Law question

Also called a "Memorandum of Points & Authorities", it basically means briefing the current law (with cases and statutes) to support allegations of fact.

You should be ready to respond with your own legal authority to whatever the Plaintiff files with the court.

Thanks, I guess I'll have to see what they come up with.

What state are you in? What court is the case being heard? Who is the plaintiff? If I was the plaintiff in your case (JDB, collector or OC) being asked for points and authority by the judge is not something I want to hear. It tells me the court is not allowing any slamdunks. You have a good judge hearing your case.

The case is in Fla. and the judge is only giving them 10 days to come up with something other than what they had in the complaint. I will only have 5 days to respond and I have no idea what they will come up with.

If you can share whatever response they file that would help. But like I said before, the fact that the judge is asking them to brief the issues tells me he/she wants to thoroughly reasearch the issue to make sure the plaintiff has a valid claim. That is very good news for you ... usually you;d have to do that fight on your own.

Thanks for your input and I will let you know what they come up with.