"Demand for Documents and Infomation"

this is a court order and has to be complied with or the case will be dismissed.

Discovery is a process of the judicial system. Your debt validation letter is a creature of statute. If you don't send it with 30 days of their dunning letter, they don't have to provide the information to you. If they don't answer discovery, the judge can sanction them in some way, usually by not allowing them to put on their evidence. Might get you the same result but they come at different stages of the game and different rules.

Honestly, if you have an attorney that is too busy to do this for you, you are doing a disservice to yourself. The attorney, regardless of whether they are free or not, should be doing this for you, not giving you a template and wishing you luck. I'm really not challenging your intelligence, but if you don't know what you are dealing with now, it will be very hard for you to come out victorious in the end. The problem is that the judicial system is not meant for the everyday person to navigate - it is for the lawyers and a good chunk of them are no good at it. You are playing a game that you don't know the rules to, no one will tell you what they are, and by the time you figure them out, you have lost. The best advice I can give is to go back to the attorney who set you up and make them actually represent you rather than giving you a thumbs-up.

Thanks. But the "order" wasn't issued by a judge. A template I could easily write it up. I am just confused that a piece of paper which looks like a legal document seems to have more weight than a debt validation letter.

I just realize that after reading from this link on the Defense
http://www.nedap.org/hotline/defenses.html I could file a motion to dismiss and requesting a traverse hearing. However, that's a not a guarantee that the plaintiff won't sue again. My other option is for case dismissal with prejudice.

No, I have no lawyers. The legal aid is just free consultation only. They don't represent anyone but to answering questions from people who are dealing with the law. I am doing this the hard way. Well, I got a 3 year-old judgment vacated and preparing for my next step now.

It's called Discovery and yes, it is far more comprehensive than Debt Validation (which is murky at best). DV is a provision of the FDCPA and Discovery is a normal court procedure.

If the attorney is not representing you, you should still take their advice into consideration. On the website of the county courthouse, they will have their procedures up if you wish to double check exactly how the particular court wants its documents, motions, etc., presented and processed.

That's a wonderful site you mentioned. Just realize that courts are very particular about procedure so make sure you cross all your "t"s and dot all your "i"s.

Thanks again Chrys. :) I think I am overthinking this too much. I will send the Demand for Document to the plaintiff on Monday, and to see what original documentations they can send me. Judging from the nervousness of the plaintiff when I refused a settlement and intended to force him to show proofs, I am quite confident this will turn out well.....

I am somewhat disappointed by some of the legal advises I got from the court resource center. They don't sound like an advocate with a mission.

lol. Their mission is to collect a check. For them it's just another day at the office.

You don't want to get ahead of yourself because you may get anxious and shoot yourself in the foot. Stay calm and stay on top!