SUM-120
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PLAINTIFF: DEFENDANT: Appearance for (provide name of party):
Status DEBTOR) SUMMONS (JOINTof Party:
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE
(CITACIÓN (DEUDOR CONJUNTO))
( ) Cross-Appellee/Cross Respondent ( ) Appellant/Petitioner ) being heard ( Appellee/Respondent NOTICE! You have been)sued. The court may decide against you without(your Intervenor unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. ( ) Cross-Appellant/Cross-Petitioner ( ) Amicus Curiae You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a ( ) Other (Specify): copy served on the plaintiff. attorney or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the ( ) An A letter will argue this appeal. court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more < Name of attorney who will argue appeal, if other than counsel of record: information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse < nearest you. If you cannot pay theof arguing attorney’s admission to a feeCourt (month, day, year):not file your response on time, you may Date filing fee, ask the court clerk for this waiver form. If you do lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. < Other Federal/State There are other legal requirements. You mayBar admissions:attorney day, year): If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call want to call an (month, right away. an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services ( ) I am a pro se litigant who is not an attorney. program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California ( Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. Courts Online Self-Help ) I am an incarcerated pro se litigant. TIME REQUEST ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Oral argument is dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la Si no responde not desired. ( ) información a continuación. ( ) Oral Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO argument dedesired. Party requests citación yminutes or multi-co-parties después is que le entreguen esta papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en request a total of minutes Una apportioned as follows: esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. to be carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito
CASE NUMBER: (Número del Caso):
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tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda If more than 20 minutes per side de la corte y más información usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios is requested, set forth reasons: en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta AVAILABILITY OF COUNSEL/PRO SE LITIGANT a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión I understand Si nothe person who will argue the posible que cumpla con at any time during or after the week of legales a abogados. that puede pagar a un abogado, es appeal must be ready los requisitos para obtener servicios argument which appears on legales sin fines de gratuitos de un programa de servicios the scheduling order.lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, ( ) I know of no o poniéndose en be inconvenient. (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/) dates which wouldcontacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. ( ) I request that the argument of this appeal not be calendared for the following dates, which are inconvenient. I have included religious holidays.
TO THE DEFENDANT (name): (AL DEMANDADO): You are hereby directed to file in this court, within 30 days after this summons is served on you, a written response to the COUNSEL OR PRO SE LITIGANT MUST ADVISE THE COURT IN WRITING OF ANY CHANGE IN AVAILABILITY. FAILURE Declaration or Affidavit accompanying this summons, giving anyCOURT IN DECIDING should not be required to pay the BASED ON TO DO SO MAY BE CONSIDERED BY THE legal reason why you MOTIONS FOR ADJOURNMENT unpaid amount UNAVAILABILITY. of: $ on the judgment rendered by this court on (date): against (name each):
RELATED CASES
Clerk, by ( ) , Deputy This case has not been before this Court previously. Date: ( ) (Adjunto) This case has been before this Court previously.(Secretario) docket number and citation are: The short title, (Fecha) (For proof of service of this summons, use Proof of Service of Summons (form POS-010).) (Para prueba de entrega de Matters related to thisformularioinvolving the sameof Summons, (POS-010)). are before this Court. The short esta citatión use el appeal or Proof of Service issue have been or presently ( ) 2. NOTICE TO THE citations are: titles, docket numbers and PERSON SERVED: You are served (SEAL) as an individual defendant. a. as the person sued under the fictitious name of (specify): b.
Signature of counsel of record or pro se litigant:
on behalf of (specify): CCP 416.60 (minor) CCP 416.10 (corporation) Type or Print Name CCP 416.20 (defunct corporation) or Print Name CCP 416.70 (conservatee) Type CCP 416.40 (association or partnership) CCP 416.90 (authorized person) Name of Firm: other (specify): Address: under:
Telephone:
Form Adopted for Mandatory Use Judicial Council of California SUM-120 [Rev. January 1, 2004]
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Signature of counsel who will argue the appeal, if different:
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