Re: Didn't receive the Tenant's complaint,can I ignore

Re: Didn't receive the Tenant's complaint,can I ignore by Garry on November 4, 2019 @09:59

NO! You should NEVER ignore a summons or court date, no matter how you found out about it. In many states, the party that does not show up, automatically looses. Once you "know" something, you cannot "un-know" it. However, once you get to court, you (may) be able to argue that you were not properly served according to your state's laws. Then it will be up to the judge whether to move forward because you ARE THERE NOW, or dismiss the case, and make the plaintiff start over again.

You said the former T has "no grounds" for the complaint. You will need to bring proof of that to court with you. Judges want PROOF of something, not just OPINIONS. Also, if you filed for an eviction, do you have proof of what the T violated in your lease? If you only filed the eviction because the T filed a complaint against you, that could be seen as RETALIATION, and may be thrown out.

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Re: Didn't receive the Tenant's complaint,can I ignore by david on November 4, 2019 @10:28	[ Reply ]

Garry, Thanks your input, and understand your points. To answer your question, I filed eviction not because he filed complaint, when I filed the eviction I event didn't that he filed a complaint against me, plus, I have strong reasons to evict her, but just didn't list here since this is not related to my question here. I was trying to say here is that he filed the complaint, but used a wrong address, and swallowed court's summons. Believe me, he is the type of person would do such bad thing.

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