Cite as: 20 CNCA app. I, r. 31

An unstapled original of the response or answer shall be filed with the office of the Supreme Court, Cherokee Nation, P.O. Box 1097, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 74465 by mail to or in person at the Cherokee Nation Courthouse, Cherokee Capitol Square, 101 S. Muskogee Ave., Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Filing by fax/e-mail is appropriate pursuant to Rule 7. Immediately upon the filing of a response, the respondent shall serve a copy thereof on the other parties. The pleadings of a party represented by counsel shall be signed by at least one attorney of record whose address, phone number, e-mail and fax number shall be stated, in their individual name. A party who is not represented by an attorney shall sign the pleadings and state an address, phone, e-mail and fax number, if any. Except when otherwise specifically provided by rule or statute, an answer need not be verified or accompanied by affidavit. The signature of the person filing an answer constitutes a certificate that the signer has read the answer; that to the best of the signer's knowledge, information and belief there is good ground to support it; and that it is not interposed for delay. If an answer is not signed or is signed with intent to defeat the purpose of this rule, it may be stricken as sham and false and the action may proceed as though the answer had not been filed. For willful violation of this rule, the signing party may be subjected to appropriate disciplinary action. Similar action may be taken if scandalous or indecent matter is inserted.

Historical Data

SC–AD–13–01, adopted March 27, 2013.