California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP |
Part 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS |
Title 6. OF THE PLEADINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS |
Chapter 2. Pleadings Demanding Relief |
ARTICLE 4. Cross-Complaints |
Section 428.80.
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The counterclaim is abolished. Any cause of action that formerly was asserted by a counterclaim shall be asserted by a cross-complaint. Where any statute refers to asserting a cause of action as a counterclaim, such cause shall be asserted as a cross-complaint. The erroneous designation of a pleading as a counterclaim shall not affect its validity, but such pleading shall be deemed to be a cross-complaint.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 244.)