§ 2020

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 581, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.

A responsive pleading, if any, shall be filed and a copy served on the petitioner within 30 days of the date of the service on the respondent of a copy of the petition and summons.

Other sections in Chapter 3 - Procedural Provisions

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