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If you dont file a response 30 days after you were served, the Plaintiff can file a form called Request for Default. The Plaintiff has to wait 30 days to file this. If the Plaintiff files this form, the Court can enter a judgment against you.
You can file an answer to respond to the plaintiffs Complaint. An answer is a formal statement, in writing, of your defense to the lawsuit. You can say that what the plaintiff claims is not true. Or you can say it is true but give more information and reasons to defend your actions or explain the situation.
If you decide to file a response, you must file it in the same courthouse where the lawsuit was filed. The address should be on the papers you were served by the plaintiff. Make sure you take your original plus at least 2 copies to the clerks office to file. You will have to pay a filing fee to file your papers.
In California, if you are answering the verified complaint, every single paragraph must be answered with denial or an admission. The verification also needs to be signed by the defendant or their attorneys stating they have read the answers and that everything is correct to the best of their knowledge.
Generally, you have 30 days AFTER the date you are served to file a response with the court. The 30 days include weekend days and court holidays. If the last day falls on a day that the court is closed, you have until the next day that the court is open.
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When drafting an answer, one must: (1) follow the local, state, and federal court rules; (2) research the legal claims in the adversarys complaint; (3) respond to the adversarys factual allegations; and (4) assert affirmative defenses, counterclaims, cross-claims, or third-party claims, if applicable.
2022 California Rules of Court (3) Any opposition must be served and filed within 15 days after the motion is filed. (Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2007.) (1) The court may rule on a motion at any time after an opposition or other response is filed or the time to oppose has expired.
You can either answer the summons in writing or in person. If you answer in person, you must go to the courthouse clerks office and tell the clerk about your defenses to the plaintiffs claims. The clerk will check off the boxes in a Consumer Credit Transaction Answer In Person form.
After you file an answer with the court The court clerk will give or mail you a court date for you and the plaintiff to come back to court. This will probably be for a Case Management Conference or a Pre-Trial Hearing.
You should respond to each paragraph of the complaint matching your response to the exact number used in the complaint. Be very careful with the statement you make in your answer. These statements can become admissions of facts that could be used against you. You must be truthful and brief.

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