Answer (Foreclosure Complaint) {11380}

ANSWER TO A FORECLOSURE COMPLAINT. You may use this package if you have received a summons and foreclosure complaint notifying you that you are a party to a foreclosure complaint that has been filed with the New Jersey Superior Court. • If you are the borrower and you believe that the lender does not have a right to foreclose on your property, you may file a written answer in which you present your defenses and explain the reasons why the lender is not entitled to a foreclosure judgment. • If you are not the borrower, but you were named in the complaint either because you have an interest in the property or for another reason, you may file a written answer to assert any rights you may have. • If you operate a business entity that was named in the complaint and the business is a corporation, LLC, partnership or non-profit entity (i.e., not a sole proprietorship), then you cannot file the answer yourself and you must hire an attorney to file the answer and to represent the business entity in the foreclosure case. The answer, if submitted by someone other than an attorney, will be returned. If you choose to file an answer, you must do so within 35 days from the date that you receive the summons and complaint; and you must include a completed Foreclosure Case Information Statement, a Certification Pursuant to Court Rule 4:5-1 and the $175.00 filing fee ($250 for Answers with Counter-Claim, Cross-Claim and/or Third-Party Complaints) payable to the Treasurer, State of New Jersey. All documents must be dated and have an original, ink signature. Copies, if submitted, will be returned. With limited exceptions, any paper filed with the court can be looked at by the public. You may only file an answer on behalf of yourself. You may not file an answer for anyone else. A Power of Attorney does not allow you to file on behalf of anyone else. Answers filed on behalf of anyone else will be returned. www.FormsWorkflow.com