Q: How should one notify the parties to a pending lawsuit of a change of address?
The state is Alabama. The Plaintiff is pro se, still waiting on an answer from the Defendant and has just moved to a new house (same county & state). Im just wondering if i should maybe write a simple letter of notice and file it with the case, or what. I scoured the local rules and everything but haven't found an answer. My ex-landlord is rts'ing all of my mail.
A: I assume that you are the pro se plaintiff. If so, you need to notify the Clerk of Court of your new address. You can do so my sending a note to the Clerk requesting that your address be updated. It would be wise to notify the defendant of the change. If the defendant has already been served with the complaint, they only have a short window to respond (14 or 30 days).
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