Verified Complaint Form With Motion In Wake
Description
Form popularity
FAQ
Your answer should include the court name, case name, case number, and your affirmative defenses. Print three copies of your answer. File one with the clerk's office and mail (or “serve”) one to the plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney. The plaintiff is the debt collector, creditor, or law firm suing you.
Read the complaint and decide what to do. Read the complaint. You may agree with some, all, or none of the complaint. Write down next to each paragraph in the complaint whether you agree or disagree with what that paragraph says. If you agree with everything your spouse is asking for, you may not need to file anything.
You can either answer the summons in writing or in person. If you answer in person, you must go to the courthouse clerk's office and tell the clerk about your defenses to the plaintiff's claims. The clerk will check off the boxes in a Consumer Credit Transaction Answer In Person form.
Typically, a plaintiff verifies a complaint by attaching a page at the end containing a statement made under oath that: The plaintiff has reviewed the complaint. The plaintiff knows or believes that all allegations that the plaintiff has personal knowledge of to be true.
New York state law requires that the defendant in a divorce action be personally served with the Summons with Notice or Summons and Verified Complaint.
If you were served with a Summons With Notice, then you must file a written response called a “Notice of Appearance and Demand for Complaint.” Essentially, you are telling your spouse's lawyer that you will want to request your own relief in this divorce action and that you want to see the Verified Complaint.
Generally, a defendant who only receives a summons with notice can answer/appear in a case by filing and serving upon the other party a “Notice of Appearance.” Generally, a defendant who was served with a summons and verified complaint may answer/appear in a case by filing and serving his/her own Verified Answer and ...
CPLR 203(g). A reply to a counterclaim must be served within twenty (20) days of service of the pleading containing the counterclaim. CPLR 3011. Any counterclaim may be asserted in a responsive pleading or a separate action.
(B) A party must serve an answer to a counterclaim or crossclaim within 21 days after being served with the pleading that states the counterclaim or crossclaim.
You can either answer the summons in writing or in person. If you answer in person, you must go to the courthouse clerk's office and tell the clerk about your defenses to the plaintiff's claims. The clerk will check off the boxes in a Consumer Credit Transaction Answer In Person form.
