Practice question
A party seeks a second ordinary extension to answer after already receiving the one authorized extension. It invokes Section 12(e)’s exception as unlimited authority. Which is correct?
- Every exception is unlimited by definition.
- The second motion is automatically granted.
- The maximum renews whenever counsel changes.
- The exception remains subject to Rule 11’s one-motion limitation.
- The number of earlier extensions is irrelevant.
Legal references
- 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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