Employee Taking Complaint Monterey Courts Ca Form

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hello I'm Jessica Ryan keaney I am the Department of Child Support Services attorney for two small Northern California counties I've been practicing family law since December of 2009. what I'm going to say today is not legal advice and it applies to California only but it's for educational purposes only please give us a like subscribe ding the Bell so that you get notifications when we upload new content and thank you for tuning in today so what we're going to discuss today is how long the petitioner has to serve the initial documents or the summons and complaint or the summons and petition on the respondent in a California civil case and the short answer is the petitioner has three years from the date that the case is initiated meaning from the date that it was opened up in court which is generally the date that the summons and complaint were filed or that the summons was issued and the petition was filed so they've got three years to get the respondent served and then they have to ge