Fill and Sign the Answer to Complaint for Divorce and Counterclaim Form

1 1 2 3 45 6 78 9 10 11 12 1314 15 1617 18 1920 21 2223 24 25 Code No. ____________________________ Name: ____________________________ Address : ____________________________ ____________________________ Telephone Number: _______________________ In Proper Person IN THE ____________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF _____________________ ____________________________ ) (The other party’s name) ) Plaintiff, ) Case No. _____________________ v s ) ) Dept. No. _____________________ ______________________________ ) (Your name) ) Defendant. ) ___________________________________) ANSWER TO COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE AND COUNTERCLAIM (No Children) COMES NOW, Defendant, __________________________, in Proper Person, and ( Your n am e) hereby Answers Plaintiff’s Complaint as follows: I. On the line below, write in the paragraph numbers from the Complaint that you agree with. 2 1 2 3 45 6 78 9 10 11 12 1314 15 1617 18 1920 21 2223 24 25 Defendant admits the allegations co ntained in paragraph(s) _____________________ __________________ of the Complaint. II. On the line below, write in the paragraph numbers from the Complaint that you do not agree with. Defendant denies the allegations contained in paragraph(s) ________________________ of the Complaint. III. On the line below, write in the paragraph numbers from the Complaint that you do not know to be true or false because you do not have enough information. After reasonable investigation, this Defendant is without sufficient information to form a belief as to the truth or falsity of th e matters alleged in paragraph(s) _______________________ of the Complaint; the allegations are therefor e denied with proof demanded at trial. COUNTERCLAIM Defendant, as and for a Counterclaim for Divor ce against Plaintiff, alleges as follows: IV . The ____________________________ is a resident of the State of Nevada, County of (Husband or Wife) _______________________, and for a period of more than si x weeks immediately preceding the (County of residence) commencement of this action, has resided in, been phys ically present in, and is a resident of the State of Nevada, and intends to continue to ma ke the State of Nevada __________ home for an (his or her) indefinite period of time. The ____________________ is a resident of th e State of _______________, County of (Husband or Wife) (State of residence) _______________________. (County of residence) 3 1 2 3 45 6 78 9 10 11 12 1314 15 1617 18 1920 21 2223 24 25 V. The parties were married on ___________________, in __________________________ (date of marriage) (City or County of Marriage) State of _____________________________, and ever since that day have been, and are now, (State in which marriage took place) husband and wife. VI. The parties were separated on _________________________. ( date ) VII. There are no minor children born to, or adopted through, this union, and Wife is not pregnant. VIII. DIVISION OF ASSETS Initial ONLY ONE of the statements below. Print “N/A” in the spaces you do not use. Be sure to address all retirement accounts, bank accounts and vehicles. When listing accounts, use the last four digits of the account. Include the VIN numbers when listing vehicles. 1. ________ All of the community assets and propert y have been previously divided and each is to keep the property they have in their possession at this time. 2. ________ There is no community property to be divided. 3. ________ The community property should be divided as follows: (Be sure to list specific assets with enough information to iden tify those assets, including pension benefits.) WIFE SHALL RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING AS HER SOLE AND SPEARATE PROPERTY: ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ 4 1 2 3 45 6 78 9 10 11 12 1314 15 1617 18 1920 21 2223 24 25 ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ HUSBAND SHALL RECE IVE THE FOLLOWING AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY: ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ 5 1 2 3 45 6 78 9 10 11 12 1314 15 1617 18 1920 21 2223 24 25 ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ (If more room is needed, attach additional sheets but make sure the sheets are clearly identified as a continuation of the division of assets. Wr ite only on one side of the page of additional sheets and each additional sh eet must be initialed.) There may be additional community assets of the parties, the exact amounts and descriptions of which are unknown to Defendant at this time. Defendant asks permission of this Court to amend this Answer and Counterclaim to insert this information when it becomes known to Defendant, or at time of trial. IX. DIVISION OF DEBTS Initial ONLY ONE of the statements below. Print “N /A” in the spaces you do not use. Be sure to list all credit cards with the la st four numbers of each account, if known. 1. ________ All of the community debts have been pr eviously divided and each is to keep those debts assigned to them and hold the other party harmless from those debts. 2. ________ There are no community debts to be divided. 3. ________ The community debts should be divided as follows: (Be sure to list specific debts with enough information to identify those debts, including he last four numbers of any credit ca rd accounts if known.) WIFE SHALL RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING DEBTS AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE DEBTS AND SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HUSBAND HARMLESS FROM THESE DEBTS: ___________________________________ ____________________________________ 6 1 2 3 45 6 78 9 10 11 12 1314 15 1617 18 1920 21 2223 24 25 ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ HUSBAND SHALL RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING DEBTS AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE DEBTS AND SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD WIFE HARMLESS FROM THESE DEBTS: __________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ __________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ ____________________________________ (If more room is needed, attach additional sheets but make sure the sheets are clearly identified 7 1 2 3 45 6 78 9 10 11 12 1314 15 1617 18 1920 21 2223 24 25 as a continuation of the division of debts. Write only on one side of the page on additional sheets and each additional sheet must be initialed.) There may be additional community debts of the parties, the exact amounts and descriptions of which are unknown to Defendant at this time. Defendant asks permission of this Court to amend this Answer and Counterclaim to insert this information when it becomes known to Defendant, or at time of trial. X. SPOUSAL SUPPORT (ALIMONY)) Initial only ONE of the following statements. If yo u initial one of the statements which makes a provision for spousal support, be sure to fill in all the spaces in that statement. DO NOT LEAVE ANY SPACES BLANK IN THIS SECTION. PRINT “N/A” IN ALL SPACES THAT ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO YOU. Spousal Support will automatically terminate on the death of either of the parties. ___________ Spousal support is not appr opriate in this case. ___________ Wife shall receive spousal support in the amount of $_____________________per (Amount Wife to receive) ______________________, due and payable on the ___________________of each (Week or month) (Date amount due) _______________________ for a period of ______________________________ (Week or month) (Number of week s, months or years) The spousal support shall begin on ______________________________________ (Date spousal support to begin) and end on _________________________________________. Spousal support (Date last spousal support payment will be made) shall cease upon the remarriage of the re cipient or the death of either party. ___________ Husband shall receive spousal su pport in the amount of $__________________per (Amount Husband to receive) ______________________, due and payable on the ___________________of each (Week or month) (Date amount due) _______________________ for a period of ______________________________ (Week or month) (Number of week s, months or years) The spousal support shall begin on ______________________________________ (Date spousal support to begin) and end on _________________________________________. Spousal support (Date last spousal support payment will be made) shall cease upon the remarriage of the re cipient or the death of either party. 8 1 2 3 45 6 78 9 10 11 12 1314 15 1617 18 1920 21 2223 24 25 XI. FORMER NAME If wife is filing, wife should initial ONLY ONE of the following three statements and print “N/A” in the spaces no t filled in. If husband is filing, husband should print “N/A” in all the spaces. _________ Wife does not wish to return to her former name. _________ Wife wishes to return to her former name of _______________________________ (Print full name) __________________________________________________ _________ Wife never changed her name and, ther efore, does not request restoration of her former name. XII. The parties are incompatible in marriag e and there is no hope for reconciliation. WHEREFORE, Defendant prays for judgm ent against Plaintiff as follows: 1. That the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing between the Plaintiff and Defendant be forever dissolved, and that each of the parties be restored to the status of unmarried persons. 2. That the Court grant the relief requested in this Answer and Counterclaim; 3. That the Court award Defendant sp ousal support in the amount of $______________ per month until the Decree of Divorce or other Order is filed. 4. For such other relief as the Cour t finds to be just and proper. DATE:________________________________ __________________________________ (Signature) __________________________________ (Address) __________________________________ __________________________________ (Telephone number) I n P ro per P ers o n 9 1 2 3 45 6 78 9 10 11 12 1314 15 1617 18 1920 21 2223 24 25 STATE OF NEVADA ) ) ss County of ___________________ ) _____________________________________, being first duly sworn, under oath and the (Your name) penalties of perjury, deposes and says: I am the Defendant in the above entitled action, and competent to testify as to the c ontents of the attached pleading of my own knowledge; that I have read the foregoing Answer to Complaint for Divorce and Counterclaim and know the contents thereof; that the same are true to the best of my own knowledge, save and except to those matters stated upon information and belief, and, as to those matters, I believe the same to be true. Dated this ________ day of (month) ________________, (year) __________. ___________________________________ ( Sig natu re ) ___________________________________ ( Prin te d N am e) SUBSCRIBED and SWORN to before me this _____day of ______________, _________. _________________________________ NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF NEVADA ) ) ss County of ___________________ ) On this _______________________, ________ personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the County of ____________________________, State of Nevada, ___________________________________________________, personally known to me or proved to me to be the person whose na me is subscribed to the above instrument who acknowledged that she/he execute d the above instrument freely and voluntarily and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. ________________________________ N OTA RY P U BLIC