This form is a Complaint For Declaratory Judgment for Return of Improperly Waived Insurance Premiums. Adapt to your specific circumstances. Don't reinvent the wheel, save time and money.
This form is a Complaint For Declaratory Judgment for Return of Improperly Waived Insurance Premiums. Adapt to your specific circumstances. Don't reinvent the wheel, save time and money.
Declaratory relief, also commonly known as declaratory judgment or declaration, is a form of discretionary remedy which parties may seek from the court. A declaration is essentially a statement made by the court at the request of a party.
It is a determination of rights without consequential relief. Such a declaration by definition has no coercive enforcement mechanism. Thus, a declaration is a remedy that is “available without a cause of action and whether or not any consequential relief is available.” 1.
Declaratory relief allows a party who is not certain of his rights to prevent the accrual of avoidable damages and to obtain an adjudication before the parties bring a coercive lawsuit.
Declaratory relief is an equitable remedy, which is available to an interested person in a case "of actual controversy relating to the legal rights and duties of the respective parties. . . ." (Code Civ. Proc., § 1060; see Dills v. Delira Corp. (1956) 145 Cal.
A declaratory judgment is typically requested when a party is threatened with a lawsuit but the lawsuit has not yet been filed; or when a party or parties believe that their rights under law and/or contract might conflict; or as part of a counterclaim to prevent further lawsuits from the same plaintiff (for example, ...
Since there is no limitations period specifically addressed to the declaratory judgment action, it generally falls under the “catch-all” provision of CPLR 2131 and gets six years as “an action for which no limitation is specifically prescribed by law.” That being the case, you assume your declaratory judgment cause ...
This is a court-issued judgment that has the court clarify and affirm any rights, obligations and responsibilities of one or more parties involved in insurance litigation or other civil disputes.
Declarations, like many equitable remedies, have always been discretionary and provide relief where common law remedies are inadequate to meet the ends of justice.
To bring a claim for declaratory judgment in a situation where a patent dispute may exist or develop, the claimant must establish that an actual controversy exists. If there is a substantial controversy of sufficient immediacy and reality, the court will generally proceed with the declaratory-judgment action.
A declaratory judgment is a binding judgment from a court defining the legal relationship between parties and their rights in a matter before the court. When there is uncertainty as to the legal obligations or rights between two parties, a declaratory judgment offers an immediate means to resolve this uncertainty.