Fill and Sign the Answer Civil Lawsuit Form

IN THE __________________ COURT OF ________________ (County), _________________________________ (State) ______________________________________ PLAINTIFF V. CAUSE NO. ____-_____ _______________________________________ DEFENDANT ANSWER AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES Comes now ______________________________________, Defendant herein, and submits his answer and affirmative defenses to the allegations contained in the Complaint filed against him herein. FIRST DEFENSE Defendant would show that the Complaint fails to state a claim or cause of action against him upon which any relief can be granted. SECOND DEFENSE Defendant affirmatively alleges that the contract on which Plaintiff is suing is void because it was procured by Plaintiff's fraud, in that __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (state particular facts showing fraud). Defendant relied on these representations made by Plaintiff, but the representations were false and were known by Plaintiff to be false at the time Plaintiff made them. The misrepresentations were deliberately made by Plaintiff for the purpose of defrauding Defendant. THIRD DEFENSE And now, answering the allegations of the Complaint filed against him, paragraph by paragraph, Defendant would show the following: I. Defendant admits the allegations of Paragraph I of the Complaint _____________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ [e.g. that Defendant is an adult resident citizen of (street address, city, county, state, zip code)]. II. Defendant admits the allegations of Paragraph II of the Complaint ____________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ [e.g. that Plaintiff is an adult resident citizen of (street address, city, county, state, zip code)]. III. Defendant denies the allegations of Paragraph III of the Complaint. IV. Defendant is without sufficient knowledge or information at this time to admit or deny the allegations of Paragraph IV of the Complaint and therefore denies same. WHEREFORE, now having fully answered said Complaint, Defendant requests that said Complaint be dismissed with prejudice and that Defendant be awarded costs of this suit from Plaintiff. Respectfully submitted, ______________________________ DEFENDANT CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, ___________________________________________ (Defendant), do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing Answer and Affirmative Defenses has been sent, via first class mail, postage prepaid, to ____________________ __________________________________ (Plaintiff) at __________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ (street address, city, county, state, zip code). So certified, this the _____ day of ___________________________, 20____. ________________________________ DEFENDANT