Court Trial– If a tenant files an Answer to your lawsuit, our Team will prepare and submit for court filing the Request for Court Trial. The clerk of the court will set the court trial date no more than 20 days out. Either you, Plaintiff, or someone from the management team at the community is REQUIRED to attend all hearings to testify. This should be someone with direct knowledge of the case. Our network-attorney will do all of the talking and take care of everything, but you will need to be there just in case you’re needed to be called as a witness. Remember, you may represent yourself if you rather not hire one of our network-attorneys on a flat fee of around $350.
Demurrer or Motion to Quash – It depends upon the type of eviction you are requesting, but our network-attorney can typically handle the eviction hearing without you having to attend. However, if you are needed for the hearing, our staff will let you know. If you are available to attend the hearing, it would never hurt to be present, just in case the tenant shows up in court and testifies or presents evidence. When this happens, it’s always helpful to have someone from the property there to testify as well. Otherwise, the judge might dismiss or continue the case. If you know that a tenant is going to show up in court, please notify your processor to discuss the matter in advance and plan to attend.
Jury Trial – BIf a tenant files a Request for Jury Trial instead of Court Trial (Bench Trial), because the laws and court procedures are complex in a Jury Trial, we will refer you to an attorney in your area to take over the matter if you wish not to represent yourself in trial.
