10th Judicial Circuit Court, Jefferson County, Alabama Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICALCivil cases

Each party has 14 days from the track-assignment date to file a motion to change the track assignment.

Each party has a period of 14 days from the date of the track assignment to file a motion for change of track assignment.

CRITICALCivil cases

Anyone seeking media coverage must submit a written request to the presiding Judge at least five days before the hearing, trial, or event.

Persons desiring to broadcast, record, or photograph official Court proceedings must make a timely written request to the Judge of that particular Court at least five (5) days before the date of the hearing, trial, or event, specifying the particular case, hearing or event for which coverage is requested.

CRITICALCivil cases

If the defendant has not filed an answer or other appropriate pleading within 40 days after service, the plaintiff’s notice gives the plaintiff 30 days to apply for default judgment or the case will be dismissed.

If the defendant has not filed an answer or other appropriate pleading within 40 days of service, counsel for the plaintiff will receive a "No Answer Notice," stating that the plaintiff has 30 days in which to apply for default judgment or the case will be dismissed (see example found as Attachment 2).

CRITICALCivil cases

Each defendant must respond to the complaint by filing an answer or motion within 30 days after service.

As stated in Rule 12 of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, each defendant has 30 days from the date of service to respond to the complaint by filing either an answer or a motion.

WARNINGCivil cases

The assigned judge may set a deadline for filing a default judgment by order, and that order supersedes any notice from the clerk’s office.

Additionally, the judge to whom the case has been assigned may enter an order establishing a deadline for the filing of a default judgment; in this event, the judge's order would supersede any notice from the clerk's office.