What to do if there are no defenses?

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DIY Form tools for MOTenantHelp including Eviction Defense Document Engine (EDDE)

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What to do if there are no defenses? #402

Closed tobyfey closed 3 months ago

tobyfey commented 1 year ago

first, is this likely to happen?

Possible solutions:

change text in answer to make it work without defenses
encourage reviewing defenses
encourage pay or stay

miabonardi commented 1 year ago

From Terry: The answer can merely deny the allegations, and not assert any defenses. The defense "fails to state a valid claim" is probably ok if nothing else is obvious.

tobyfey commented 3 months ago

Put conditional language around Affirmative Defenses {{ tenant_doc_name }} requests {{ landlord_doc_name }}’s claims be dismissed because of the following affirmative defenses: