BarbOurYear
New Member
Jurisdiction: LA County, CA
My husband and I are taking care of the paperwork (and appearance) for his 97 yr-old father who is the owner of a rental house. Tenants are multi-generational and lived in the rental for 20+ yrs (without anything in writing).
They stopped paying rent in March and asked for a little time because they were moving out of state. That never happened. They have been served (posted & mailed) w/60 Notice to Quit which we filed w/court. Then we filed and served (delivered & mailed) the Civil Summons - Unlawful Detainer. After five days we filed Request for Default. Two days later we received from court a Default Reject because the defendants filed an Answer within the appropriate timeframe.
We have mailed each defendant Request to Set Case for Trial - Unlawful Detainer and will file w/court today. Should we have rec'd copy of tenants' Answer & who has to prove what if/when we do go to court? Thank you.
My husband and I are taking care of the paperwork (and appearance) for his 97 yr-old father who is the owner of a rental house. Tenants are multi-generational and lived in the rental for 20+ yrs (without anything in writing).
They stopped paying rent in March and asked for a little time because they were moving out of state. That never happened. They have been served (posted & mailed) w/60 Notice to Quit which we filed w/court. Then we filed and served (delivered & mailed) the Civil Summons - Unlawful Detainer. After five days we filed Request for Default. Two days later we received from court a Default Reject because the defendants filed an Answer within the appropriate timeframe.
We have mailed each defendant Request to Set Case for Trial - Unlawful Detainer and will file w/court today. Should we have rec'd copy of tenants' Answer & who has to prove what if/when we do go to court? Thank you.