Saturday, August 7, 2010

What are all of the steps of starting a Civil Lawsuit Case?

Name all of the steps of starting a Civil Lawsuit Case?





Best answer receives the points.What are all of the steps of starting a Civil Lawsuit Case?
1. Find the proper court you should file a lawsuit in


2. Draft a Complaint properly and state the law(s) that your complaint is based upon, the facts of your case and how they apply to the law, and name all defendants


3. Sign the Complaint, File the Complaint along with the Filing Fee with the court


4. You may have to also have the Defendant(s) served - it depends on where you file the lawsuit - usually you do. To do this, you need to pay a Process Server to serve the Complaint.What are all of the steps of starting a Civil Lawsuit Case?
First of all, you need to sit down and write down all about your situation. Detials are importiant.





Then, you have to find an attorney you can afford, preferably not hourly. Those are outragous.
All you have to do, in order to start a civil lawsuit, is to file a Complaint.


If you want it to keep going, however, you have to follow the Rules of Civil Procedure for your jurisdiction, such as:


1. file it in the right court


2. name the correct party(s)


3. conduct subsequent discovery properly


4. SHOW UP FOR COURT (otherwise there will be a default judgment against you).





If you are in state court, follow the state rules. If you are in federal court, follow the federal rules. Also, you must follow the individual court's rules %26amp; guidelines. You can get those from EITHER the court clerk OR from the court's webpage.
IF YOU ARE IN THE UK THE FIRST STEP IS TO CONSULT A SOLICTOR THE FIRST INTERVIEW IS FREE TAKE ANY ADVICE HE/SHE MAY GIVE THEN PROCEED AS ADVISED

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