Bessemer, AL asked in Criminal Law for Alabama

Q: My ex filed rule nisi charges against me. I want to give a general denial answer. How do I go about doing this?

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Samuel G McKerall
Samuel G McKerall
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  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • Gulf Shores, AL

A: If you really want to be your own lawyer, which is hardly ever a good idea, prepare your answer to the Rule Nisi according to Rules 7 through 11 of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, which you can Google under that search phrase, or you can find them here. http://judicial.alabama.gov/library/rules/cv8.pdf. When acting as your own lawyer you are said to be acting "pro se", which is Latin for something like "for self". As a pro se party you can probably get away with your plan to file a general denial, even though that is almost never appropriate, unless you really want to deny basic things in the Rule Nisi that you really know to be true.

Take the original and two copies of your prepared answer to the courthouse in the County where the case is pending and file the original with the Clerk of Court. Have the Clerk place a "filed" stamp on each copy. Mail one of those copies to your ex or his or her lawyer, whichever one filed the Rule Nisi, and keep the other to prove that you filed it. Make sure your address is on your response. The court will then notify you by mail when and where the case is set for hearing or trial.

Good luck. All pro se parties need a lot of luck.

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