Practice question
A defendant obtains a permitted extension to answer and files no answer within the extended period. It argues that the extension motion itself already supplied the responsive defenses. Which is correct?
- The request for time necessarily is the later answer.
- Every granted extension permanently abolishes the duty to answer.
- The court must supply all factual denials.
- The opponent’s consent automatically creates an answer document.
- The extension application does not itself perform the answer’s distinct function.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rules 6, 9 Section 1, 15 Sections 1 and 3 and 33, retained provisions read with the current amendments: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
- 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rules 8, 11, 14 Section 23 and 15, as relevant to each stated issue: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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