Sections
6 entriesSection 426.10Defines complaint for this article to include a complaint or cross-complaint, plaintiff to mean the person filing either, and related cause of…Section 426.30Bars a defendant who answers a served complaint from later asserting in another action a related cause of action that existed against…Section 426.40Exempts a related cause of action from this compulsory cross-complaint article when adjudication requires additional parties beyond the court’s jurisdiction, when every…Section 426.50Allows a party who omitted a cause of action covered by this article to seek leave at any time during the action…Section 426.60Limits this compulsory cross-complaint article to civil actions and excludes special proceedings and small claims cases. Also exempts declaratory-relief actions in which…Section 426.70Extends this article to eminent-domain proceedings notwithstanding the general civil-action limitation. Allows a related cause of action to be asserted by cross-complaint…