Mississippi procedural guides

Plain-English guides to the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure, each one tied to the rules it relies on. Every rule named in a guide has its own page with the official text.

• Responding to a Mississippi complaint: 30 days, and one extension you can grant yourselvesMississippi Rule 12(a) gives 30 days after service of the summons and complaint to serve an answer — and lets counsel extend the time once, by up to ten days, by written stipulation without asking a judge.
• Setting aside a Mississippi default judgment: six months, and the grounds are not numbered the way you expectMississippi Rule 60(b) allows only six months for its first three grounds, reorders them so fraud is (1), and never uses the words "excusable neglect."
• The Mississippi motion to compel: refusing to agree a discovery plan is sanctionableMississippi Rule 37(e) allows sanctions against a party or counsel who fails without good cause to cooperate in framing a discovery plan, or who otherwise abuses the process.
• The Mississippi motion to dismiss: thirty days to answer, ten after a denialMississippi Rule 12(b) carries the familiar seven defenses, gives 30 days to answer, and only 10 days after a motion is denied.
• Mississippi summary judgment: ten days out, and affidavits up to the day beforeMississippi Rule 56 requires the motion to be served at least 10 days before the hearing and lets the opposing party serve affidavits any time before the day of hearing.
• Mississippi execution: thirty days, unless the court shortens them for good causeMississippi Rule 62(a) stays execution for 30 days after entry but lets the court cut that short for good cause, and Rule 69(b) opens asset examination only above $100.

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