In reality, there really isn’t a lawsuit response letter, per-se. When served with a summons, the court and the plaintiff’s require you to respond to the suit within an allowed amount of days, normally 20 – 30 days. A civil suit answer, is a collection of several documents which notifies the court and the plaintiff’s that you have received your summons and that you will request a court date for a hearing. Simply writing a letter may not be enough.

Like with everything, there are certain procedure which need to be followed and proper forms to fill out. Unfortunately, there aren’t a lot of resources out there which tell you how to take care of an answer, however, you may find many forums and self-help sites which may be helpful. Non of these are a substitute for an attorney.

If you feel comfortable with a DIY system, please feel free to explore SummonsResponse.com and decide for your self if the system can help you or not.

For the most part, here is a list of form necessary to answer a debt collection summons:

- Notice of Appearance
- Proof of Service
- Answer to Complaint

The three are the major forms necessary and the forms you will receive by using SummonsResponse.com. Additionally, you may also want to include:

- Affirmative Defenses
- Exempt Income

You will have a chance to select these in the system.

As what you are really doing is generating a civil suit answer, the forms to answer a debt collectors summons are the same.

Let’s say you’ve just printed out your civil suit answer forms and noticed a minor mistake. The date was wrong, or a dash was missing, or a comma perhaps. Is it okay to write with a pen on your lawsuit answer? The answer is, yes!

Granted, some court clerks can be very detail oriented and scrutinize every tiny aspect of your court form, but as far as we know there is no law which states that you must submit your answer in a type-written format. You court answer summons form should simply be legible. It can even be hand written; although we wouldn’t recommend it.

So if you find yourself needing to adjust the minor mistake on your court answer summons form, feel free to do so, but of course use your best judgment and discretion.

First thing to keep in mind is that it does not matter which credit card sent you a summons. A credit card summons can come from any bank or a credit collection agency; however, the most important thing is that you do not ignore it.

Gather all of your information, such as your summons and anything else you may feel will help you formulate a civil suit answer. Start by entering some basic information about who you are and where you live. Then enter the information about the plaintiff and the case. Continue by answering a few simple multiple choice questions and then be sure to properly respond to each paragraph of allegations. You can either, admit, deny or state that there is not enough information for you to make a fully informed decision.

Once you complete everything, be sure to double and triple check your lawsuit answer before submitting it.

What types of lawsuit answer am I able to generate?

• Credit Card Summons
• Civil Suit Summons
• Court Answer Summons
• Medical Bill Summons
• Financial Summons
• Collection
• Creditor
• Auto repossession
• Breach of Contract

Basically a civil suit answer to any case which has to do with collection of monetary funds.

How do I generate these answers?
The simplest way to learn this is to watch a video tutorial accessible from under the Get Started button. The other way is to click the Get Started button and follow all the instructions very carefully.

What else do I need to know?
You MUST file your paperwork in court in order to legitimize your lawsuit answer. Just filling it out online will not be enough.

Remember, if you have any questions just email us.