Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

What summons? This service is not an email or txt dialog. Every question gets sent to dozens if not hundreds of attorneys who may never have seen your original question much less any other attorneys' responses. Each question must be complete in itself to be answered.

Instead of berating you, I will try to give you some help.

When you are served with a Summons, read it carefully. Typically, it will tell you your time limit for responding to it and the papers that accompanied it. You may have 30 days, in most civil matters in the Superior Court, but you may have as little as 5 days, as is the case in unlawful detainer matters. The Summons may also have other restricts, such as an injunction to refrain from doing certain things. These papers are served in family law matters.

So, read the Summons, carefully, and make sure that you respond in a timely manner. If you do not respond in a timely manner, the other party can request that a default be entered. Then, the other party can present its case against you, and you will have no opportunity to state your case.

If you already have a default entered, you can request that the court set it aside.

Bottom line: Read it carefully. Respond in time. Get an attorney.