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Go to the courthouse. The small claims court clerk will supply you with the necessary forms (a summons and a complaint form) to begin your action. List your name as the plaintiff. You are the person filing the lawsuit.
A summons served personally upon the defendant or by substituted personal service upon another authorized to accept service of the summons for the defendant is deemed served on the day of service. A summons served by publication is deemed served on the first day of required publication.
Amend. v. to alter or change by adding, subtracting, or substituting. One can amend a statute, a contract or a written pleading filed in a law -suit. The change is usually called an amendment.
1 : to put right especially : to make emendations in (something, such as a text) amended the manuscript. 2a : to change or modify (something) for the better : improve amend the situation. b : to alter especially in phraseology especially : to alter formally by modification, deletion, or addition amend a constitution.
Electronically filed cases are subject to a fee of $20 per case per party. See page 3. CSS = court support services surcharge, 814.85: $51 for claims $10,000 or less, $169 for claims over $10,000, $68 for claims other than money judgments.
At the very outset, it would be relevant to mention there is a limited scope of amendment in a criminal complaint as under the Indian Law there is no express provision for amending a criminal complaint. However, in a recent case of S.R. Sukumar v.Amendment does not change the original nature of complaint.
The court should freely give leave when justice so requires. (3) Time to Respond. Unless the court orders otherwise, any required response to an amended pleading must be made within the time remaining to respond to the original pleading or within 14 days after service of the amended pleading, whichever is later.
Amended complaint. n. what results when the party suing (plaintiff or petitioner) changes the complaint he/she has filed. It must be in writing, and can be done before the complaint is served on any defendant, by agreement between the parties (usually their lawyers), or upon order of the court.