Summons what does this mean?

they are suing you. you must answer the summons within three days. who served the papers? a sheriff officer or a process server? you can contact their office for advice on this.
many people here know how to answer a summons but i am not one of them :( i just wanted to bump your thread up because I know this must get answered asap.

I have to answer within 3 days??? What does the 28 days thing mean then? How do I answer it? I thought from reading on here that some sort of "fill-in" paper would come with it, but we got nothing like that.

HELP

i sometimes work with summons and i know that not all of them have the fill in section, most of the ones i have seen do not have them.
i get the impression by reading this that you have three (buisness) days, i do not think it is difficult to answer a summons, the court should be able to guide you. i wish i could have better answers for you, i am sorry :( and please, someone correct me if i am wrong about this.
hopefully someone else will come along to help.. i am sorry not to be much help i just wanted to keep bumping your thread so it gets more attention.

No, you have 28 days (calendar days) to answer the summons. You need to send a copy of your answer to the plaintiff's attorney by then, and within 3 days after that, file it with the court. To avoid any problems, just send it to the attorney and the court on the same day. And it wouldn't hurt to be a few days early so they can't claim you didn't do it in time because of mail delays.

What I do is take copies to the clerk of courts, have them time-stamped, and send the stamped copy to the shyster - I mean creditor attorney -so they know I filed it in time.

Are you in Ohio, by any chance, as this looks like OH procedure. If so, there probably isn't a form to fill out. You have to write a pleading. You need to answer each of the plaintiff's numbered assertions with either admit, deny, or lack knowledge sufficient to admit or deny. Options two and three are best, because if you admit all of them, they win the case.

You also have to submit your affirmative defenses and counterclaims, if any, as part of the answer. There are examples of affirmative defenses here and elsewhere on the internet.

Note, you can always dispute the amount, especially since they undoubtedly have inflated the balance with garbage fees.

See Discover Bank v. Owens, an Ohio (Cleveland) muni court case.

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Your county should have a page on their civil court website about civil procedure and what you need to do if you are appearing pro se. Just Google it.

thanks for clearing that up im sorry i was wrong :(
your local sheriff office should have the information for you, as well