Responsive Pleadings: Answering the Complaint (FL) | Practical Law
A Practice Note explaining how to answer a complaint in a Florida circuit court civil lawsuit. Specifically, this Note explains how to compute and extend the time to answer, organize and draft the answer and defenses (including affirmative defenses), and attach exhibits. This Note also addresses how to demand a jury trial, request attorneys' fees, serve and file the answer, and how to reply to the answer.