What happens after you file an answer to a complaint?
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What happens after you file an answer to a complaint?
After you file an answer with the court, The court clerk will give the case a court date for you and the plaintiff to see a judge. The court will mail you the date. If your case is in small claims court, go to court on the date in the summons.
Is there a fee to respond to divorce papers?
Signing and filing your response You can file your Response to Divorce online via the Commonwealth Courts Portal or in person at a Court registry. You don’t have to pay a fee to file your Response to Divorce.
What happens if I do not respond to a divorce petition?
The responding spouse needs to file an answer with the court within the deadline. When a spouse doesn’t respond to a divorce petition, the person who failed to file the answer to the court will lose his or her rights to make arguments about property division, support, and child custody.
What is a setting down fee?
Setting Down is when a legal case is listed in a court diary for hearing. The fee is the amount of money required by the courts to hear the case.
What happens after response to divorce?
If a response is filed, both parties must attend the divorce hearing. If they do not attend, the Court may deal with the divorce application in their absence. If it is difficult for a party to attend in person, they may ask the Court to attend by telephone.
