Preliminary Conference

[sfrank]

Long story short, I am the Defendant:
A summary judgement was filed and I answered and counter-claimed to the plaintiff, and the plaintiff lost the motion.
Now I just received a Request for a Preliminary Conference.
What does that mean and am I suppose to answer it?
It was a collections matter.
Thank you.

 

[army judge]

Long story short, I am the Defendant:
A summary judgement was filed and I answered and counter-claimed to the plaintiff, and the plaintiff lost the motion.
Now I just received a Request for a Preliminary Conference.
What does that mean and am I suppose to answer it?
It was a collections matter.
Thank you.

If an answer is required, a general denial suffices.

Now comes the defendant who denies each and ever allegation in the plaintiff's petition.

The above is a general denial.
If it's small claims, an answer is usually not required.

The most important thing is not to miss any hearings or conferences. If you do, they'll default you. Don't let that happen.

As far as the debt, demand they produce the original signed contract and federal disclosure form. They won't. They can't.