Defendant's Counterclaim, is an official form from the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts, which complies with all applicable laws and statutes. This form is used by a defendant to answer a complaint in small claims court and assert a counterclaim against the plaintiff. USLF amends and updates the forms as is required by Alabama statutes and law.
Alabama Defendant's Counterclaim
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AL-SM-06
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Answer each issue of the complaint. Assert affirmative defenses. File the answer with the court and serve the plaintiff with answer.
Counterclaim. A counterclaim is a claim by a defendant against a plaintiff. The responsive pleading to the complaint may include a counter-claim. There is no filing fee to file a counter-claim.
If you filed an answer and a counterclaim, the Plaintiff will likely file a response to your counterclaim.If you filed a motion, a hearing will be scheduled for the court to make a decision. After your motion is resolved (and assuming the case is not dismissed), the case will move forward from there.
Read the summons and make sure you know the date you must answer by. Read the complaint carefully. Write your answer. Sign and date the answer. Make copies for the plaintiff and yourself. Mail a copy to the plaintiff. File your answer with the court by the date on the summons.
Do I need to serve my counterclaim? After you file your counterclaim, a copy of the counterclaim must be delivered to each counterdefendant. This is called "service of process." The court applies the same rules to serving a counterclaim as it applies to serving the initial Small Claims Complaint.
An answer to a counterclaim is a written response by a Plaintiff to a Defendant's counterclaim. The answer to counterclaim must also state defenses to each of the Defendant's counterclaims in short, plain statements.
TIME TO RESPOND In addition, a party must respond to a counterclaim or cross-claim within 21 days of being served with the pleading that states the claim(s) (FRCP 12(a)(1)(B)).
(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. (C) A party must serve a reply to an answer within 21 days after being served with an order to reply, unless the order specifies a different time.
The defendant may also raise counterclaims or affirmative defenses. If a defendant does raise counterclaims in her answer, the plaintiff must respond to those counterclaims with a pleading called an "answer to a counterclaim." The form and content of an "answer to a counterclaim" is similar to that of an answer.