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When must I serve a responsive pleading after a District of Columbia Rule 12 motion is denied or postponed?
The responding party serves the responsive pleading after the qualifying Rule 12 motion is denied or postponed until trial. Unless the court sets another time, Rule 12(a)(4)(A) requires service within 14 days after notice of the court action. The 2025 promulgated rule supports this notice-based branch. The qualifying served motion, actual notice, operative order and final completion calendar remain separate facts. This guide produces no calculated date.
- Period
- Unless the court sets another time, Rule 12(a)(4)(A) requires service within 14 days after notice of the court action.
- Trigger
- Actual notice of the court action denying the motion or postponing disposition until trial
- Rule
- DC Superior Court Civil Rule 12(a)(4)(A), Promulgation Order 25-01
The 2025 promulgated rule supports this notice-based branch. The qualifying served motion, actual notice, operative order and final completion calendar remain separate facts.
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The 2025 promulgated rule supports this notice-based branch. The qualifying served motion, actual notice, operative order and final completion calendar remain separate facts. No automatic date or paid calculation is qualified.
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When must I serve a responsive pleading after a District of Columbia Rule 12 motion is denied or postponed?
The responding party serves the responsive pleading after the qualifying Rule 12 motion is denied or postponed until trial. Unless the court sets another time, Rule 12(a)(4)(A) requires service within 14 days after notice of the court action. The 2025 promulgated rule supports this notice-based branch. The qualifying served motion, actual notice, operative order and final completion calendar remain separate facts. This guide produces no calculated date.
Responsible actor. The responding party serves the responsive pleading after the qualifying Rule 12 motion is denied or postponed until trial..
Actual notice of the court action denying the motion or postponing disposition until trial
The responding party serves the responsive pleading after the qualifying Rule 12 motion is denied or postponed until trial.
The more-definite-statement branch starts after that statement is served. A motion filing date, court decision entry and notice of the court action are distinct events.
The 2025 promulgated rule supports this notice-based branch. The qualifying served motion, actual notice, operative order and final completion calendar remain separate facts.
DC Superior Court Civil Rule 12(a)(4)(A), Promulgation Order 25-01How does this provision count time?
- Actual notice of the court action denying the motion or postponing disposition until trial
- The responding party serves the responsive pleading after the qualifying Rule 12 motion is denied or postponed until trial.
- The more-definite-statement branch starts after that statement is served. A motion filing date, court decision entry and notice of the court action are distinct events.
- The 2025 promulgated rule supports this notice-based branch. The qualifying served motion, actual notice, operative order and final completion calendar remain separate facts.
Unless the court sets another time, Rule 12(a)(4)(A) requires service within 14 days after notice of the court action. This guide supplies no final completion calendar.
Check the applicable counting provision, actual court closures and completion method. No final date or holiday adjustment is calculated.
DC Superior Court Civil Rule 12(a)(4)(A), Promulgation Order 25-01Which facts prevent one automatic date?
The 2025 promulgated rule supports this notice-based branch. The qualifying served motion, actual notice, operative order and final completion calendar remain separate facts. No automatic date or paid calculation is qualified.
Actual notice of the court action denying the motion or postponing disposition until trial is asserted without service or notice evidence. Unless the court sets another time, Rule 12(a)(4)(A) requires service within 14 days after notice of the court action. The named period does not establish a final date without the actual event. No computed date or paid calculation.
The more-definite-statement branch starts after that statement is served. A motion filing date, court decision entry and notice of the court action are distinct events. Establish the exact branch. A neighboring period or event is not interchangeable. No computed date or paid calculation.
A user selects a day and requests a purchased calculation. The 2025 promulgated rule supports this notice-based branch. The qualifying served motion, actual notice, operative order and final completion calendar remain separate facts. The existing verification flag remains unchanged. No computed date or paid calculation.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual event and required act
- Actual notice of the court action denying the motion or postponing disposition until trial. The responding party serves the responsive pleading after the qualifying Rule 12 motion is denied or postponed until trial.
- Separate procedural branch
- The more-definite-statement branch starts after that statement is served. A motion filing date, court decision entry and notice of the court action are distinct events.
- Source and calculation scope
- The 2025 promulgated rule supports this notice-based branch. The qualifying served motion, actual notice, operative order and final completion calendar remain separate facts.
- The 2025 promulgated rule supports this notice-based branch. The qualifying served motion, actual notice, operative order and final completion calendar remain separate facts.
- The more-definite-statement branch starts after that statement is served. A motion filing date, court decision entry and notice of the court action are distinct events. The linked federal procedures concern different courts.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must I serve a responsive pleading after a District of Columbia Rule 12 motion is denied or postponed?
Does every filed motion change the answer period?
No. Rule 12(a)(4) concerns serving a motion under that rule. Establish the qualifying motion and its service before applying the altered response route.
DC Superior Court Civil Rule 12(a)(4)(A), Promulgation Order 25-01What starts the denial or postponement branch?
Notice of the court action denying the motion or postponing disposition until trial starts this branch. Do not substitute the original complaint service or assume decision entry proves notice.
DC Superior Court Civil Rule 12(a)(4)(A), Promulgation Order 25-01Can the court set a different response period?
Yes. The rule expressly preserves a different time set by the court. Retain the actual order before relying on the ordinary 14-day instruction.
DC Superior Court Civil Rule 12(a)(4)(A), Promulgation Order 25-01What if the court grants a more definite statement?
Rule 12(a)(4)(B) uses service of the more definite statement. That event differs from notice that a motion was denied.
DC Superior Court Civil Rule 12(a)(4)(A), Promulgation Order 25-01Which act must occur within the stated period?
The responsive pleading must be served. Check separate filing requirements and retain service confirmation without treating a filing receipt as proof of service.
DC Superior Court Civil Rule 12(a)(4)(A), Promulgation Order 25-01Does this page supply a final calculated date?
No. It preserves the 14-day notice-based instruction while leaving the actual notice, court order, service completion and applicable counting calendar unqualified.
DC Superior Court Civil Rule 12(a)(4)(A), Promulgation Order 25-01Official sources and review
Provisions used (1)
| Provision | Purpose |
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| DC Superior Court Civil Rule 12(a)(4)(A), Promulgation Order 25-01 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |