Responsive Pleadings: Answering the Complaint (IL) | Practical Law
A Practice Note explaining key points to consider when drafting, serving, and filing an answer in Illinois circuit court civil litigation. This Note explains when an answer is due, how to compute and extend the time to answer, how to respond to the allegations in the plaintiff's complaint, how to assert defenses (including affirmative defenses), how to plead counterclaims, how to serve and file the answer, and how to reply to new matter in the answer.