Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Defendant fails to respond to filed complaint

What course of action should the plantiff take when a response to a filed complaint is not received from defendant within 30 days of filing of being notifed


Asked on 2/21/07, 12:56 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Kirschbaum Law Offices of Michael R. Kirschbaum

Re: Defendant fails to respond to filed complaint

Assuming the defendant was properly served and they haven't filed an answer within 30 days of service, you can file the proper paperwork to request that a default judgment be entered. There is a process that has to be followed to do this. If you are not represented by an attorney, you'll need to do a little research to do this correctly.

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Answered on 2/22/07, 7:03 pm


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