You do not have to be an attorney to prepare a Florida quitclaim deed. Absent attorney fees, your costs would only be the recording fees that the county comptroller charges and transfer fees if the property is mortgaged.
A party may move to strike or the court may strike redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter from any pleading at any time. (g) Consolidation of Defenses. A party who makes a motion under this rule may join with it the other motions herein provided for and then available to that party.
However, a party may respond within twenty-one days after service to a motion to dismiss, for judgment on the pleadings, for summary judgment, to exclude or limit expert testimony, to certify a class, for a new trial, or to alter or amend the judgment.
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.
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.
When pleadings contain an “insufficient defense,” a party may move to strike under Federal Rule of Procedure 12(f). “A motion to strike under Rule 12(f) is the 'primary procedure' for objecting to an insufficient affirmative defense.” District Courts have broad discretion to grant a Rule 12(f) motion to strike.
A motion to strike a defense under Rule 1.140(b) must be brought within 20 days after service of the pleading.
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.
Letters of Administration give a personal representative the authority to begin administering the estate, including but not limited to discussing financial details with banks. It is not possible to obtain Letters of Administration without opening a probate case.