pleading.
(f) Motion to Strike. A party may move to strike or the court may strike redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter from any pleading at any time.
Rule 12.260 - SURVIVOR; SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES (a) Death. (1) If a party dies and the claim is not thereby extinguished, the court may order substitution of the proper parties.
If you want to file a motion, the process is generally something like this: You write your motion. You file your motion with the court clerk. The court clerk inserts the date and time your motion will be heard by the judge. You “serve” (mail) your motion to the other side.
A party may move for summary judgment at any time after the expiration of 20 days from the commencement of the action or after service of a motion for summary judgment by the adverse party. The movant must serve the motion for summary judgment at least 40 days before the time fixed for the hearing.
A claim up to $8,000 – not including costs, interest and attorneys' fees – can be filed with the Clerk's Office as a Small Claims action, ing to Rule 7.010 of the Florida Rules of Court and Chapter 34 of the Florida Statutes.
All parental responsibility and time-sharing cases need a Cover Sheet, a Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act Affidavit, and a Child Support Guidelines Worksheet. They also require a parenting plan, but you don't have to use the form the courts provide.
If you wish to recover more than $10,000, you must consider another court, and in most cases, the assistance of an attorney. If the amount you are asking for is over $10,000, you cannot file in justice court. You cannot just say you will take less to get into this court.