7.1.1.020 Complaint and Answer

(a) The complaint shall contain the title of the action naming the parties as plaintiff and defendant. A plain concise statement of the facts with dates, places, acts, etc., constituting a cause of action shall be made together with a demand for relief.

(b) When the demand for relief by the plaintiff is the recovery of property, such property shall be fully described and, if money is demanded, the amount asked for shall be stated;

(c) The answer may contain a denial of each allegation of the complaint made by the defendant, or parts thereof, that the facts stated do not constitute a cause of action, that there is another action pending between the same parties for the same cause, that the plaintiff has no legal right to sue, that the action was not started within the period of three (3) years following the acts complaint of and for which relief is sought.

(d) The defendant may make a counterclaim in his answer to the charge in the compliant and in that event the plaintiff shall have ten (10) days in which to answer and file a copy of his reply with the Clerk of the Court. If the defendant files a cross-claim against a third party defendant, the their party defendant shall be served in the same manner as set forth in this Section for service of process and shall have ten (10) days to answer the cross-claim.