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The two-page answer a defendant can use to respond to a breach of contract complaint, including one filed on PLD-C-001.
Optional form · Revised January 1, 2007 · 2 pages · PLD-C-001 · Complaint—Contract
The PDF is the Judicial Council’s own file on courts.ca.gov, revised January 1, 2007. Form page on courts.ca.gov ↗
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PLD-C-010 answers a complaint or cross-complaint for breach of contract. When it answers a cross-complaint, the form says plaintiff means cross-complainant and defendant means cross-defendant. It cites Code of Civil Procedure section 425.12.
When it is used
Item 3 offers a general denial, which the form says not to check if the verified complaint or cross-complaint demands more than $1,000, or an admission of everything except statements the defendant says are false or has no information about.
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The court, parties, and whether it answers a complaint or cross-complaint and whose.
The number of pages including attachments, and the answering defendant.
Check only one: a general denial, or specific statements claimed false and statements denied for lack of information.
Additional reasons the plaintiff is not entitled to recover anything.
Other matters, and that the plaintiff take nothing, costs of suit and other relief; then the signature.
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Yes. The form says that when it answers a cross-complaint, plaintiff means cross-complainant and defendant means cross-defendant.
Item 3a says not to check it if the verified complaint or cross-complaint demands more than $1,000.
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PLD-C-010 form revision: January 1, 2007.